Here is the update I promised. I heard back from the Volksbund the other day and it looks like my hunch was correct in that his date of death was changed at some point accidentally.
Also interestingly enough it looks like they do indeed have his history of where he was buried and it appears he was moved a few times. First he was buried in Arromanches, moved to Caen, and finally moved to La Cambe most likely after the war sometime. Here is a snippet of what they sent me:
Dear Mr Smith,
thank you very much indeed for your hint. The correct date of death is the
one you named. We have downloaded the remembrance card for our file and
can present you the corrected data.
Name: Georg Kroiss
Dienstgrad: Unteroffizier
geboren: 10.03.1914, Lochheim
Erkennungsmarke: -136-5.Inf.Rgt.179
Todestag: 11.07.1940
Todesort: St.Gabriel
Erstbestattungsort: Arromanches-les-Bains
Zweitbestattungsort: Caen Efdh. E.561
umgebettet nach: La Cambe / Frankreich
Block: 36
Grab: 94
As you can see they included his dogtag number, so I now know what unit he was in seeing as Inf.Rgt.179 was a part of the 57. Infanterie-Division which was in Normandy during the summer of 1940.
The Volksbunds site has not been updated yet... Not sure if they will change that or the year on his grave. Either way it's cool to hear back from them and I know this mistake is a very small error in the scope of things, but it's cool I was able to help correct it. And thanks again for all your input.
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