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Roster of the 81st Chemical Mortar Battalion

 

From the article:

The 81st Chemical Battalion (Motorized) was activated by GO #22, 25 April 1942, Hq Fort D.A. Russell, Texas, pursuant to GO #39, 14 April 1942, Hq Third Army, San Antonio, Texas, and War Department letter, 25 March 1942. Thus was born the 81st, without fanfare, but with quiet purpose. It was up to the battalion to write its own history and these pages will show how well the job was done.

The original cadre of the battalion was specified in a special order from Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, dated 19 April 1942, ordering five officers and 76 enlisted men to report to Fort D.A. Russell for duty. Lt. Col. Thomas H. James, CWS, was assigned to the battalion as battalion commander.

Surprising as it may seem after three years and the usual drifting, transferring, and evacuation of personnel, a fair number of the original cadre were still with the battalion at the end of the war in Europe. —Jack W. Lipphardt, Lt Col, CWS, Commanding

These “old timers” are listed below: (we are hypothesizing that the second rank was the one at the end of the war)

 

 

 

Jack W. Lipphardt1st LtLt Col
Ernest G. McDaniel2d LtCaptain
Herbert F. Levy2d LtCaptain
Harold L. Hausman2d LtMajor
John W. BundyMaster Sgt1st Lt
Charles S. GardnerPvt1st Lt
Walter R. YoungPvt1st Lt
Edwin E. JohnsonCorporalTech Sgt
Rupert A. PriceStaff Sgt1st Sgt
Leonard P. GibbsSgt1st Sgt
Oliver H. FisherCorporalPFC
Paul A. SellarsPvtStaff Sgt
Steven A. EmeryPvtMaster Sgt
Victor F. MinchowPvtMaster Sgt
Rudolph A. HillandTec 4Tec 5
Harry E. RandallCorporalMaster Sgt
Timothy J. SweeneyCorporalPFC
Charles H. MillerPvtTec 4
John KuchmyPvtTec 5
John H. YungclasPvtTec 4
Joseph E. ClaphamPvtTech Sgt
Frank FlorioPvt1st Sgt
Toney SirianniPvtTec 4
Mike CarahaliosPvtStaff Sgt
George A. HaasePvtStaff Sgt
Michael A. MartinoPvtStaff Sgt
Alfred PaparelliPvtStaff Sgt
Theodore F. ShulskiPvtTec 5

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