3rd Division Combat Engineers mentioned in the Diary
Alexander, Jerome G.; T/5
Badali, Vincent A.; T/4
Bland, George L,; Sgt | KIA
Bowen, Paul H.; T/5
Breunig, Norbert C.; Pfc.
Bruns, Charles F.; T/5
Butts, Noriss D.; T/4
Cook, Albert H.; Capt
Council, William E., Jr.; Pfc
Cozatt, Perry C., Jr; Pvt
Culbertson, James W.; Sgt | KIA
Cushman, Walter W.; S/Sgt
DeCesare, Daniel; Sgt | Nickname: Dago
DeVoss, Albert A.; Cpl
Durgen, John; T/5
Fisher, Albert J.; Pfc
Giese, Clayton O.; S/Sgt
Gray, William A.; Pvt.
Grosch, Francis J.; T/5
Hitchcock, Oren W.; Cpl | KIA
Iacuzzi, Joseph T.; T/4
Kelly, Donald; Pvt.
Kubik, Edwin F.; T/4
Lawson, Edward W.; 2nd Lt. | KIA
Levesque, Adelard, WOJG
Maddalozzo, John; Pfc.
Makepeace, William R.; 1st Lt.
Melgard, Howard A.; T/5
Miner, Vere W.; T/5
Nachtigal, James J.; T/4
Odegard, Gustave; T/5 | KIA
Oneto, John L. Jr.; Pvt
Peacock, William E.; Pvt | KIA
Perry, William S.; Pfc.
Pryz, Joseph S.; Pfc
Reeves, Carl R.; T/5
Richmond, Thomas D.; Pvt
Ross, Delmar
Sassin, Raymond F.; Pvt
Seal, Clyde E.; Pfc.
Schladweiler, Raymond J.; Sgt. | Nickname: Schlad
Shneidt, Paul F.; T/5
Slattum, Ralph E.; Pfc
Stegall, Deward H.; T/5
Swanson, Quentin D.; S/Sgt
Tolliver, Alvin, Jr.; T/5
Towslee, Donald J.; Pfc | KIA
Uttech, Gordon C.; T/5
Watters, Joseph A.; T/5
Weichert, Rogus W.; Pvt
Wellman, Kleon B.; S/Sgt
Werner, Leonard L.; Cpl.
Workman, Carl J.; Pvt | KIA
Wynegarde, Marsh; Sgt
Zirkel, Robert R.; T/4
References:
Oral History Interview: Charles Bruns of Champaign
WILL AM-FM-TV, Urbana Illinois – Central Illinois WWII Stories
Oral History Project, University Laboratory High School
University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign
Dogface Soldiers, 3rd Division in WWII
Acknowledgements:
Friends of ours:
Thanks for joining my forum. It’s great to have you as a new member. LOVE your new page. I’m so glad you shared this with the world. Looking forward to doing some heavy-duty reading. I will place your link on my main site.
My dad was a 540th Combat Engineer (VI Corps). The VI Corps Engineers worked side by side with the 3rd Inf Division and the 10th Engineers.
I came across this while looking for information about my grandfather. His name is mentioned as being referenced but I can’t find his name within the journal entries. I believe Mr. Bruns may have just called him Jr. Do you happen to have any pictures that were labeled Jr.?
Thank you,
~Melissa Hayes
John, I am Mary (Barber) Pugh. My parents were Erv & Mae Barber – my dad being Snook’s brother. I saw on WCIA this morning (12-14-2020) a segment on the blog of your dad’s WWII experience. (I will tell right up front I am not very good at traversing the internet.) However, I wondered if you knew that Bill Barber’s oldest daughter, Lisa Wages, has letters that Snook wrote to Geneva during the war. She also has created a website “lettersfromsnook”. She is in the process of typing up each letter. My mother must have gotten rid of my dad’s letters at some point. However, I had letters that my dad and Geneva wrote back and forth. Geneva was writing everyone! Congratulations on your effort to make a part of history available online.
Sincerely, Mary
Mary sorry for the late response, been dealing with some other issues and haven’t been here for a while. I have been following Lisa and communicated with her a couple of times. What fun to see how the two sets of documents intertwine. Thanks for reaching out, may touch base with you again about genealogy someday. John
I am a grandson of Stegall, Deward H.; T/5 and I appreciate any and all information about him, He was married to my grandmother in the 40’s and they divorced and my father Bradley H Stegall Sr (Now Deceased 1995) and I Bradley H Stegall Jr never knew much about him. Thanks for this website it is appreciated.