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112th combat engineers help!!!!!

Discussion in 'Military Service Records & Genealogical Research' started by blitzkrieg gsd, Mar 24, 2010.

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    blitzkrieg gsd Member

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    need some help with any info you guys can give me on this unit my granddads twin was with them on d-day at utah beach and i am try to put together a display of his stuff and need all the help i can get so i can make it as good as i can for him he has earned the rite to be remembered as part of my family and a hero to us all now all i have found so far is that they were to clear the beachs for the invasion and he was a medic stop to help a down man and rolled over on a mine and was killed there was that part of the 4th infantry? i want to put together a dress jacket dont even know what patches i need all the pics i have of him are close up cant see him shoulder patchs please help thanks
     
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    Correct name of the unit is 112th Engineer Combat Battalion. Search that name and you can find much on them.

    I'm not understanding what you are saying here:

    Was he a medic or was he helping a medic? Please clarify

    The 112th Engineers did land on Utah Beach 6 June 1944. They were not part of the 4th Infantry Division, divisions did not have engineer components that large. The battalion was most likely attached to VII Corps for the landing. Corps have command of divisions and many smaller, non-divisional units. It is possible that the 4th ID had temporary command of parts of the battalion during the initial assault phase. I can provide very general dates and locations if you want them and the campaigns the 112th was credited with. I used to work with a surgeon who was in this battalion as a company commander. He was not a physician at the time. He died several years ago.

    As far as what patch, that would be a guess on my part at best. I don't know if the 112th had their own authorized patch back then Here is what they wear now: 112th Engineer Battalion (HVY DIV)
     
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    thanks for the help i have not been able to get much info at all and yes he was a medic and had stoped to help a guy who had been hit he was laying beside him whent to get something out of his bag and rolled over on a mine that was the story my grandfather told me he was told that by one of babe friends who was with him on the beach babe was his nickname his name is Mike Blair service #6983832 would like to find out all i can on what they were task with that day if they had saw any action before that invasion so if they were not part of the 4th do you have any idea if they even wore a shoulder patch i realy am thankfull for all your help its been hard for me so far to get any reliable info so keep the good info comeing and as i find out more i will share it with you and as soon as i get all the info i will start to put together his display all i have of his so far is his flag and dogtags and pics trying to track down his medals that got given to another family member a couple years ago so thanks again for all and any help you can give me
     
    blitzkrieg gsd, Mar 25, 2010
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