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329th Engineer Combat Battalion

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Date: 15 Sep 1942 to 10 Dec 1945
Location: Camp Adair, Benton, Oregon, United Statesmap
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For the time frame covering World War II, the 329th Engineer Battalion was assigned to the 104th Infantry Division. This page covers the World War II period.

The Battalion was ordered into active military service 15 September 1942 at Camp Adair, Oregon,[1] and inactivated 10 December 1945 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California.[2]

The 104th Division—and the 329th Engineers—sailed from New York 27 August 1944.[3] They landed at the Port of Cherbourg, France, on 7 September 1944.[1]

Contents

Officers & Soldiers

Decorations & Awards

Silver Star Awards

Ten individuals from the 329th Engineer Combat Battalion were awarded the Silver Star.[4]

  • Frank D. Bain, Sgt.
  • Marshall Ernest Bickford, Sgt.
  • Samuel E. Booth, Pfc., Co. A
  • Theodore F. Decker, Pfc.
  • William B. Fullam, Pfc.
  • Leonard E. Jones, Sgt., Co. B
  • Thurman Borne Littreal, Pfc.
  • James F. Love, Cpl., Co. B
  • John Muhar, Sgt.
  • Louis Siegel, T/4
Presidential Unit Citation
  • The 2nd and 3rd Platoons of Company A, 329th Engineers, received a Presidential Unit Citation while attached to 3rd Bn, 413th Infantry for the period 23-26 February 1945.[5]

Additional Resources

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "History of the 329th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1942-1944." NARA College Park, RG 407, World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948 (NAID: 305275), Box 11950, Entry 527.
  2. ↑ Wilson, John B. (1999). "104th Division (Training)". p. 607. Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades. United States Army Center of Military History. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.104infdiv.org/ADDENDUM.HTM
  4. ↑ http://www.104infdiv.org/STARAWRD.HTM
  5. ↑ War Department General Orders No. 137, 1946




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Major General Gilbert R. Cook presents a battalion flag to Colonel C.W. Ott of the 329th Engineer Bn.
Major General Gilbert R. Cook presents a battalion flag to Colonel C.W. Ott of the 329th Engineer Bn.
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