German POW graves
USA /
Michigan /
South Gull Lake /
World
/ USA
/ Michigan
/ South Gull Lake
World / United States / Michigan
military, cemetery
The Ft. Custer National Cemetery contains the burials of 26 German POW's from the Second World War.
The inscription on the memorial stone reads:
"FROM 1943 TO 1946, FORT CUSTER HOUSED GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR. A TRUCK/TRAIN COLLISION RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF SOME OF THE 26 GERMAN SOLDIERS BURIED HERE. OTHERS DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. SINCE 1953, GERMAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SPONSORED AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE TO HONOR THOSE WHO ARE RESTING HERE.
DEDICATED: VOLKSTRAUERTAG 1991.
YOUR GERMAN AND AMERICAN FRIENDS."
The inscription on the memorial stone reads:
"FROM 1943 TO 1946, FORT CUSTER HOUSED GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR. A TRUCK/TRAIN COLLISION RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF SOME OF THE 26 GERMAN SOLDIERS BURIED HERE. OTHERS DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES. SINCE 1953, GERMAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE SPONSORED AN ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE TO HONOR THOSE WHO ARE RESTING HERE.
DEDICATED: VOLKSTRAUERTAG 1991.
YOUR GERMAN AND AMERICAN FRIENDS."
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 42°20'9"N 85°19'19"W
- Fort Custer National Cemetery 1 km
- Riverside Cemetery 21 km
- Woodlawn Cemetery 70 km
- Woodland Cemetery 77 km
- Bnai Sholom Cemetery 95 km
- Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home 96 km
- Highland Cemetery 106 km
- Sacred Heart Cemetery(aka: Mount Calvary Cemetery) 115 km
- Lindenwood Cemetery 140 km
- Roman Catholic Cemetery 140 km
- Fort Custer Recreation Area 2.7 km
- Fort Custer Military Res 3.6 km
- W.K. Kellogg Regional Airport (BTL/KBTL) 6.6 km
- Gull Lake 10 km
- Goguac Lake 11 km
- Fine Lake 12 km
- Ott Biological Preserve 17 km
- Delton, Michigan 19 km
- Upper Crooked Lake 20 km
- Wall Lake 21 km