Oberjäger Josef Geiersberger
Josef Geiersberger was part of 2./FJR 1 (2nd Company of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 1), which landed by parachute in the polder east of Wieldrecht on May 10, 1940. The company was soon ordered to secure the area around Rijksstraatweg, advancing towards Dordrecht. Near Gravestein, the company engaged in combat with the 1st Section of 2-III-34 RI, a battle that 2./FJR 1 quickly won. They then pressed forward to Villapark Amstelwijck, where the command post of I-28 RI, under Major Van Hoek, was located alongside a bunker complex1. A new confrontation ensued between the Dutch troops stationed there and Leutnant Graf von den Blücher, the commander of 2./FJR 1, who led his men in a daring assault on the command post and its bunkers. Supported by the rest of the 2nd Company and elements of 4./FJR 1, the Dutch forces stationed at the command post and bunker complex were completely overwhelmed. Although 2./FJR 1 emerged victorious, the fighting was not without casualties. Oberjäger Geiersberger was one of the paratroopers who fell during the battles around the command post and bunker park Amstelwijck.
He was initially buried in Row 1, Grave 8 in the German section of the general cemetery in Dordrecht. On August 4, 1947, he was reburied at the German military cemetery in Ysselsteyn, where he now rests in Block CP - Row 7 - Grave 1722.
