Notes:

Her name was Gerda Meijer at mmeijer@iae.nl

She said he was buried at Margraten and that he was a 2nd lieuteant in the 506th Parachute
regiment 101st airborne. His grave says he was from Pennsylvania.

She felt drawn to his grave because he died the day her town (Son) was liberated during Operation Market Garden. I told her that was because he was killed in her hometown. They were trying to capture a bridge before the Germans could blow it up.

There is a lot of information available including a book called Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose about one of the companies in the 506th.

In Saving Private Ryan, when they meet Ryan he says "I'm Ryan of the 506."

My father, Thomas J. Seibel was born 9/22/20 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before he entered the 101st Air Corp on March 3, 1943, I believe he was a woodworker. He married my mother on March 11, 1943. "Tommy" was MIA on September 17, 1944 in an invasion over Bladel,Holland.

"Operation Garden Market" a wild scheme to put an early end to the Second World War,encountered bad luck and bad weather. The movie "A Bridge Too Far" tells the story.

Thomas married Esther O'Malley on 11 Mar 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Esther was born on 10 Dec 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Sep 2002 in Mars, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]