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    Can someone please tell me the name of this Htlerjugend
    Rottenfuhrer? I was told once before and wrote it down, but now can't
    find it. For the life of me, I can't read what his name was.
    He was KIA in mid June, 1944 and is buried at Orglandes cemetery
    in Normandy. I hope to visit and photograph his grave marker in June.

    #2
    re: youth in the photo

    I would surmise from where/when he was killed, that he belonged
    to either the GvB 17th SS Division or was a fallschirmjager in Para
    Regiment 6. His birthdate indicates he was 17 when he died. He
    was still carrying his old HJ ID card in his wallet when searched by
    a captain from the 101st Airborne, SW of Carentan, France. The
    American officer did not take his Soldbuch but did take the HJ card,
    which is now in my collection.
    His d.o.b. was 22 October, 1926.

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      #3
      Looks like Dieter Stiller
      Zum Gedenken an

      Dieter Stiller
      Dieter Stiller ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Orglandes/Manche.

      Endgrablage: Block 6 Grab 284
      Last edited by cesky67; 05-20-2011, 11:59 AM.

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        #4
        re: Dieter Stiller

        Many thanks, I'll post a pic of his grave here, when I get home-
        M. Bando

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          #5
          Update on Dieter Stiller

          Thanks again to those who provided the information necessary to
          determine the name and location of the man on this document. From
          the location south of Carentan and the date in mid-June of 1944, I
          figured he was either a FJ trooper in Para Rgt 6, or a member of the 17th
          SS Pz Gr Division GvB. The rank, which is always listed above the name on these German graves would tell me immediately if the guy was Luftwaffe or W-SS. I visited Normandy at the beginning of June, 2011 and a visit to the
          grave marker of Dieter Stiller revealed the following:

          His rank of Fliger (private in the Luftwaffe) removed any doubts and he must have belonged to FJR 6. He is buried between 2 unidentified German soldiers and he was just 17 years old when he died. He would have turned
          18 on 22 October, 1944. For some reason, he was still carrying his old HJ ID card at the time he was KIA in Normandy.

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