{"id":1113,"date":"2025-07-14T03:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1113"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T20:04:15","slug":"wilfried-link","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1113","title":{"rendered":"Wilfried Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/camp14-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121\" style=\"width:471px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/camp14-edited.jpg 610w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/camp14-edited-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 85vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilfried Link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenadier 1 \/ Rifleman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rank<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Grenadier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1918 in Ravensberg, Germany, Wilfried Link worked as a butcher (<em>Metzger<\/em>) prior to the war. He was unmarried at the time of his enlistment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Link enlisted in November 1942 and was assigned to Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon 194 for training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was subsequently assigned to Grenadier-Regiment 194 before being reassigned in April 1943 to Grenadier-Regiment 211, where he serves as a rifleman (Grenadier 1) within 1. Gruppe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Known for his enthusiasm and willingness to take on new roles, Link brings energy and a broad range of experience to the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Wilfried Link Role Grenadier 1 \/ Rifleman Rank Grenadier Background Born in 1918 in Ravensberg, Germany, Wilfried Link worked as a butcher (Metzger) prior to the war. He was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1113\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wilfried Link&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1290,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1113\/revisions\/1290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}