Soldiers of the 7th and 6th Infantry Regiment - Klaipeda, Lithuania
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N 55° 43.006 E 021° 08.255
34U E 508643 N 6174565
A memorial for 15 soldiers of the 7th and 6th Infratry Regiment
Waymark Code: WM1BB2V
Location: Lithuania
Date Posted: 01/09/2025
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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The "Klaipedos skulpturu parkas" (Klaipeda sculpture park) has been the "Memel (former name of Klaipeda) Städtischer Friedhof" (Memel municipal cemetery) from 1820 to 1959. A memorial for 15 soldiers of the 7th and 6th Infantry Regiment was errected. It consists of a stone cross and a stone slab with the following inscription:

Buried in this cemetery
7th Infantry Regiment
jaunesnysis puskarininkis Jonas Vitkauskas + 1925-06-02
eilinis Stasys Uselis + 1925-07-26
eilinis Jonas Vilimas + 1925-09-28
eilinis Stasys Ribikauskas + 1926-07-26
eilinis Vitoldas Stradomskis + 1926-10-31
eilinis Antanas Pocius + 1927-03-27
eilinis Antanas Mažonas + 1928-05-28
eilinis Jonas Jomanatas + 1928-06-08
eilinis Jonas Urbonas + 1929-01-19
eilinis Jonas Žikevicius + 1929-02-02
eilinis Kazys Vaitkus + 1929-02-09
grandinis Konstancinas Norkus + 1932-08-15
6th Infantry Regiment
eilinis Antanas Rimkus + 1935-03-31
grandinis Steponas Deutcius + 1935-05-01
jaunesnysis kareivis Stasys Grigaitis + 1935-06-08

The inscription is difficult to read from the photo, because it is white text on a light stone. The only information about the memorial I found is on page 7 of this PDF

For more information about the ranks in the Lithuanian army see en.wikipedia.org.

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Type of memorial: Monument

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