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Dietz, Robert (MOH), S/SGT.
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Casualty Info
Last Address Kingston, New York
Casualty Date Mar 29, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Germany
Conflict World War II
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WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Operation Market Garden
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September / 1944
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September / 1944
Description "35,000 troops, 11,377 dead, wounded or missing, 6,450 captured. Objective was to secure series of bridges over main rivers of German occupied Netherlands. Strategic purpose was to allow allied crossing of the Rhine River. The last natural barrier
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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September / 1944
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September / 1944
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories On September 25, 1944, the 7th was transferred to Ninth U.S. Army and began the march to the Netherlands where they were needed to protect the right (east) flank of the corridor opened by Operation Market-Garden. They were to operate in the southeast Netherlands, so that British and Canadian forces and the 104th Infantry Division could clear the Germans from the Scheldt Estuary in the southwest Netherlands and open the shippling lanes to the critical port of Antwerp, to allow Allied ships to bring supplies from Britain.
