10 Feb 1943 -- Transfers from Lexington Signal Depot

The newly commissioned Signal Corps Officers graduated December 18, 1942. My ancestor reported "Took the first train home", so he was able to spend Christmas with his family. According to his notes, he "reported Lexington Signal Depot for school" on December 30, 1942.

With the successful completion of school on Feb. 18, he once again took leave for the "first train home". He reported, along with others, to the 885th Sig Co, Tinker Field, Oklahoma City. He noted he arrived on Feb. 27.

The actual extract of the order assigning him indicated "Each of following-named 2d Lts of Sig C is reld fr asgmt and dy at Sig C RP Lexington Sig Dep, Lexington, Ky, eff upon compl present course of instr o/a 13 Feb 1943...".

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Thirteen officers were named along with their new duty assignments:

NAME	DUTY STATION
ROBERT  HUBER	Syracuse, NY
FRANK  JONES	Oklahoma City, OK
FLOYD  JONES	Oklahoma City, OK
LESTER  GREENWALD	New Cumberland, PA
OSCAR  REICH	Ft Mason, CA
WILLIAM  RAMAGHAN	Ft Mason, CA
RAYMOND  SMITH	Camp Crowder, MO
ANTHONY  ROMEO	Pinedale, CA
OSCAR  MILLER	Pinedale, CA
EDWIN  LAKE	Pinedale, CA
JOHN  UTHOFF	Cp Young, CA
ROBERT  VUCASOVICH	Camp Bowie, TX
JOHN  WEINER	Camp Bowie, TX

A copy of Special Orders #41 (Extract para. 24), War Department, Wash. DC dtd 10 Feb 1943

The Signal Corps had a class photo taken:

Members of  Signal Corps Officer Training Class dtd 9 Jan 1943
(courtesy of the author)

Special Orders #41 consisted of 24 pages, and two extracts contained 32 of the 47 officers in the class. Since a copy of the full Order was also provided--an extract (Paragraph 25) containing the names of more graduates--is included here.

 

NAME	DUTY STATION
JAMES ALLEY JR	Ft Bliss, TX
JACKSON  ALDERMAN	Wright Fld, OH
ARLO BANDFIELD	Barkeley, TX
JAMES CLEMENS JR	Barkeley, TX
BERNARD DICKES	Pinedale, CA
RAYMOND BROWN	Pinedale, CA
CLAUDE GLASER	Langley Fld, VA
ERNEST GAILEY	Langley Fld, VA
OREM HOUSTON	Rome, NY
JAMES HEFTON	Rome, NY
JAMES HARRIS	Oklahoma City, OK
PAUL HANSEN	Oklahoma City, OK
DRUEBERT HAMPE	Oklahoma City, OK
JAMES GROGAN	Oklahoma City, OK
IRVING DAVIS	Reno AAB, NV
GUSTAVE GRANDELL	Reno AAB, NV
JULES BRICK	Reno AAB, NV
C F BELL	Reno AAB, NV
JAMES EAGER	Pinedale, CA

A copy of Special Orders #41 (Extract para. 25), War Department, Wash. DC dtd 10 Feb 1943

A full copy of Special Orders #41 may be found here.

10 Dec 1942 -- OCS Graduates / Commissions

Officer Candidate School graduates were notified December 10th, of their impending commissioning as Officers in the United States Army...the Orders extract stated in part "...each of the following-named 2ND LIEUTS, Sig C, AUS, (former grades and permanent non-military addresses indicate), who will satisfactorily complete the Officer Candidate Course at the E Sig C Sch on 18 Dec, 1942, is, effective that date ordered to active duty, and will report to the CO, this sta, for temp duty...".

All Officers were part of the Signal Corps, so all were transferred to the Lexington Signal Depot, Lexington, Kentucky--date of rank 18 Dec 1942.

