HELP WITH NAMES TO THEIR WAR TIME UNITS AND RANK

HI there trying to find out what rank and units these soldiers where part of.
OSCAR C EVERHART
112 No HOME AVE
PARK RIDGE
ILLINOIS


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ROBERT V HOGAN
1435 ASTOR ST
CHICAGO
ILL

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DOUGLAS F BENTLEY
34 BIRKDALE ROAD
LONDON W5
LONDON


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JIMM WILSON

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CHAPLAIN R.H. HOCHHAUS, S.J.
MISSOURI PROVINCE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS
4511 WEST PINE BOULIVARD
SAINT LOUIS
MISSOURI


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AL HANNON
420 SO WOLCOTT
CHICAGO
ILL

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TOBY WILLIAMS
CAMPBELL AVE 1028
JACKSON
TEN


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EDWARD L FAIRCHILD
3574 DOYE STREET
TOLEDO
OHIO

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( TONY ) FRANK KELLEY
310 HOLLY STREET
ELIZABETHTON
TENN

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RAYMOND GISNEROS
416 E FRONT ST
ALICE
TEXAS


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CARL W MORRIS
2904C LAFAYETTE BL
NORFOLK
2 VA


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ALEX WERTZ
4348 LEIGHTON AVE
LINCOLN
NEBR


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J C WILLIAMS
1621 - W - 8th STREET
LITTLE ROCK
PHONE 23909



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" HAPPY " GEHLE ARC
HILTON
NY



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SAMUEL LEWIS
603 JESSOP PLACE
YORK
PA

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A H PETERSON
543 SO HARRISON
POCATELLO
IDAHO


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"KNOBBY MANSELL"
"KNOBBY BENJAMIN"
BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS


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PETER F NEPI
5790 OXFORD ST
PHILA
PA


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ALEX WERTZ
4348 LEIGHTON AVE
LINCOLN
NEBR


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SGT KENNETH SINGER
HAIR TODAY - GONE TOMMOROW
4433 GREENWOOD AVE
CHICAGO
ILLINOIS

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LT BLUME " ART "
FT WAYNE
INDIANA


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JAMESC HUDSON
2009 NORTH 27 STREET
BIRMINGHAM
ALA


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GILL A AGUIRRE
AKRON
OHIO
" 8 BALL CLUB "

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ANDREW KAPELANDVICH
119 N CAMERON AVE
SCRANTON
PA



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MA EMMETT J PARRETTE
HAZLEHURST
MISS
RT 2



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WINSTON DUDLEY
641 CAPITAL AVE
HARTFORD
CONN
JUNIOR



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OSCAR E JACKSON
912 - 16th STREET
PHENIX CITY
ALA


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MRS EDNA CANDEY
5149 RANSTEAD STREET
W PHILA
PA

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BOB SINGER

4312 JOHN ST
FT
WHYNE
IND



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ROY VINELEAF
6322 REGULAR
DETROIT
MICH


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LAWERENCE JONES
417 MYRTLE ST
VINELAND
NJ


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COY K NICHOLS
905 EAST 12th STREET
PARKENSBURY
WVA


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FRED NEWTON
DALLAS
TEX


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PETER L BARICK
PARKER ROAD
HIGHLAND PARK
NJ


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CLARENCE VOIGHT
BOISE
IDAHO

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BLACKIE
OREGON
ALPHAS

 

Quite a list you have there. You can start looking up there enlistment records online. Which will give you clues and hopefully create some leads.

NARA - AAD - Fielded Search - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

Are any of these men related in someway? Friends?

 

Hi there
thanks for your help, sadly these soldiers are no relations, I am just trying to find out about a signed German flag that I bought years and years ago but just did not have the time, these names and addresses have been printed onto the flag each in different hand writing, I would like to find out whatever I can about the soldiers, I have tried quite a few names on the link given withought any joy, I will keep trying, should you think of anything else please email me, It would be very much appreciated.

Best regards from Scotland
Davy

 

I remember reading some of your threads about that topic. Very interesting story. I have some free time this weekend so I'll take a look. Do you happen to have any pictures or more information?

 

I searched all the names through the enlistment records at NARA. Heres what I found.

OSCAR C EVERHART - Nothing
ROBERT V HOGAN - Record Found NARA
DOUGLAS F BENTLEY - Record Found NARA
JIMM WILSON - Many Records Found NARA
HOCHHAUS - Father Hochhaus was an ex-army chaplain, Priest, Record No
AL HANNON - Many Records found NARA
TOBY WILLIAMS - Many Records found NARA
EDWARD L FAIRCHILD - Record Not Found NARA
FRANK KELLEY - Record Found NARA
RAYMOND GISNEROS - Record Not Found
CARL W MORRIS - Record Found NARA
ALEX WERTZ - Record Not Found NARA
J C WILLIAMS - Many Records found NARA
GEHLE ARC - Possible Record Found
SAMUEL LEWIS - Record Found NARA
A H PETERSON - Many Records Found NARA
KNOBBY MANSELL - Possible Record Found NARA
PETER F NEPI - Record Found NARA
KENNETH SINGER - Record Found NARA
LT BLUME " ART " - Possible Record Found NARA
JAMESC HUDSON - Record Not Found NARA
GILL A AGUIRRE - Record Found NARA
ANDREW KAPELANDVICH - Record Not Found NARA
MA EMMETT J PARRETTE- Record Found NARA
WINSTON DUDLEY - Record Found NARA
OSCAR E JACKSON - Record Found NARA
EDNA CANDEY - Record Not Found NARA
BOB SINGER - Record Not Found NARA
ROY VINELEAF - Record Not Found NARA
LAWERENCE JONES - Record Found (Location Does Not Match)
COY K NICHOLS - Name Found (Location Does Not Match)
FRED NEWTON - Multiple Records Found
PETER L BARICK - Record Not Found
CLARENCE VOIGHT - Record Found
BLACKIE - Not Found

