Memorial 101st Airborne Division

A memorial plaque was placed to the right of the Liberation Monument by Marco Kilian on 15 June 2005:

Text on the memorial:
The eagle will always scream for our fallen brothers.
May the world never forget

506th P.I.R. 101st Airborne Division
'E' Company
Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944

William H. Dukeman - 19087501 - 05/10/44
William T. Miller - 37607805 - 20/09/44
Vernon J. Menze - 39040872 - 20/09/04
James L. Diel - 0887945 - 19/09/44
James W. Miller - 35573616 - 20/09/44
Robert van Klinken - 39186454 - 20/09/44
James D. Campbell - 15107892 - 08/10/44
Rue C. McMahan -39550660 - 05/10/44
Raymond G. Schmitz - 01303034 - 23/09/44

This Monument is dedicated to all that fought and is symbolic for all the sacrifices made for the liberty of Holland.

In 2024, because of '80 years of Market Garden', a second memorial plaque was added in memory of the three men of the 326 th Airborne Engineer Battalion, C. Company, 101 Airborne Division, who died during the liberation of Nuenen:

Alberto Garcia - 38348851 - 20/09/44
Quentin H. Prussman - 37280764 - 20/09/44
James F. O'Laughlin - 7026043 - 20/09/44

Nb. the photos show the situation before and after the placement of the second memorial plaque.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Olav Dirkx (1), Lennard Bolijn (2, 3, 4, 5), Jan de Jager (6)

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