They took a photo:

The Graduating Class OCS Ft. Monmouth NJ December 1942
(photo courtesy of the author)

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The following 47 personnel were named in the order, along with former rank, and current home address:

CPL ADDISON ABRAMOWITZ,  Barnegat,  NJ
CPL JAMES ALLEY Jr,  Greenwich,  CT
CPL ARLO BANDFIELD,  Waterloo,  IA
CPL CHARLES BARTLETT,  Millville,  NJ
CPL C BELL,  Floresville,  TX
CPL ORRIN BOXMANN,  East Moline,  IL
CPL JULES BRICK,  Passaic,  NJ
CPL FRANK BROOKS Jr,  Scott City,  KS
SSGT RAYMOND BROWN,  Port Richmond,  NY
SGT ISIDORE BROWN,  Brooklyn,  NY
TECH5G JAMES CLEMENS Jr,  New York,  NY
CPL IRVING DAVIS,  Trenton,  NJ
TECH4G BERNARD DICKES,  Newark,  NJ
CPL JAMES EAGER,  Brooklyn,  NY
CPL ERNEST GAILEY,  Lakewood,  NJ
CPL CHARLES GAUNT III,  Asherville,  NC
TECH5G CLAUDE GLASER Jr,  Bronxville,  NY
SSGT WILLIAM GOODYEAR,  Des Moines,  IA
CPL GUSTAVE GRANDELL,  Duluth,  MN
SGT LESTER GREENWALD,  Dayton,  OH
SGT JAMES GROGAN,  Sanborn,  IA
SSGT DRUEBERT HAMPE,  New Braunfels,  TX
CPL PARUL HANSEN,  Worcester,  MA
CPL JAMES HARRIS,  Birmingham,  AL
CPL DAVID HAY,  Swampscott,  MA
SGT JAMES HEFTON,  Bumpass,  VA
CPL CHARLES HOEFLICK,  New York,  NY
MSGT OREM HOUSTON,  Arbutus,  MD
CPL ROBERT HUBER,  Clinton,  WI
CPL RALPH JOHNSON,  Greensburg,  PA
CPL FRANK JONES,  Chattanooga,  TN
SSGT FLOYD JONES,  Newton,  KS
TECH4G EDWIN LAKE,  Brooklyn,  NY
CPL GEORGE LEVIN,  St. Louis,  MO
CPL SIDNEY MARSHALL,  Syracuse,  NY
CPL OSCAR MILLER,  Brooklyn,  NY
CPL WILLIAM RANAGHAN,  Somerville,  MA
CPL OSCAR REICH,  Los Angeles,  CA
CPL DONALD ROHRBACH,  Allentown,  PA
SGT ANTHONY ROMEO,  New York,  NY
TECH4G ROLAND ROSENBERGER,  Highland Park,  MI
CPL RAYMOND SMITH,  Beaumont,  TX
SSGT LEONARD STRASSMAN,  Elizabeth,  NJ
CPL ROY VAN BRUNT,  Forest Hills,  NY
CPL ROBERT VUCASOVICH,  Anaconda,  MT
TECH4G JOHN WEINER,  Livingston Manor,  NY
TECH4G HOWARD WILLIAMS,  Fremont,  NE

Each graduate was provided with a certificate of training:

Course Completion Certificate

One of the subjects was "Mess Management" :-).

A copy of Special Orders #339 (Extract para. 29), HQ Fort Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ dtd 10 Dec 1942

12 Sep 1942 -- OCS Selections

Orders came down today for selection to Signal Corps Officer Candidate School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Departures were to be scheduled to arrive September, 18th, to attend the "officer candidate course and later assignment to duty and new permanent duty station." This order was an extract (paragraph 7) of the original order from HQ Seventh Service Command, Services of Supply, Omaha.

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The following enlisted men were selected:

RANK         NAME                                           UNIT LOCATION

PVT	BRUCE N KEENEY	Ft Crook, NE
CPL	ERNEST  SABO	Ft Francis E. Warren, WY
PFC	ROBERT Z LERNER	Ft Francis E. Warren, WY
PFC	CHARLES F MCCAMISH	Ft Leavenworth, KS
PFC	JACK T ELSLOO	Ft Leavenworth, KS
PVT	GAILARD B ABART	Ft Leavenworth, KS
TECH4G	CHARLES M BARRINGER	Ft Snelling, MN
CPL	DONALD A BERGLUND	Ft Snelling, MN
CPL	ROBERT E FOYE	Ft Snelling, MN
PVT	ROBERT F PURINTON	Camp Crowder, MO
TECH4GR	CHARLES G STEELE JR	Ft Riley, KS
CPL	SIDNEY L COHEN	Ft Riley, KS
TECH 5G	GEORGE S BARKER	Ft Riley, KS
TECH5G	DONAVAN D DOYLE	Ft Riley, KS
PFC	LOUIS F SNODGRASS	Ft Riley, KS
SSGT	WELLSFORD V BARLOW	Ft Leonard Wood, MO
SSGT	FLOYD M JONES	Ft Leonard Wood, MO
SGT	THOMAS H ELSEY	Ft Leonard Wood, MO
TECH4G	KENNETH G EBERT	Ft Leonard Wood, MO
TECH4G	ROBERT L IMENDORF	Ft Leonard Wood, MO

A copy of Special Orders #249 (EXTRACT), HQ Seventh Service Command, September 12, 1942

06 Jun 1942 -- Company Promotions

Headquarters 19th Signal Service Company, Fort Omaha, Nebraska announces promotions for some of its servicemen, along with rationale.

