Probably taken as pocket litter. What is his name? Here is his unit:
FPN 41961 - 28.2.1941-29.7.1941 Regimentsstab Infanterie-Regiment 736. 8.9.1942-11.3.1943 Regimentsstab, Stabskompanie = A und Bespannungs-Staffel = B Grenadier-Regiment 736
GR 736 was on the beach at Normandy, north of Caan. This guy was likely captured or killed. That letter was on him, probably "pocket litter" in the pocket of his feldbluse or in his gas can.
The 716th Infantry Division, in summer 1942, was stationed in Normandy on the coastal sector extending from the Vire in the west to the Dives in the East. This Division was commanded by Generalleutnant Wilhem Richter at his Headquarters in Caen as shown in the above diagram. As can be seen on the organisation chart above, 716 ID was part of LXXXIV Corps, commanded by General der Artillerie Erich Marcks, and then the 7th Army, commanded by Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann. 716 ID positioned its two infantry regiments on its coastal sector, Grenadier-Regiment 736 in the East (from the Dives to Courseulles) and Grenadier-Regiment 726 in the West (from Courseulles to Grandcamp). The HQ of Grenadier-Regiment 736 was in Colleville (named Hillman by the Allies). The three Battalions of GR 736 were stationed to the West of the Orne. Ost-Batallion 642 comprised Russian soldiers from the Eastern Front enlisted into the Wehrmacht. The Ost-Batallion was reassigned to 716 ID in 1944. It therefore became the IV Battalion of GR 736 and its HQ was at Amfréville. Finally, the 716th ID contained Artillery Regiment 1716. The 1./AR 1716 was located east of the Orne and was the Merville Battery. The Forward Observation Post of the Merville Batterie was manned by a Section of 3./GR 736.
