WWII German Army Soldbuch – Uffz Saak – Füsilier Battalion 275 – Killed Hürtgen Forest Battle – Battle Damaged – Rare (On Hold)

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August Saak was born in 1906 and enlisted into the German Army in 1940. 

He served with: 

Infanterie Regiment 663, which was disolved into Landesschützen Batl 772, which was later renamed as Sicherungs-Bataillon 772. In 1944, the unit seen action in Lens France. 

It seems that during the battle in France in 1944, that he was again shifted to another unit, Landesschützen-Bataillon 773:

The battalion was later placed under the military commander Belgium-Northern France in the West. In 1943/44 the battalion was used to protect the railways in the Antwerp area. At the beginning of 1944 the battalion was deployed near Charleroi. 

It seems that around the time of the invasion Saak was assigned to: 

Füsilier Battalion 275 (275 Infantry Division)

Early in the Normandy landings, (June 6, 1944) two Infantry battalions, the Fusilier battalion, one artillery battalion and an engineer company were sent to the Normandy area. The rest of the division followed in mid July.

The 275th suffered heavy losses in the Falaise pocket and was transferred to Aachen for refitting. Here it was re-enforced with the Luftwaffe fortress battalions XII and XX. The 275th was transferred to the Düren – Hürtgenwald area where it suffered severe losses and was disbanded.

It seems he was killed on the last day of the Hürtgen Forest Battle according to the German Archive 16.12.1944 and is buried in Lommel. 

Comments:

A super hard to find unit, the Soldbuch shows signs of a small splinter that entered the side of the book and stopped on the front cover. Likely a small fragment of a splinter.