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The following 65 enlisted men are identified along with their to-be-Rank:

TECH5G	LEROY W ALEXANDER
PFC	DWAYNE C ATWILL
SSGT	EDDIE M BAILEY
TECH4G	DEAN L BALDWIN
TECH5G	ARTHUR C BAUMBACH
TECH4G	DONALD M BEEMBLOSSOM
SSGT	GEORGE F BETT
TECH5G	EARL H BLY
CORP	HUGH G BONNIE
SGT	CLARENCE S BURCH
TECH5G	IGNATIUS E CARRAHER
CORP	JAMES H COSTELLO
TECH4G	LEON D CRAWFORD
TSGT	CHESTER H CURTIS
TECH4G	JESSIE E DANIEL
TECH4G	EUGENE A DIETRICH
PFC	ROBERT F DODD
CORP	KENNETH  G EBERT
TECH4G	THOMAS H ELSEY
PFC	DONALD E FLANDERS JR
PFC	GEORGE K HECKEL
CORP	ROBERT L IMENDORF
TECH4G	WESLEY L JENNINGS
SSGT	FLOYD M JONES
CORP	JOHN L KIERNAN
TECH5G	KENNETH  N KINNEY
TECH5G	WILLIAM C KOCH
TECH5G	PHILIP  KUNGL
CORP	ARMOND W LAWRENCE
TECH4G	RAYMOND H LEAVER
SGT	JOHN J LOWERY
TSGT	ERVIN W MADSEN
CORP	EDWARD J MASTERSON
TECH5G	ROBERT A MCKINLEY
PFC	MYRLE  MONROE
PFC	RICHARD C MOORE
TECH3G	FRANK  E MOWRY
CORP	HAROLD L MOYLAN
PFC	RICHARD O MULLEN
TECH5G	ALBERT W NELSON
PFC	MELVIN A NYSTROM
SGT	HOWARD C O'BRIEN
TECH4G	KENNETH  H OLSON
CORP	CLARENCE  PETERSON
PFC	FRED  PFEIFER
PFC	JAMES L PITCHFORD
PFC	KENDALL E POTTER
TECH4G	ROBERT B PRATT
PFC	MARTIN J PRICE JR
TECH5G	WILLIAM B RECTOR JR
TECH4G	MAYNARD E ROBINETT
PFC	ARTHUR L RUDNICK
SGT	MILO L SAYLOR
TECH3G	WALTER F SHIELDS
TECH4G	GEORGE L STANLEY
PFC	ALVIN D STEEB
SGT	FRANKLIN M STEWART
SSGT	GEORGE W STRUBLE
SGT	JAMES H TIPPIT
SGT	ORIS M TURNER
SGT	THEODORE  VAN GRONIGEN
TSGT	CARL  L WASTLUND
TECH5G	JOHN D WHITFIELD
PFC	HENRY  WILCZAK
PFC	ELIJAH M YORK

A copy of Company Order #23, HQ 19th Signal Service Company June 6, 1942

01 Apr 1942 - Company Promotions and Disratings

Signal Corps Insignia

Tech 5G Insignia

The Nineteenth Signal Service Company, headquartered at Fort Omaha, Nebraska noted promotions and disratings to personnel along with the rationale and effective date. Over 180 actions were recorded.



At this time, a reclassification of specialist rankings occurred. All "Specialist Class" personnel became "Technician Grade" personnel. Definitions:

Technician 3rd Grade

Technician 4th Grade

Technician 5th Grade

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The following enlisted men are identified. Because of the large number of soldiers, the page of the order is identified along with the name.

