Memorial 9th US Armored Division Waldbillig

This monument commemorates the soldiers of Combat Group A of the 9th American Armoured Division who, during the Ardennes offensive, succeeded in halting the German advance at this location on 20 December 1944.

The text on the plaque reads:
“On December 18th, 1944 the German attack on the Ardennes was stopped on the Ermsdorf-Savelborn-Waldbillig-Christnach line by soldiers of the units below in Combat Group "A" of the 9th Armored Division, U.S.A. :

131st Armoured Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
19th Tank Battalion
2nd Medical Battalion
3rd Armoured Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armoured Division
482nd AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion
60th Armoured Tank Battalion
811th Tank Destroyer Battalion
9th Armored Engineer Battalion
Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division United States Army

Elements of these units fought here

Offered in memory of all those that died in combat here by friends of the history of Diekirch and by the veterans of Combat Group "A", 9th Armored Division"

A plaque has been placed on the rear of the monument in memory of the citizens of Waldbillig who lost their lives during World War II.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Bert Deelman