Memorial American Soldiers

This memorial commemorates two American soldiers who were killed on this location on 11 September 1944:

Sgt. Bradford S. Conley (21 yrs)
Tec.5. Harry F. Kested (25 yrs)

Sgt. Conley commandet an M5 Greyhound tank. Near the village of Baelen (Membach) the tank was hit by a direct hit of a Germand Tiger tank. Of the crew of 4, only one survived by jumping out in time.
The other three including Sgt. Conley en Tec. 5 Kested got killed.

Both serverd with the 83rd reconnaissance Battalion of the 3rd Armoured Divsion.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries en Ed Lewandowski
• Photos: Fedor de Vries (1, 2, 3), Ed Lewandowski (4, 5)
• https://sites.google.com/site/rememberourliberators/liberation-de-baelen-membach