Name: Raymond W Eastman Jr.
First Name(s): Raymond W
Last Name: Eastman Jr.
Place of birth: Oklahoma, Alphalfa Cnty,
Rank: Pfc
ASN: 38693470
Company: F
Unit: 423rd IR 2ndBn 106th ID
Reported as: POW ► DNB
Date of incident: 21-12-1944
Place of incident: Schönberg area
His story: On December 21, 1944, Pfc Raymond W Eastmen Jr was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium. He died in Stalag XII-A Diez, a little town near Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg, Germany, during a British night air raid on December 23, 1944. The intended target was the railway station in Diez, but some flares, dropped by the pathfinder aircraft, drifted off course in a strong wind and strayed into the POW camp. The bombs of RAF Mosquitoes did not miss the highlighted target of a concrete building, housing mostly medical personnel.
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