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Drost, Walter

Date of birth:
August 21st, 1916 (Hamborn/Rhineprovince, Germany)
Date of death:
October 1st, 1944 (Bemmel/Gelderland, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: CJ. Row: 5. Grave: 123.
Nationality:
German

Biography

Walter Drost reached the rank of Obergefreiter en had the text 8/A.R. 5-81-B on his dogtag. He was killed in the battle north of Bemmel on October 1st, 1944. His remains were at first buried at the Communal Cemetery De Teselaar in Bemmel and were transferred to the German War Cemetery in Ysselsteyn on October 25th, 1957.

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