| Name and E-mail Address |
Unit |
Looking For |
Unit |
Philip Reinders,
E-Mail reinders2@upcmail.nl
is a native of the Netherlands. |
399-B |
Philip is looking for any information or documentation about the Divisions artillery units that fought in the Netherlands, and for an original copy of 399 AFAB 'B' Battery account |
399-B |
Jack Carr,
E-Mail carrsinia@mediacombb.net
son of John Carr. |
88-C |
Jack is looking for info/pictures/stories of his father and would like to hear from anyone who knew him. |
88-C |
Andrea Miller,
E-Mail akmpharmd@gmail.com
g/niece of Alvin Weber. |
58-C |
Andrea is looking for info/pictures/stories of Alvin L Weber, kia March 30. 1945 and would like to hear from anyone who can help her. |
58-C |
Charles Beach,
E-Mail charlesfpbeach@hotmail.com
g/son of Charles McFarland Plunkett whose unit is unknown. |
unk |
Charles would like to hear from anyone who remembers his g/father or who can provide any information about him. His g/father enlisted in Ohio, was probably in a tank company, and travelled in Spain after the war. |
unk |
| Thieme Bosman, 11 yrs old - E-Mail thieme.bosman@hetnet.nl has adopted the grave of Edward Herrera, 49-B. |
49-B |
Thieme would like to hear from anyone who remembers Edward or who can provide any information about him. |
49-B |
DeWayne Butler - E-Mail de@likealightbulb.com
son of Bill C. Butler. |
7-med |
Dewayne would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father and how he received his Purple Heart Award. |
7-med |
Jeff Mawhinney - E-Mail jeffreymawhinney_9@msn.com
son of Sgt George Mawhinney |
398-unk |
Jeff would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father. |
398-ink |
Charles Turner - E-Mail charleseturner@sbcglobal.net
g/nephew of S/Sgt Charles Weller, kia 27 Feb 45 |
58-B |
Charles would like to hear from anyone who remembers his great-uncle. |
58-B |
Kevin Killiany - E-Mail kdkwriter@gmail.com
son of T/5 Don 'Buzz" Killiany. |
80-B |
Kevin would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father and the passes to Prague, Czech in the summer of 1945. |
80-B |
Mike Curtis - E-Mail mdcurtis@gmail.com
nephew of S/Sgt. William E. Curtis (kia, 25 Jan 45). |
7-Unk |
Mike would like to hear from anyone who knew his uncle or has any information about him. |
7-Unk |
Kathy Barnett, dau of Kermit Barnett
E-Mail kathyb53@suddenlink.net. |
18-D |
Kathy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII or has any pictures of him. |
18-D |
Andy Dutil, g/son of Donald A. Peltier
E-Mail andy.dutil@yahoo.com. |
399-C |
Andy would like to hear from anyone who knew his grandfather in WWII or has any pictures of him. |
399-C |
Karen Schnebeck, dau of Ferdinand H. Schnebeck
E-Mail Cactuskey@aol.com |
49-B |
Karen would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII. |
49-B |
Geert Wolters, Montfort, The Netherlands,
E-Mail geert.wolters@hotmail.com |
53-C |
Geert adopted the gravesite of Ray J. McCormick, who was kia 28 Mar 45. He would like to hear from any family member or anyone who knew Ray. |
53-C |
Jenna Briggs, g/dau of George G. Briggs,
E-Mail jennabbriggs@gmail.com |
58-A |
Jenna would like to hear from anyone who knew her g/father in WWII |
58-A |
Thieme Bosman, Netherlands,
E-Mail thieme.bosman@hetnet.nl has adopted the grave of Pfc Edward Herrera, 49-B |
|
Edward was killed at Rheinberg, Ger. on 5 Mar 45. Thieme would like to hear from anyone who knew or remembers Edward. |
49-B |
Jayne Kress Alyea, dau and Tom Alyea,
son-in-law, E-Mail lalyea@comcast.net |
53-A |
Tom and Jayne would like to hear from anyone who knew George Kress in WWII |
53-A |
Jim Christensen, son of Staff Sgt. Art Christensen
(Chris), E-Mail jmc@peak.org |
Div Hq |
Jim would like to hear from anyone who knew his father in WWII. His father was Mess Sgt. of HQ CO. |
Div Hq |
Hugh L., Jr., E-Mail ae4n@earthlink.net
and Charles, E-Mail brunson326@bellsouth.net,
sons of Hugh L. Brunson |
49-B |
Hugh and Charles would like to hear from anyone who knew their father in WWII |
49-B |
Judy Gibson Warden, dau of James M. Gibson,
E-Mail fjwarden@lipan.net |
80th Tk |
Judy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father in WWII |
