1940 Invasion Death Cards

[TrevorR]

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Name:	Karl Gruber
Rank:	Gefreiter
Birth Date:	15 Aug 1915
Birth Place:	Gunskirchen/Wels
Military Unit:	10. Komp. Inftr. Regt. 133
Death Date:	10 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Boisdes Gs Usages
Identification Number:	G-A 996/0064

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Name:	Simon Krumbacher [Heinz Kopplin]
Rank:	Kan.
Birth Date:	29 Jul 1913
Birth Place:	Krumberg Kirchweidach
Military Unit:	5. Btr. Art. R. 7
Death Date:	25 Mai 1940 (25 May 1940)
Death Place:	Estampuis
Identification Number:	G-A 832/1338

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Name:	Leonhard Wöhr
Rank:	O Schütze
Birth Date:	4 Nov 1920
Birth Place:	Eiting, Oberbayern
Military Unit:	2 Komp Pz Jäger Abtl 212
Death Date:	19 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Noes Maisons
Identification Number:	G-A 238/0057

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Name:	Egid Lindenhofer
Rank:	Unteroffizer
Birth Date:	16 Feb 1916
Birth Place:	Kolbermoor Obb
Military Unit:	Stab Pz Jäg Abt 7
Death Date:	12 Mai 1940 (12 May 1940)
Death Place:	Ordingen
Identification Number:	G-A 369/1790

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Name:	Friedrich Spießberger
Rank:	Gefreiter
Birth Date:	8 Jan 1916
Birth Place:	Gurten Riedi S
Military Unit:	3 Komp Inft Regt 135
Death Date:	11 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Waldstuck ostw Berru
Identification Number:	G-A 470/0997

[TrevorR]

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Name:	Otto Fink
Rank:	Gefreiter
Birth Date:	25 Jan 1913
Birth Place:	Krumbach
Military Unit:	10 Komp Inf Reg 499
Death Date:	16 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Dieuze
Identification Number:	G-A 051/0184

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Name:	Sebastian Hallweger
Rank:	Oberschütze
Birth Date:	29 Mai 1907 (29 May 1907)
Birth Place:	Bergen/Trauenstein O B B
Military Unit:	6 Komp Inf Regt 179
Death Date:	12 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Brüssel
Identification Number:	G-B 021/0800

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Name:	Konrad Kaar
Rank:	Uffz.
Birth Date:	30 Mrz 1914 (30 Mar 1914)
Birth Place:	Hellmonsödt
Military Unit:	2. Komp. Inft. Regt. 486
Death Date:	15 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Süd Westrand Dettweiler
Identification Number:	G-A 919/1223

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Name:	Josef Mayrhofer
Rank:	Kan.
Birth Date:	16 Okt 1913 (16 Oct 1913)
Birth Place:	Oberachmann Oberdanau
Military Unit:	8/A. R. 96
Death Date:	2 Jun 1940
Death Place:	H. V. Pl. Fricourt östl. Albert
Identification Number:	G-A 582/0058

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Name:	Johann Hutter
Rank:	Schtz.
Birth Date:	27 Nov 1912
Birth Place:	Niederöd, Wasserburg
Military Unit:	2 Komp. Inft. Regt. 179
Death Date:	5 Jun 1940
Death Place:	bei Bonillancourt
Identification Number:	G-B 116/0577

[TrevorR]

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Name:	Ferd Kirchtag
Rank:	Schütze
Birth Date:	3 Okt 1914 (3 Oct 1914)
Birth Place:	Mattighofen
Military Unit:	Stabs Komp. Inft. Reg. 499
Death Date:	14 Jun 1940
Death Place:	Niederhost
Identification Number:	G-A 885/0357

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Name:	Anton Altinger
Rank:	Gefr
Birth Date:	8 Dez 1912 (8 Dec 1912)
Birth Place:	Triendorf
Military Unit:	11/I R 179
Death Date:	7 Jun 1940
Death Place:	St Maxent
Identification Number:	G-C 021/0167

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Name:	Alois Schwarz
Rank:	Schütze
Birth Date:	22 Apr 1919
Birth Place:	Munster Opf
Military Unit:	6 Komp Inft Regt 41
Death Date:	11 Jun 1940
Death Place:	b/Attignÿ
Identification Number:	G-A 375/0267

[Arctic War]

That is a very nice and interesting collection you have there! Love the way how you displayed the info about them

Kind regards,

Sjors

[mjfur]

Excuse the newbie question as I know nothing about the history of Death Cards, but how many were made for each soldier and how were they distributed? With millions of soldiers being killed from 39-45 how, when and where were the given out? Were cards made until the end of the war?

Thx

[TrevorR]

I am definitely not an expert, but from my understanding they were handed out at the Soldier funeral at home. I have owned a couple from 46-48.

[Todd Gylsen]

Yes, they were given out by the families just as in the US how we hand out bulletins of the deceased at the funerals. It was up to the family as to how many they wanted to have made. The families handed, or mailed, them out to families and friends,most likely at the funerals. Sometimes, multiple different examples were made. The tough ones to find are brother death notices, where it will have two or more from the same family. The most I have seen on one death notice is 3 brothers.

[lemalouin]

death notices were mainly distributed when the deceased’s family left the church. This practice continued until the 1950s, which is sometimes difficult to date precisely