Some records weren't found because of possible misread of handwriting or some wrote down their nickname instead of their real name.

 

Davy, This has the making of an interesting and not impossible project. Just thinking out loud here, but it seems that if they all signed the flag they would be from the same unit. If you could learn the unit from one name you could begin doing some serious research from there. Since you have the addresses, you may be able to join one of the genealogy sites and see if you can't locate the family of one of the more promising names.
I was successful doing this finding a shipmate of my brother. All I had was his name and the town he was from and was able to locate a daughter (sadly the veteran passed two years ago).
I'll poke around and see if I can't scare something up. Would make the flag so much more meaningful. Dave

 

Douglas Bently Appears on this list of death notices for New Orleans in 1997

http://www.jgs25.com/obits/d0697a-f.htm

RH HOCHHAUS is mentioned in an article on this link (via Google search); but, I can't seem to find the article:

 

well done clark,your search time certainly shows this,ray..,

 

Hi Clark thank you very much for the time you have taken looking up information, this is really great, I will tell you all I know about the flag and hopefully attach photos, the flag came to me with a letter from one of the named soldiers
Leo Boornazian
1815 S Fairway
Fresno
CA93727
Leo was contacted by letter in 1989 by another collector here is what he is what was asked and the reply
Dear Sir
I am a collector of World War 11 items. and I recently acquired a German flag that has your signature and address on it. it also is signed by 30 other American soldiers, perhaps you remember the flag and signing it; perhaps you remember your comrades who signed the flag with you ?
I am extremely intertested in knowing more about the flag; it is a piece of history that I find facinating, I would like to know more about the people who signed the flag, and the military unit that liberated it, was the flag taken from SS or SA headquarters? Do you remember the town from which it was liberated ?
Do you remember if it was the town of Partenstein ?
Will you please help me discover the truth about this flag ?
If you would like to contact me

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here is the reply by Leo Boornazian

Dear Andrew Dec 5 -89

Nice tohear from you about the flag, I really cannot remember signing as it has been along time
The group who signed the flag as I recall were from HG Co 3rd Bt 393 rd infantry as to where we got the flag I am not certain, but I believe it was from the town or village of either Elsaubour or krichalt belguim
I am certain the boys who signed the flag were from Hg Co 3rd Bat 393 rd infantry Regiment, Enclosed is a picture of myself.
Your truly
Leo boornazian

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I really can`t quite make out the towns in the letter, I have put down what I think it says, any help would be good on the town names.

 

Hi there can I please thanks everyone who has taken time to help with finding out about this flag, I really appreciate all the time and effort that has been given, I have added photos of flag and the town names which I can`t really make out, if you have time to take a look at the photos and give me your opinion that would be great,
I have never been involved with looking up soldiers names, can you please explain how I can access the NARA system. ?

Thanks Guys
Davy

 

Hi there sorry about photos still trying to get to grips with this system

 

Hi Guys more photos

 

More photos

 

No need for multiple threads Davy, you can post multiple times in the same thread

 

Hi there I had proplems attaching photos, they are listed under three sets in new posts

HELP WITH NAMES TO THERE WAR TIME UNITS AND RANK
WWII GENERAL

 

Hi managed to work out how to attach photos to this thread

 

More photos

 

Hi here are a few photos of the letter, a few close up shots of the names of the towns in Belguim - if you can make out the names that would be a great help.

Thanks to all

 

threads merged for better reading

 

Thanks for the photos they are very helpful. The two towns mentioned in the letter Krinkelt and possibly Elsenborn. Both are near each other and the 99th Infantry 393rd Infantry regiment were at both towns during the war. Looks like the 393rd Infantry Division was a medical detachment, which would make sense because when I was looking through the NARA records a few records had medical written in one of the columns. Here is more information:

I also found this on the 99th Infantry division website, "Stanley Caplan, HQ Co., 3rd Bn., 393rd Inf., would like to hear from Frank J. D'Andrea or anyone who remembered him. D'Andrea was in the same outfit as Caplan. E-mail Caplan at addiebell935 at cs.com."

Even though his name isn't on the flag maybe he would know some of the people from HQ Co.

I also found some more information on the priest, he has passed away and his name was mentioned in the The Jesuits and the Third Reich book. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...S&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=23023820&

I'll look some more tonight.