Sad grouping to Obergefreiter Hans Hengvoß. Born 8.12.1920 in Gudow and sadly he never saw the end of the war and got Killed in Action on the 10th of March, 1945. Place not known. Hopefully we can found this out. His final resting place:
Endgrablage: Block A Parzelle 12 Reihe 279
Hopefully I will ever be able to visit this War cemetery and visit him. Does anyone live in the surrounding of this war cemetery? Must anyone be possible to make a photograph of his grave today. Much appreciated!
One of the saddest facts is that he exchanged the temporary for the eternity but his name got misspelled on his grave: Hans Hengross instead of Hengvoss. So young to give his life, 24 years old - beautiful smile. Included with his Soldbuch, photographs and other paperdocuments also the half of his Erkennungsmarke came with it. All of this material was send to his family (Joachim Hengvoss, also seen in Hans's Soldbuch) until it came in a dealers hand and I purchased it - something soft in me told that I should acquire it.
His Soldbuch and most of his photographs and some paperdocuments are soaked in his blood. Could be from his last wounding in 1944 or from when he gave his life on 10.3.1945 (Volksbund) while fighting in the Ruhrkessel (according to LdW, his regiment was near the Wesel in 3.1945 and his regiment was destroyed a month later).
Hans Hengvoß bearer of the:
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (11.10.1941)
- Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (5.8.1942)
- Demjansk schild (31.12.1943)
Hans Hengross ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Mönchengladbach-Hardt-Kriegsgräberstätte.
Endgrablage: Block A Parzelle 12 Reihe 279
One of the saddest facts is that he exchanged the temporary for the eternity but his name got misspelled on his grave: Hans Hengross instead of Hengvoss. So young to give his life, 24 years old - beautiful smile. Included with his Soldbuch, photographs and other paperdocuments also the half of his Erkennungsmarke came with it. All of this material was send to his family (Joachim Hengvoss, also seen in Hans's Soldbuch) until it came in a dealers hand and I purchased it - something soft in me told that I should acquire it.
His Soldbuch and most of his photographs and some paperdocuments are soaked in his blood. Could be from his last wounding in 1944 or from when he gave his life on 10.3.1945 (Volksbund) while fighting in the Ruhrkessel (according to LdW, his regiment was near the Wesel in 3.1945 and his regiment was destroyed a month later).
Hans Hengvoß bearer of the:
- Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (11.10.1941)
- Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 (5.8.1942)
- Demjansk schild (31.12.1943)
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