Named Battle of the Bulge POW Stalag tags & Dog Tags

[bbmilitaria]

Nice named set, confirmed POW on 12-20-44. I have his enlistment and POW record off of NARA. Would anyone be able to find out what unit he was in???

 

 

[bbmilitaria]

 

[KASTAUFFER]

Nice lot!

 

He was is Stalag IXB and that tag is his for sure . Stalag IXB was a particularly nasty camp. There is a chance the 17B tag may have been someone else's as it was an " Air Corps" camp . The 17B ID # is also too low for someone captured in December 1944. He was in the 110th Infantry Regiment captured 12/20/44

 

Field Title Value Meaning

SERIAL NUMBER 35053411 35053411

NAME HILLS MAURICE C HILLS MAURICE C

GRADE, ALPHA PVT Private

GRADE CODE 8 Cadet, USMA or Chief Warrant Officer or Private or Apprentice, Seaman

SERVICE CODE 1 ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE INF Infantry

ARM OR SERVICE CODE 10 INF: INFANTRY

DATE REPORT: DAY (DD) 20 20

DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM) 12 12

DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y) 4 1944

RACIAL GROUP CODE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 740 Branch Immaterial/Infantry Division Band/Dental Corps/Medical Department

PARENT UNIT NUMBER 0110 0110

PARENT UNIT TYPE 06 Group/Regiment/Commands/System

AREA 72 European Theatre: Germany

LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD) 12 12

LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM) 04 04

LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y) 6 1946

SOURCE OF REPORT 1 Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

STATUS 7 Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated

DETAINING POWER 1 GERMANY

CAMP 089 Stalag 9B Bad Orb Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-09

REP

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

 

 

If you ever get bored with this set, I am interested in it!

 

Kurt

[JDK]

I wonder how the 17B tag got into the set? POW tags and sets are really

starting to bring some money. Nice set for sure!

[Jeeper704]

110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division.

 

Judging by the date of his capture, he might have been captured while trying to rejoin elements of the 28th Infantry Division at Vaux-les-Rosières on the Bastogne-Neufchâteau road.

But since the Division was so mauled up and scattered, this is only a guess.

 

Erwin

[bbmilitaria]

Thank you for the great information guys. There was an embroidered on gabardine aircrew wing, AAF disk and sterling DI that came with this stuff, but I thought it was unrelated, photo below. I was thrilled to get this, as I knew he had to be a Bulge participant. It wasn't cheap, but is worth every dollar I paid. Thanks again for the unit information. Mike

 

[wildcat123]

Mike,

 

Those are some nice tags and a Bulge veteran to boot!! Excellent find.

 

Tyler

[Spathologist]

I wonder how the 17B tag got into the set?

Might have been a friend he met in the camps. If it is associated with his grouping, it obviously meant something to him.

[S1991]

A very nice grouping ! Thanks for sharing it with us.

Thanks,

Silvano

[mars&thunder]

All this education, and all for free.

[DoubleTap]

That's very cool. And a good thread. This is the kind of stuff that brought me here.