Remains recovered on June 13, 1947 from the driver's seat of an American medium tank on the property of Nicholas Fraiture of Mont le-Ban, Belgium, blown up by a direct hit from a German shell on January 14, 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. According to his account, Fraiture also recovered dog tags reading, "RAYMOND A. WIENEKE 37120373." (Memo in case file dated October 8, 1951)
Wieneke was the driver and only casualty of the tank (33rd Armored Regiment records). Investigators corrected this finding in the burial report January 13, 1948, and sent the information to the Army's Office of Quartermaster General. He rejected the correction in the Fall of 1951 and declared Unknown X-5867's remains "unidentifiable...due to the paucity of remains recovered."
(Details sourced from "The Omaha World Herald," Wednesday, January 14, 2015, pages 1 and 2, by Steve Liewer.)
Findagrave contributor Paul (#48889809) adds: "I spoke with the cemetery director. X-5867 is not in the cemetery [Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium - Plot Z, Row 1, Grave 14]. Most likely the x5867 was identified and repatriated back to the USA. You would need to request the file and see what it says. One thing is certain x5867 is not in this cemetery." Findagrave contributor Stephen Ilsemann (47609783) solved this, adding: "Unknown X-5867 is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery Plot H, Row 31 Grave 30. Transferred from Neuville Z-01-14. see https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/buried-unknowns/unknown-ww2-soldier-x-05867-1383.cfm)"
Wieneke was the driver and only casualty of the tank (33rd Armored Regiment records). Investigators corrected this finding in the burial report January 13, 1948, and sent the information to the Army's Office of Quartermaster General. He rejected the correction in the Fall of 1951 and declared Unknown X-5867's remains "unidentifiable...due to the paucity of remains recovered."
(Details sourced from "The Omaha World Herald," Wednesday, January 14, 2015, pages 1 and 2, by Steve Liewer.)
Findagrave contributor Paul (#48889809) adds: "I spoke with the cemetery director. X-5867 is not in the cemetery [Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium - Plot Z, Row 1, Grave 14]. Most likely the x5867 was identified and repatriated back to the USA. You would need to request the file and see what it says. One thing is certain x5867 is not in this cemetery." Findagrave contributor Stephen Ilsemann (47609783) solved this, adding: "Unknown X-5867 is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery Plot H, Row 31 Grave 30. Transferred from Neuville Z-01-14. see https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/buried-unknowns/unknown-ww2-soldier-x-05867-1383.cfm)"
Remains recovered on June 13, 1947 from the driver's seat of an American medium tank on the property of Nicholas Fraiture of Mont le-Ban, Belgium, blown up by a direct hit from a German shell on January 14, 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. According to his account, Fraiture also recovered dog tags reading, "RAYMOND A. WIENEKE 37120373." (Memo in case file dated October 8, 1951)
Wieneke was the driver and only casualty of the tank (33rd Armored Regiment records). Investigators corrected this finding in the burial report January 13, 1948, and sent the information to the Army's Office of Quartermaster General. He rejected the correction in the Fall of 1951 and declared Unknown X-5867's remains "unidentifiable...due to the paucity of remains recovered."
(Details sourced from "The Omaha World Herald," Wednesday, January 14, 2015, pages 1 and 2, by Steve Liewer.)
Findagrave contributor Paul (#48889809) adds: "I spoke with the cemetery director. X-5867 is not in the cemetery [Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium - Plot Z, Row 1, Grave 14]. Most likely the x5867 was identified and repatriated back to the USA. You would need to request the file and see what it says. One thing is certain x5867 is not in this cemetery." Findagrave contributor Stephen Ilsemann (47609783) solved this, adding: "Unknown X-5867 is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery Plot H, Row 31 Grave 30. Transferred from Neuville Z-01-14. see https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/buried-unknowns/unknown-ww2-soldier-x-05867-1383.cfm)"
Wieneke was the driver and only casualty of the tank (33rd Armored Regiment records). Investigators corrected this finding in the burial report January 13, 1948, and sent the information to the Army's Office of Quartermaster General. He rejected the correction in the Fall of 1951 and declared Unknown X-5867's remains "unidentifiable...due to the paucity of remains recovered."
(Details sourced from "The Omaha World Herald," Wednesday, January 14, 2015, pages 1 and 2, by Steve Liewer.)
Findagrave contributor Paul (#48889809) adds: "I spoke with the cemetery director. X-5867 is not in the cemetery [Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial
Neuville-en-Condroz, Arrondissement de Liège, Liège, Belgium - Plot Z, Row 1, Grave 14]. Most likely the x5867 was identified and repatriated back to the USA. You would need to request the file and see what it says. One thing is certain x5867 is not in this cemetery." Findagrave contributor Stephen Ilsemann (47609783) solved this, adding: "Unknown X-5867 is buried in Luxembourg American Cemetery Plot H, Row 31 Grave 30. Transferred from Neuville Z-01-14. see https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/buried-unknowns/unknown-ww2-soldier-x-05867-1383.cfm)"
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