Subcategory World War II Stalag IV

Question

Hi.

I am writing to learn how to determine what division of Stalag Luft IV my grandfather was in. He was a surviving POW of this camp, though nothing in his documents or what I've found online states where he was detained in the camp. Any insight is appreciated.

Answer 1

Are you asking about which compound he was held in (A-E)?  Those records may not exist; I didn't find any.  You can get a little more info at the National Archives (the original source for your FamilySearch citation) by doing a search at https://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=644&cat=GP24&bc=,sl.  Results:

Field Title	Value	Meaning
SERIAL NUMBER	34539109	34539109
NAME	HARRELL EDWIN T	HARRELL EDWIN T
GRADE, ALPHA	SGT	Sergeant
GRADE CODE	5	Captain or Asst. superintendent of nurses or Asst. director of nurses or Chief dietitian or Chief physical therapy aides or Sergeant or Technician 4th Grade or Lieutenant or Petty Officer, 3rd Class
SERVICE CODE	1	ARMY
ARM OR SERVICE	AC	Air Corps
ARM OR SERVICE CODE	20	AC: AIR CORPS
DATE REPORT: DAY (DD)	06	06
DATE REPORT: MONTH (MM)	03	03
DATE REPORT: YEAR (Y)	4	1944
RACIAL GROUP CODE	1	WHITE
STATE OF RESIDENCE	42	Florida
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION	215	Bombardment, Heavy
PARENT UNIT NUMBER	0100	0100
PARENT UNIT TYPE	06	Group/Regiment/Commands/System
AREA	72	European Theatre: Germany
LATEST REPORT DATE: DAY (DD)	01	01
LATEST REPORT DATE: MONTH (MM)	06	06
LATEST REPORT DATE: YEAR (Y)	5	1945
SOURCE OF REPORT	1	Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
STATUS	8	Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
DETAINING POWER	1	GERMANY
CAMP	091	Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16
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