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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 22455" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Zwingman </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Otto Karl</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>32815665 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23rd December 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>29</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 44 Grave 52 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Bronx, New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 21.07.1915 Hamburg, Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>entered service 25.2.1943 New York, New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards D.S.C., Bronze Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Belgium</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-zwingman-grave.35850/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35850-9d3c0e4a27f1569948ac6aaff96359e7.jpg?1630003461" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Pvt Lockwood, Cpl Roberts and Pfc Zwingman were all logged as missing in action and were subsequently determined to be POWs.</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Roberts was returned to U.S. Control on 28 March 1946 and Lockwood was handed over on 6 June 1945. The names of their POW camps are unknown.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Zwingman, however, died in captivity according to National Archive records, in Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>In fact, various records document what may have been hundreds of American POW deaths attributed to a raid of 52 British Lancaster bombers on the Diez railroad marshalling yards. A POW train standing in the yard was apparently hit as were some buildings in the nearby XIIA Limburg POW camp. Pfc Zwingman was apparently one of the casualties.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">In a cruel twist of fate, Otto died in his native Germany, just 300 miles from where he had been born.</span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 22455, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Zwingman [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Otto Karl[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Private First Class [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]32815665 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]DATE OF DEATH[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]23rd December 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AGE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]29[/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]GRAVESITE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 44 Grave 52 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]from Bronx, New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 21.07.1915 Hamburg, Germany[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]entered service 25.2.1943 New York, New York[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awards D.S.C., Bronze Star[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KIA Belgium[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-zwingman-grave.35850/"][IMG width="300px" height="300px"]https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/35/35850-9d3c0e4a27f1569948ac6aaff96359e7.jpg?1630003461[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Pvt Lockwood, Cpl Roberts and Pfc Zwingman were all logged as missing in action and were subsequently determined to be POWs.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]Roberts was returned to U.S. Control on 28 March 1946 and Lockwood was handed over on 6 June 1945. The names of their POW camps are unknown.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I][/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]Zwingman, however, died in captivity according to National Archive records, in Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][I]In fact, various records document what may have been hundreds of American POW deaths attributed to a raid of 52 British Lancaster bombers on the Diez railroad marshalling yards. A POW train standing in the yard was apparently hit as were some buildings in the nearby XIIA Limburg POW camp. Pfc Zwingman was apparently one of the casualties.[/I][/COLOR][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]In a cruel twist of fate, Otto died in his native Germany, just 300 miles from where he had been born.[/COLOR][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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