Franz gockel biography
- Franz Gockel (* December 30, 1925 in Niederense (Ense); † November 22, 2005 in Rhynern) was a.
- A teenage soldier in the Wehrmacht, Franz Gockel had his 18th birthday while serving as a gunner in a 'resistance nest' on Omaha beach.
- Franz Gockel was a German soldier of the 726th Infantry Regiment and MG gunner in Widerstandnest 62, on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
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Franz Gockel (1925 - 2005)
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FRANZ GOCKEL - OBITUARY
December 30, 1925 - December 22, 2005
Gockel, Franz, born 30-12-1925 in Niederense, called after his father Franz, the oldest son of seven children, in a roofing company family. He also started an education as roofing worker in Rhynern, being 14 years old and accepted in the firm in 1943. He, age 17, was called up for the Labour Service and after a short training sent to Normandy. He was a machinegun gunner in the 726th Infantry Regiment with the 716th Infantry Division under Generalleutnant, Wilhelm Richter on Omaha Beach. Richter died age 78, on 04-02-1971. The division was raised on 02-05-1941 and sent to German-occupied France in June 1941. Many of the Division’s troops were elderly Germans and conscripts from other German occupied countries, especially Russians. As such it was not equipped with the standard configuration of vehicles and heavy weapons. Much of the Division’s artillery and anti-tank guns were from captured armaments. Franz and his partners Hans War