Bigonville citizens
Nicolas CONRARDY (from Wiltz) - died Dec. 24, 1944 in Bigonville
First he had to dig his own grave, and then he was siezed and shot by the Germans.
Marie PESCHE 51 years old, died Dec. 24, 1944 in Bigonville
She fled out into the open, and during her flight she was very seriously wounded. The American medical detachment tried to evacuate her to a military hospital, but she died on the way from loss of blood. The Americans laid her in the waiting room of the Bigonville-Holtz station, where she was later discovered.
Pierre REITER 75 years old, died Dec. 23, 1944 in Bigonville,
Anna SCHOLER 35 years old, died Dec. 23, 1944 in Bigonville
On December 23, the fear of being buried alive in the cellar overcame them and they all tried to save themselves by running out into the fields or the forest. In the open fields, the two of them were fatally hit. Peter Reiter was torn to pieces, and Anna Scholer was hit in the back by a piece of shrapnel. She lived only about a half an hour.
Johann SCHEUREN forced into the German Army, died Dec. 28, 1943 in Russia at age of 19.
Nicolas URTH (from Koetschette) - died Dec. 24, 1944 in Bigonville
He was a Unionist. (Luxembourg Resistance Organisation). He was cruelly beaten up and then shot and buried in a garden.
Nicolas WAMPACH 73 years old, died Dec. 24, 1944 in Bigonville.
His body was only found after the battle, and nobody could say how he lost his life.
American
Soldiers
(format: name - rank - serial # - entered service from - killed in
action (KIA))
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division
William J. CLIFFORD -
PVT - 42125511 - New York - Dec. 24, 1944
Edd CZARNEY - SSGT - 34193796 - Tennessee - Dec.
24, 1944
Peter J. HOLKA - PFC - 33431284 - Pennsylvania -
Dec. 24, 1944
Herbert L. INGERSOLL - TSGT - 32041895 - New York
- Dec. 24, 1944
Sheridan J. KEITH - PVT - 33757869 - Pennsylvania
- Dec. 24, 1944
Jerry A. MACHEK - PVT - 32658676 - New York - Dec.
24, 1944
Estill ROSS - PFC - 35644565 - Kentucky - Dec. 24,
1944
Woodrow WILSON - PVT - 37589793 - Minnesota - Dec.
24, 1944
William J.
CLIFFORD
37th Tank Battalion, 4th
Armored Division
Edward H. CLARK - PVT - 31399023 - Maine - Dec.
23, 1944
James L. DANIELO - PFC - 31447966 - Rhode Island -
Dec. 23, 1944
Walter P. KAPLIN -
SSGT - 13086042 - Pennsylvania - Dec. 24, 1944
John H. PARKS - SGT - 35254924 - Indiana - Dec.
23, 1944
Charles U. TROVER - CAPT - O-450482 - Illinois -
Dec. 23, 1944
Walter P. KAPLIN
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron, 4th Armored Division
WalteH. CENTER JR. - PVT - 38402005 - Oklahoma -
Dec. 24, 1944
Arthur B. GALLO - SSGT - 32120314 - New York -
Dec. 23, 1944
unknown men of the 37th Tank Battalion and the 53th Armored
Infantry Battalion and supporting units
American Military Cemetery Hamm / Luxembourg
German Soldiers
Günter DEWI - Gefreiter - 5. Fallschirmjäger
Division - Dezember 1944, Bigonville
unknown german soldiers
Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof nahe Sandweiler / Luxembourg