80th Tk |
Lemeul Muniz, son of Henry Muniz,
E-Mail lemeul@comvestltd.com |
80-D |
Lemuel would like to find any pictures of his father and/or contact anyone who knew him in WWII |
80-D |
Susie Breidenbach, dau of Paul A. Breidenbach,
E-Mail sbreiden01@yahoo.com |
58-Svc |
Susie would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII |
58-Svc |
Cheryl Lloyd, dau of Elmer Lloyd, E-Mail
lloydcj51@aol.com |
80-D |
Cheryl would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII |
80-D |
Richard Fiorella, son of Joseph W. Fiorella, E-Mail
Richard.Fiorella@gd-ms.com
| 49-C |
Richard would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII |
49-C |
Cindy Russo, dau of Thomas Mullin,
E-Mail Firerescuejoe@aol.com |
58-Svc |
Cindy would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with her father in WWII |
58-Svc |
Dana Bate, son of Raymond N. Bate,
E-Mail dbate2@amica.com |
130-A |
Dana would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII |
130-A |
Lowell Eugene Pfeffer,
E-Mail daughter jsturd@tds.net |
58-HqC |
She would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with him in WWII |
58-HqC |
David A. Sharp, son of Reeves P. Sharp,
E-Mail:
davidsharp@wdiokc.com |
18-A |
Would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with Reeves P. Sharp |
18-A |
Lee French, son of Robert D. French,
E-mail -
leefrench1@earthlink.net |
7-C |
Lee would like to hear from Alex Graham, Richard H. Martin, or anyone who remembers his father |
7-C |
Kevin Knutson, son of Herman Knutson,
E-mail -
kknutson@Kraft.com |
7-B |
Kevin would like to hear from anyone who remembers his father |
7-B |
Nancy Ziese, dau of John J. Rogers,
E-mail -
nziese@charter.net |
18-Hq |
Nancy would like to hear from anyone who remembers her father |
18-Hq |
Jim Cox, son-in-law of Stanley Madej,
E-mail -
jamesrdcox@comcast.net |
399-C |
Stanley would like to hear from anyone from 399-C who remembers him |
399-C |
Cathy Eberstein, dau of William Klucharich,
E-mail -
ceberstein@mcasearch.com |
58-B |
Cathy would like to hear from anyone who knew her father |
58-B |
Charles Weldele, son of Harry Weldele,
E-mail -
charles_weldele@merck.com |
36-D |
Charles would like to hear from anyone who knew his father |
36-D |
David J. Clare, son of Paul W. Clare,
E-mail -
claredjcinc@aol.com |
58-C |
David would like to hear from anyone who knew his father |
58-C |
| Suzanne Chapman Lawson,dau of Capt J. Harold Chapman, E-mail - suzannel@ntin.net |
18-C
88-A |
Suzanne would like to hear from anyone who knew her father |
18-C
88-A |
Jean-Pierre Schoenmakers, The Netherlands,
E-mail - sjoppie@msn.com |
|
Jean-Pierre has adopted the grave of Pfc Gerhardt Schoengrund, and would like to hear from anyone who knew him |
7-C |
| Forest Pitts, E-mail - fjpitts@sbcglobal.net |
405-B |
Forest is looking for old friends or anyone who served with him from Camp Polk to Czechoslovakia in WWII. |
405-B |
| Jonah Garry, g/son of Samuel Garry, E-mail - Yankeesjdg2@aol.com |
7-C |
Jonah's g/father would like to hear from anyone who served in 7-C including friends Pvt. Mitchell W. Miller and Pfc. Joseph S. Miszewski, both 7-C |
7-C |
| Anthony (Andy) Waskie, Jr. son of Capt. Anthony (Andy)
Waskie, Sr., Medical Corps, attached to 130th Ord Maint Bn - E-mail - andy.waskie@temple.edu |
130-Med |
Andy would like to hear from anyone who knew or served with his father in WWII in the 8th Armored Division |
130-Med |
| Greg Mauldin and James Mauldin, sons of James N. Mauldin, E-mail - gmauldin25@gmail.com or
jnmaul@att.net
| 78-Med |
Jim and Greg are trying to help their father James N. Mauldin locate two buddies from the 78th Medical Battalion, A Company. He was in the 78th before being transferred to the 63rd Infantry Div. and went overseas with that unit. He is now 93 and was wondering the whereabouts of Louis J. Boucher and Thomas A. Griffith; if they are deceased; any family contact information, etc. |
78-Med |
| Sharon Brim, daughter of Marion Ballard, E-mail - sharonbrim26@yahoo.com |
405-B |
Sharon is looking for anyone who served with her father, Marion Ballard, in the Armored Field Artillery, 405-B. He is very much interested in contacting them.