PAGE	NAME_____				PAGE	NAME_____
PG. 4	WILLIAM	J	ACKERMAN		PG. 2	RAYMOND	H	LEAVER
PG. 3	HARRY	D	ADAIR		PG. 3	RAYMOND	H	LEAVER
PG. 4	LEROY	W	ALEXANDER		PG. 1	HAROLD	E	LEE
PG. 2	FLOYD	W	ARLING		PG. 4	HAROLD	S	LEE
PG. 1	ELLIS	C	ATCHISON		PG. 4	DONALD	W	LINENGER
PG. 2	ELLIS	C	ATCHISON		PG. 1	ORVILLE	E	LONE
PG. 3	JOSEPH	T	BACSI		PG. 3	ORVILLE	E	LONE
PG. 3	BEN	C	BALL		PG. 3	JOHN	J	LOWERY
PG. 2	WELLSFORD	V	BARLOW		PG. 5	LAWRENCE	C	LUCE
PG. 3	DONALD	R	BAYER		PG. 2	ERVIN	W	MADSEN
PG. 4	DONALD	M	BEEMBLOSSOM		PG. 4	GEORGE	F	MARTS
PG. 1	ROBERT	N	BENNETT		PG. 5	EDWARD	J	MASTERSON
PG. 4	ROBERT	N	BENNETT		PG. 1	CHARLES	E	MCCOLLUM
PG. 5	IRWIN	D	BERNHAGEN		PG. 3	CHARLES	E	MCCOLLUM
PG. 1	WILLIE	H	BESS		PG. 3	JOHN	R	MCHUGH
PG. 3	WILLIE	H	BESS		PG. 1	OLIVER	P	MCPHERSON
PG. 1	ROBERT	H	BOND		PG. 3	OLIVER	P	MCPHERSON
PG. 2	ROBERT	H	BOND		PG. 2	JOHN	D	MELIA
PG. 1	HUGH	G	BONNIE		PG. 1	MARVIN	C	MILETT
PG. 4	HUGH	G	BONNIE		PG. 3	MARVIN	C	MILETT
PG. 3	GILBERT	C	BOWEN		PG. 4	RICH/RD	L	MINTON
PG. 2	CHARLES	M	BOYD		PG. 3	DURWARD	M	MOORE
PG. 5	CHARLES	M	BOYD		PG. 3	FRANK	E	MOWRY
PG. 3	GRANVIL	F	BOYD		PG. 1	HAROLD	L	MOYLAN
PG. 4	ALFRED	C	BRANTLEY		PG. 4	HAROLD	L	MOYLAN
PG. 2	JAMES	R	BRITTIN		PG. 4	JOSEPH	F	MYZAK
PG. 3	JAMES	R	BRITTIN		PG. 2	LAVERN	W	NEVIN
PG. 1	MAJOR	O	BROWN		PG. 4	LAVERN	W	NEVIN
PG. 3	MAJOR	O	BROWN		PG. 3	WAYNE	E	NORDSTROM
PG. 3	JOHN	O	BURKA		PG. 2	WILFRED	S	OLMON
PG. 1	ROBERT	L	BYERS		PG. 4	WILFRED	E	OLMON
PG. 5	IGNATIUS	S	CARRAHER		PG. 4	DONALD	L	OMANN
PG. 2	WALTER	L	CHADWELL		PG. 1	ROBERT	G	PEARSON
PG. 3	WALTER	L	CHADWELL		PG. 3	ROBERT	G	PEARSON
PG. 4	BERLIN	R	CHANDLER		PG. 5	JAMES	D	PHILLIPS
PG. 2	VERNON	E	CLARK		PG. 2	ORMAND	K	PHILSON
PG. 5	SHIRLEY	W	COLES		PG. 3	ORMAND	K	PHILSON
PG. 4	ARTHUR	F	CORBETT		PG. 4	JAMES	L	PITCHFORD
PG. 4	JAMES	H	COSTELLO		PG. 2	WILLIAM	H	RAMSEY
PG. 1	LEON	D	CRAWFORD		PG. 2	GUY	N	RANDALL
PG. 3	LEON	D	CRAWFORD		PG. 4	HENRY	W	REESE
PG. 3	THOMAS	H	CRAWFORD		PG. 2	HENRY	M	RHODE
PG. 2	CECIL	M	DAVIS		PG. 3	HENRY	M	RHODE
PG. 4	CECIL	M	DAVIS		PG. 2	MAYNARD	E	ROBINETT
PG. 2	BUFORD	W	DEAN		PG. 3	MAYNARD	S	ROBINETT
