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Stavelot – Malmedy, Belgium
Hello
, During the World War in 1945 in Belgium, my father saw the soldier Julius M. HELDER (36,459,331) during the month of December 1944. He left the 8-January-1945, the village of Stavelot-Francorchamps and killed 27-March-1945 in Germany at the age of 20 years, buried in Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands. By internet, I was able to verify that Julius Helder property belonged to the 743rd Tank Battalion and therefore participate in the great feat of arms (landing on the front line, pierced to Belgium, Battle of the Bulge in Stavelot – Malmedy). I would like to know more exactly the platoon of this company where it belonged and what was its functions during the transition near Stavelot and also its exact route during the war. You can answer me directly to this email “
[email protected]”.
Thank you for your cooperation
(Google translation)
Margraten Cemetery, Netherlands
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http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/743rd_tank_battalion.htm
The 743rd Tank Battalion landed in support of the 116th Regimental combat Team at Omaha Beach on D-Day and was decorated with the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions. After refitting, it was transferred to the 30th Division , and fought alongside it during the Normandy campaign, the defence of Mortain against the German panzer counter-offensive, the advance into Belgium and the autumn campaign along the Siegfried Line. It was part of the force that stopped Kampfgruppe Peiper, the spearhead of the Sixth Panzer Army in the Ardennes. It took part in operation Grenade, crossing the Roer in late February, and crossed the Rhine in late March with an attached DD Tank company from the 736th Tank Battalion. It ended the war in Magdeburg, Germany.