|
405-B |
| David Jost, son of Dana Nelson Jost, E-mail - dnjost@gmail.com |
18-Unk |
David is looking for information about which 18th tank unit his father might have served. He knows the unit ended up in Pilsen, Czech. and members also waited in England before having enought points to return home. His father also recalls having great admiration and respect for their leader who was transferred to another division then lost in combat. David would like to find out the name of this higher rank individual who his dad said frequently went on ahead of the tanks and stuck his head in and out of places no one else dared, to keep his men safe.
|
18-Unk |
| Dave Stevenson, grandson of Pfc Walter Reid Gold, E-mail - dave.stevenson@edcgov.us |
49-C |
Dave is trying to locate anyone who knows anything about a half track carrying troops and fuel which hit a land mine and blew up. The incident occurred post war in Europe.
|
49-C |
| Jill Evans,daughter of T/Sgt Paul S. Evans, E-mail - prahagirl27@aol.com |
Unit Unk |
Jill is trying learn more about her father. She knows that he drove a tank. At some point, they were caught in Nazi territory, the tanks ran out of gas and they had to hide under until they were clear to escape.
|
Unit Unk |
Heidi Fishman, E-mail - heidifishman@gmail.com |
Unit Unk |
Heidi Fishman seeks information on Lloyd Miller, 8th Armored Division, unit unknown. He was at the airfield in Pilsen in June of 1945 and was of great help to her mother, Ruth Lichtenstern and her family who were Displaced Persons and had just been liberated from Theresienstadt concentration camp in Czechoslavakia. Ruth was ten years old at the time and didn't know much English. She spoke German and Dutch. She remembers that Lloyd Miller came from a state with a strong "O" sound. Whether that "O" was the first letter as in Oklahoma or a middle or last letter as in Colorado, she can't be sure of now. |
Unit Unk |
Jerry Esrig, Son of Donald Esrig, E-mail - Jerry.esrig@gmail.com |
36-B |
Jerry is trying to gather information on his father, Donald Esrig, who was in 36th Tank Company B and was captured on March 5, 1945 when was his tank was knocked out in Rheinberg, he believes. He is guessing he was in one of the three tanks knocked out in the town referenced in the after action reports. He is trying to figure out which tank he was in, who else was with him and what happened after he was captured. His understanding is that he was held for about 60 days and then the Germans abandoned the POW camp right before VE Day. |
36-B |
Jeanette Shultz Wickstrom, daughter of Ray E. Shultz. E-mail - nutski2@aol.com |
80-D |
Jeanette is seeking anyone who knew father, Ray Eugene Shultz who was a tank driver in 80th Tank Company D. She recalls him telling of the time he gave Francis Langford a ride on his tank. Francis was a famous movie star on tour with Bob Hope. Jeanette is also looking photos of her father, names of fellow crew members and the name of his tank. |
80-D |
Kent Frankovich, grandson of Fred Kormanik, E-mail - kent@revolights.com |
88-HQ |
Kent is looking for anyone who might be aware of a tank rollover incident that occurred during training in Louisiana. |
88-HQ |
Roy Pfennings, Historian, Roerdreihoek Museum, Montfort, Holland. E-mail - info@roerdreihoek.com |
49 AIB |
In our archives we have a story (interview made by a local historian) from a German Fallschirmjäger (Paratrooper) who made an assault with his group on the Basilica in Sint-Odiliënberg, near Montfort Holland, which at that moment was occupied by the British.
Three years ago we had a visit from a British veteran at our museum who told us his story about a German assault on the Basilica when he was there. They stayed at the Basilica for two weeks and at his birthday they where relieved by the Americans. This was a platoon from 49th Armored Infantry Bn. They had been attacked by night and shot at by snipers at daylight for two weeks, and when the Americans came by daylight...nothing happened. This relief by the Americans was February 16th 1945. The Americans stayed there for another 12 days and I guess they got the same assaults and sniper attacks by the Germans like the British.
I wonder if there are any US veterans of the 49th Armored Inf. Bn. who can remember that they have relieved the British at the Basilica of Sint-Odiliënberg (Paarlo) and stayed there for almost two weeks.
It would be wonderful if we have this event complete for all three involved.
Best Regards, Roy Pfennings
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49 AIB |
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|  28 Mar 2020 |
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