PG. 2	WILBUR	D	DEPAUW		PG. 3	JUARA	K	ROBINSON
PG. 3	WILBUR	D	DEPAUW		PG. 2	HENRY	H	ROGERS
PG. 4	HOWARD	W	DOHERTY		PG. 5	HENRY	H	ROGERS
PG. 4	DONAVAN	D	DOYLE		PG. 2	HURLEY	H	ROGERS
PG. 2	JAMES	H	DUMPPROPE		PG. 4	HURLEY	H	ROGERS
PG. 4	THOMAS	I	ELSEY		PG. 3	HERBERT	E	RUSSELL
PG. 4	VERGIL	E	ELSTON		PG. 1	RICHARD	E	RUTHERFORD
PG. 4	MELVIN	G	ENGLEBRETSON		PG. 3	RICHARD	E	RUTHERFORD
PG. 3	ORVILLE	A	EUDALEY		PG. 1	MILO	L	SAYLOR
PG. 2	JACK		FINDLAY		PG. 3	MILO	L	SAYLOR
PG. 4	JACK		FINDLAY		PG. 4	LEO	G	SCHEUFFELE
PG. 2	LOUIS		FLAKNE		PG. 3	CLARENCE	E	SCHMIDT
PG. 4	LOUIS	W	FLAKNE		PG. 1	KENNETH	H	SCHMIDT
PG. 4	RICHARD		FLEESON		PG. 3	KENNETH	H	SCHMIDT
PG. 4	RICHARD		FLEESON		PG. 4	FREDERICK	A	SCHULZ
PG. 2	WILLIAM	A	FOWLER		PG. 2	LESLEY	D	SCOBEE
PG. 4	WILLIAM	A	FOWLER JR		PG. 4	LESLEY	D	SCOBEE
PG. 1	CHARLES	E	GASS		PG. 1	THOMAS	E	SEELEY
PG. 4	CHARLES	E	GASS		PG. 3	THOMAS	E	SEELEY
PG. 2	JESSE	R	GRIMES		PG. 1	MARION	H	SEVERSON
PG. 3	THEODORE	VAN	GRONIGEN		PG. 3	MARION	H	SEVERSON
PG. 1	THEODORS	VAN	GRONIGEN		PG. 2	JAMES	H	SHERTZ
PG. 1	THOMPSON		GROW		PG. 5	JAMES	H	SHERTZ
PG. 3	THOMPSON		GROW		PG. 4	ARTHUR	H	SLESS
PG. 1	WILLIAM	A	HASSE		PG. 1	MILTON	R	SMITH
PG. 3	WILLIAM	A	HASSE		PG. 4	MILTON	R	SMITH
PG. 2	JOHN	A	HINES		PG. 1	DONALD	C	SPONG
PG. 4	RAYMOND	L	HORTON		PG. 2	DONALD	C	SPONG
PG. 1	DWIGHT	I	HULTMAN		PG. 2	GEORGE	R	SQUIRE
PG. 3	DWIGHT	I	HULTMAN		PG. 3	GEORGE	R	SQUIRE
PG. 4	WILLIAM	H	HUSTING		PG. 1	GEORGE	L	STANLEY
PG. 5	ROBERT	L	IMENDORF		PG. 3	GEORGE	L	STANLEY
PG. 1	RAY	H	JACKSON		PG. 2	LAWRENCE	W	STARK
PG. 2	UEDE	L	JACOBS		PG. 5	LAWRENCE	W	STARK
PG. 1	WESLEY	L	JENNINGS		PG. 3	GEORGE	W	STRUBLE
PG. 4	WESLEY	L	JENNINGS		PG. 1	WILBUR	J	TABOR
PG. 4	JAMBS	P	JERNIGAN		PG. 2	WILBUR	J	TABOR
PG. 1	ROBERT		JOHNSON		PG. 2	JOHN	S	TOFIL
PG. 1	FLOYD	M	JONES		PG. 4	JOHN	S	TOFIL
PG. 3	FLOYD	M	JONES		PG. 2	ORIS	M	TURNER
PG. 4	JOHN	L	KIERNAN		PG. 3	ORIS	M	TURNER
PG. 2	ROBERT	T	LARSON		PG. 2	PAUL	V	WEINGART
PG. 4	ROBERT	T	LARSON		PG. 4	PAUL	V	WEINGART
PG. 2	AMAND		LAWRENCE		PG. 2	HOWARD	H	WRIGHT
PG. 4	ARMOND	W	LAWRENCE		PG. 3	HOWARD	H	WRIGHT
PG. 3	GERALD	R	LAWRENCE		PG. 5	ANTHONY	S	ZOLA

