History
The 159th Infantry Regiment, as an independent unit, arrived in France
on 18 March 1945 and was attached to the 106th Infantry Division
throughout the European campaign. It entered Germany on 25 April 1945
and returned to New York on 4 November 1945. It was deactivated a at
Camp Shanks, NY on the same date.
Of the nine members of the unit killed
and still buried in Europe, four are buried at Margraten American
Military Cemetery.
(© US Army
Military History Institute)
Relevant links
Casualties of the 159th Infantry
Regiment buried in Margraten.