Heer Soldbuch – Schützen Neuböck – Artillerie Regiment 171 (71 ID) – Missing in City Stalingrad (on Hold)

Heer Soldbuch issued to Franz Neuböck from Austria.

His picture: Is named on the reverse along with his date of birth along with his Feldpost number. 

After a short training he was sent to his frontline unit:

Artillerie Regiment 171 (71 ID) 

In April 1942 the division was moved to the Kharkov area by express transport in order to take part in the fighting there. Parts of the division were in action in the area north of Isjum. The defensive battle for Kharkov followed and the defensive position on the Babka followed. Then the division advanced through Nikolayevka into the Oskol sector. The unit took part in pursuit battles via Belovodsk, Morozovskaya, the Tschir to the Don at Generalow. Further defensive battles developed to the west of Kalatsch. From August 1942, the 71st Infantry Division crossed the Don, taking Karpovka and Rossoshka, until they finally reached Stalingrad. Here the division was destroyed in January / February 1943.

Included in the grouping, is his Soldbuch (Sent to his wife). Also some letters stating that he was missing in the city of Stalingrad.

He is also on the German War Graves commission Website as still missing in the City.

Not often Stalingrad related IDs come up, especially for Missing in Action Soldiers.