Fallen US Soldier Plaque- US Army
Details:
On the ground next to the Eygelshoven War Memorial.
The memorial is a brass inscribed plaque attached to the ground.
On December 1, 1944 one enemy plane dropped a bomb on the Julie mine near Eygelshoven (Kerkrasde), Netherlands. The bomb killed 17 American soldiers, mostly soldiers in logistic units, mostly from the 633rd Quartermaster Laundry Company, and one Dutch miner.
The 17 Americans were: John R. Love, Robert K. Jones, Thomas W. Casper, Joseph V. Herrimon, Stephen F. Olenik, Charles J. Pepper, Charles W. Warren, James N. Wilbanks, Arthur G. Williams, Mark L. Varner, Flanklin Ballard, Floyd T. Johnson, Earl A. Kilgo, Robert H. Walls, Dalton W. Carr, Henry B. Leggett and Lester S. Partin. The Dutch mine employee was Hubert Lutgens.
Monument Text:
The text is in Dutch and reads:
TER HERDERKING
VON DE LEDEN DER US ARMY
John R. Love SSGT Mark L.Varner SSGT
Robert K. Jones SGT Franklin Ballard PFC
Thomas W. Casper T5 Floyd T. Johnson PFC
Joseph V. Herrimon T5 Earl A. Kilgo PFC
Stephen F. Olenik, T5 Robert H. Walls PFC
Charles J. Pepper T5 Dalton W. Carr PFC
Charles W. Warren T5 Henry B. Leggett PFC
James N. Wilbanks T5 Lester S. Partin PFC
Arthur G. Williams T5
EN VAN HUBERT LUTGENS LEESJONGEN MIJN JULIA
DIE BIJ DEN BOMINSLAG OP 1 DECEMBER 1944
DEN DOOD VONDEN
The translation in English:
TO REMEMBER THE MEMBERS OF THE US ARMY
John R. Love SSGT Mark L. Varner SSGT
Robert K. Jones SGT Franklin Ballard PFC
Thomas W. Casper T5 Floyd T. Johnson PFC
Joseph V. Herrimon T5 Earl A. Kilgo PFC
Stephen F. Olenik, T5 Robert H. Walls PFC
Charles J. Pepper T5 Dalton W. Carr PFC
Charles W. Warren T5 Henry B. Leggett PFC
James N. Wilbanks T5 Lester S. Partin PFC
Arthur G. Williams T5
AND THE MINE WORKER, HUBERT LUTGENS
WHO DIED HERE
IN THE BOMBING ON 1 DECEMBER 1944
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
633rd Quartermaster Laundry Company, 80th Quartermaster Battalion
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
Wars:
WWII