The Windmill of Eerde was destroyed on 24 September 1944 during the battle for the sand dunes. On the mill is a plaque with the names of the fallen soldiers.

In this windmill, Sergeant Jacob H. Wingard (Pennsylvania, 501 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division) was shot dead by the Germans on Monday 18 September 1944 at eleven in the morning when he gave fire control from the mill. He is buried on the American Military Cemetery Margraten.