My grandfather was a POW catpured, July 30th, 1945 near Vire, France. His record says Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08....does this mean he was a POW at 9B? I'd like to find out if he was stayed at Stalag12a or if he was at 9B when liberated. SERIAL NUMBER 35878490 NAME MARSHALL ORAN MARSHALL ORAN 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) 30 30 DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM) 07 07 DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y) 4 1944 RACIAL GROUP CODE 1 WHITE STATE OF RESIDENCE 52 Kentucky TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 740 Branch Immaterial/Infantry Division Band/Dental Corps/Medical Department PARENT UNIT NUMBER }115 }115 PARENT UNIT TYPE 06 Group/Regiment/Commands/System AREA LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD) 01 01 LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM) 06 06 LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y) 5 1945 SOURCE OF REPORT 1 Individual has been reported through sources considered official. STATUS 8 Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated DETAINING POWER 1 GERMANY CAMP 063 Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08
I have also a story on my site ww2airborne.net, Tec4 Frank PFEIL was a member of the 463rd Parachute Field Artillery, 101st Airborne. He was captured on 22 December 1944 in Bastogne. He was POW en went also from 12A to 9B. : Trooper Tec4 Pfeil | ww2airborne.net
