feldpost No: 00960

[john moody]

Hello all,
could someone please help me by telling me the unit of this feldpost number?
I have today received a group of paperwork and photographs regarding the death of a Wehrmacht schutze named Josef Klugsberger who was killed in Russia in February 1942.
Amongst the papers is a letter from a Catholic Field chaplain named Dr. Alois Beck dated 16/3/42 and two photographs of the soldiers grave taken by the Chaplain and bearing the same FPN and chaplain's stamp on the reverse; dated 17/2/42.
Any assistance to trace this chaplain's unit would be appreciated!

[Jonathan M]

There you go John

00960

(2.1.1940-27.4.1940) Kommando Infanterie-Division 297,
(25.1.1943-31.7.1943) gestrichen, (Stalingrad),
(1.8.1943-23.3.1944) 16.3.1944 Stab und 1.-2. Kompanie Ost-Bataillon 308,
(7.11.1944-Kriegsende) 12.2.1945 gestrichen,
(7.11.1944-Kriegsende) 21.3.1945 Truppen******252;bungsplatz Kommandantur M******252;nsingen.


Your soldier probably got killed in the battles around Kharkov at the tail end of the Soviet winter counter-offensive in 1941/42
Some more info on 297 Infantry Division

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...onen/297ID.htm
Jonathan

[john moody]

feldpost no. 00960

Hello Jonathan,
Thank you (again) for you response to my request for information. I have since learned that Dr. Beck was captured at Stalingrad, survived and returned to Germany where he wrote a book (in German) on the history of the regiment in which he served.

[Ypenburg]

Volksbund:
Nachname: Klugsberger
Vorname: Josef
Dienstgrad: Gefreiter
Geburtsdatum: 20.03.1921
Geburtsort: Noxberg-Pramet
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 17.02.1942
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Wolochow-Jar



Josef Klugsberger konnte im Rahmen unserer Umbettungsarbeiten nicht geborgen werden.

Die vorgesehene Überführung zum Sammelfriedhof in Charkow - Sammelfriedhof (Ukraine) war somit leider nicht möglich.
Sein Name wird im Gedenkbuch des Friedhofes verzeichnet.

[john moody]

Hello Ypenburg,
Many thanks for your further information, this is greatly appreciated!
Thanks again,

Best regards,

John.