A copy of Company Order #11, HQ 19th Signal Service Company April 1, 1942

08 Dec 1941 -- More Company Promotions/Reductions

The Nineteenth Signal Service Company, headquartered at Fort Omaha, Nebraska noted promotions and reductions to personnel along with the rationale and effective date. Most occurred due to transfers. Seven servicemen are identified.

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They were:

JAMES H SHERTZ - reduced fm CPL to PVT SPC4
GEORGE M BECK - promoted to CPL
GLENN A WOMBWELL - promoted to CPL
FLOYD M JONES - promoted to PFC SPC5
HARRY D ADAIR - promoted to PFC
HAROLD D AMES - promoted to PFC
CECIL H DAVIS - promoted to PVT SPC4

A copy of Company Order #45, HQ 19th Signal Service Company, December 8, 1941

05 Aug 1941 -- Temporary Duty Assignment

Three enlisted men from the 19th Signal Company at Ft. Leonard Wood are assigned to the Engineer Replacement Training Center, same location, for three weeks of training. After that they will return to their units.

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The affected enlisted men are:


PERRY P CONLEY
THEODORE VAN GRONIGEN
FLOYD M JONES

All are the rank of Private.

Copy of Special Orders #151, HQ Fort Leonard Wood, MO, EXTRACT August 5, 1941

26 July 1941 -- Company Promotions

Signal Corps Insignia

The Nineteenth Signal Service Company, headquartered at Fort Omaha, Nebraska noted promotions to personnel along with the rationale and effective date. Eight servicemen are identified.

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The following men are identified in Company Order #29:

Promoted to Sergeant:
DANIEL R MCDONALD 

Promoted to Corporal
WAYNE E NORDSTROM

Promoted to Private First Class
RALPH J MCCARTNEY
PEARY P COOLEY
CARL L THOMAS
THEO VAN GRONIGEN

Promoted to Private Specialist 4th Class
LORRAINE B LA DUE

Promoted to Private Specialist 5th Class
FLOYD M JONES

A copy of Company Order #29, 19th Signal Service Company, July 26, 1941

28 Jun 1941 -- The Beginning

WW2 Draft card (rear)

In January, 1941 my ancestor was classified by his local draft board as 1A. The following June that draft board sent him a letter  stating "You have been selected for training and service...[y]ou will receive an Order to Report for Induction--such induction to take place on or about June 10th to 30th, 1941..."

So he was drafted, and ordered to report to the Fort Leavenworth "Reception Center" on June 25th. After picking up his uniforms and gear, he was assigned to Ft. Leonard Wood, MO to Detachment Signal Service Company, Signal Corps. His record copy of the orders for assignment were preserved as an Extract (i.e. only specific paragraphs of the order that applied to him and others nearby). The Extract contained the names of 24 others who were assigned to various locations in the Signal Corps.

Draft Notice, June 2nd, 1941

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Here are the 25 people mentioned in Special Orders #151 Extract handed down from Headquarters Reception Center #1773, Fort Leavenworth, KS.

WILLIAM CARSTENS
WOODROW CURTIS
LESLIE FRYE
WILMER HAFFNER
FLOYD JONES
IRA KIRKENDOLL
TROY KLOEFKORN
J P LESH
CHARLES MARLING
SCOTT MCCLELLAND
WAVERLY MEEKER
JOHN  MOHLMAN
CHARLES MULLEN JR
WILLIAM ONEY
REX PIERSON
HOWARD RANDLES
JOSEPH SARRACINO
RUDOLPH SCHIBLER
ANTHONY SCHWAB
PAUL SMITH
JOHN  SWENSON
PAUL TEMPLE
HENRY TOBIN
LAWRENCE  VERMILLION
HAROLD  WEEKS
HAROLD  WILSON

Copy of Special Orders #151 (Extract) HQ Reception Ctr #1773, Ft. Leavenworth, 28 Jun 1941

The Story

My father served in WWII in the China-Burma-India Theater as part of the Signal Corps. Starting out as a draftee, he eventually was accepted to Signal Corps Officer Candidate School. After that he was immediately assigned to the China-Burma-India theater. While his official record (as many others) were destroyed in the 1974 St. Louis fire, he kept his copy of his service record, so there is still available a document of each assignment he had...

An OCS December at Fort Monmouth, NJ

...and by default a record for anyone who was promoted, transferred, or ordered the same time he was. It's planned that each entry will show all soldiers noted on the order received by him.

Hopefully this will help someone find a record of an ancestor who served, that would otherwise be lost.

Happy Hunting!

 

(To start I recommend you key in the last name of who you're looking for in the search box in the right hand column.)