Any WWII information on 114th Infantry Company E?

My grandfather recently passed away and we are trying to find any information about his time in the service.

His name was Moises R. Mata. Born in Harlingen, Texas November 18, 1923.

He enlisted February 14 1943 - Ft Sam Houston.

He was a Private First Class 114th Infantry 44 Division Company E Artillery 5.

Discharged Nov 1 1945 - Camp Chaffee Arkansas.

 

I checked the rosters in the 114th Infantry unit history and there is no Moises R. Mata listed. That does not mean that he did not serve with the 114th Infantry. Where did you get the unit information you referenced? The last bit, "Artillery 5" doesn't seem to make sense. If you have his discharge papers, posting a copy here would give us more information with which to help you.

 

Here's what we've got from the papers. We also just bought the With the 114th In the ETO and I don't see him in here either. What's weird is that we have a lot of letters from him to my grandmother that he wrote when he was at Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. It's all getting very confusing.

 

The Separation Qualification Record explains a lot. First, I am all but certain that he was only in the 114th Infantry for the purpose of being discharged. It is very common that the unit on a WWII soldier's Discharge is the last unit to which they were assigned, not the most significant. I'm sorry that you bought the unit history when he was probably not in the unit very long. However, it is a great Regimental History.

The SQR states that he was in several artillery units in the States as well as overseas. He served 14 months in both the European Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. He also was awarded 3 battle stars Unfortunately, it doesn't mention which units. If you have any correspondence from him that has his return address, that will sometimes offer some clues as to the units he was in.

Knowing that he was assigned to E Company of the 114th Infantry does have a positive side. A researcher will be able to backtrack his unit assignments using Company Morning Reports. MRs are daily records of the unit's personnel changes. When a GI is assigned from one unit to another, both units record the specific unit he is going to or arriving from as well as the respective dates.

 

Oddly enough, I actually do have a ton of envelopes of his. If I'm reading this correctly, he was in the 536th Field Artillery Batallion?

 

Yes, Battery A of the 536th Field Artillery Bn. If you have any letters with an APO address on the East or West Coasts, that may indicate they were sent from overseas.

 

The 536th FA did go over to Italy in March 1945.