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5 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

The first picture shows Milloy as major general in Vietnam, either while commanding the 1st Infantry Division or the Americal Division.

 

The next three photos are screenshot from an official Army film showing who I believe is Col. Milloy while commanding the 2nd Brigade 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1965 or 1966. He is weariong the triple CIB, Master Parachutist Badge with at least two combat jump stars and an 82nd Airborne Division combat patch. However, his nametape does not appear to read "MILLOY".  

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That image is blurry Sean we grant you, but it has to say MILLOY, I mean what else would it say 1045221944_emoticonsmile.png.44c083cf3a1da57da0d90ac715f5902a.png Great photo additions s btw, thanks again.

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On 11/10/2017 at 6:07 PM, patches said:

167. McCAREY, Guy H.,Jr

 

McCarey was KIA in Vietnam.

 

This only has the 1st Award CIB depicted, as typical.

http://www.virtualwall.org/dm/MccareyGH01a.htm

 

https://cualumni.clemson.edu/page.aspx?pid=1687

An update on him, was in the 63rd Infantry Division in WWII, but omits Korea War.

 

https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=59569

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James A. Scott of the 2nd Bn 7th Cavalry at LZ Albany????

 

Can't see if he has the 3rd Award in this photo of him after coming home and serving now in the 197th Inf Bde at Benning, but am seeing what looks like the Korean Service Medal with Two Campaign Stars, pages on him indeed mention WWII, D-Day, says 29th Inf Div, but I think that is an error as he's wearing a French Rope (none of the Infantry Battalions of the Dollar Nighty Seven were awarded the French Rope), 1st Inf Div more likely (Will look further into that), but odd is they don't mention Korea unit.

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83477326/james-arthur-scott

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On 8/29/2016 at 10:18 PM, patches said:

105. GRANGE, David E.,Jr.

 

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The oft talked about David Grange Jr and his late 70s direct embroidered Tapes and Qualification badges and Stars on his fatiques.

 

He's still with us at 91 years of age. He was at Benning when I went through in Jan-April 80 for Basic and AIT.

 

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As 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in 1971.

 

 

 

 

http://old.506infantry.org/his2id/hiskoreaarticle11.html

Another photo of General Grange while commanding the 2nd Infantry Division 1978 - 1979.

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On 11/13/2017 at 9:30 PM, patches said:

178. MEYER, Leo J.

 

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Leo Meyer has a WIKI. As you'll see he didn't start out in the Infantry and had a varied career rank wise.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_J._Meyer

 

 

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I stumbled upon Col. Meyer on the website Military Hall of Honor. You can view his profile here: Col. Leo J. Meyer.

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On 12/23/2017 at 10:40 PM, patches said:

229. SAVAGE, Charles E.

 

All I could find so far was that he was in the 2nd Division in the Korean Conflict.

 

 

MSGT Charles E Savage

 

General Order: 214-53

 

Award: BS 2nd Infantry Division

C Co 23rd Infantry Regiment

 

Date Of Action: January 12, 1953

SGM Charles E. Savage received the Combat Infantry Badge, Third Award, recognizing his distinguished service during three conflicts.

As part of the 82nd Airborne Division, Savage participated in two campaigns in Italy before he was captured in 1943. He was liberated 16 months later and honorably discharged.

Re-enlisted and promoted in 1952, CPL Savage served in Korea, first with Co. C, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, and then as sergeant major of the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.

In June 1967, SGM Savage was deployed to Vietnam with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and then with the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division as the brigade sergeant major. In 1967, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Third Award.

Photo: Seen here is SGM, 1st Infantry Division (right), after being presented with the Bronze Star Award with "V" device.

 

https://www.facebook.com/nationalinfantrymuseum/photos/10159291546432125

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6 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

SGM Charles E. Savage received the Combat Infantry Badge, Third Award, recognizing his distinguished service during three conflicts.

As part of the 82nd Airborne Division, Savage participated in two campaigns in Italy before he was captured in 1943. He was liberated 16 months later and honorably discharged.

Re-enlisted and promoted in 1952, CPL Savage served in Korea, first with Co. C, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, and then as sergeant major of the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division.

In June 1967, SGM Savage was deployed to Vietnam with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division and then with the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division as the brigade sergeant major. In 1967, he was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Third Award.

Photo: Seen here is SGM, 1st Infantry Division (right), after being presented with the Bronze Star Award with "V" device.

 

https://www.facebook.com/nationalinfantrymuseum/photos/10159291546432125

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Fantastic update Sean.

 

NOW, could this be Savage, this from an earlier post on a UNKNOWN Big Red One 3rd Awardee of the CIB,!

 

Posted January 29, 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                          POST #417

An unknown Third CIB holder of the 1st Infantry Division in 1966 or early 1967, either a 1st Sergeant or a Sergeant Major (and wearing early example of subdued EM collar rank insignia, more than likely Vietnamese made), indeed, it's too bad he's not mentioned along with his photo from the 1st Inf Div's Vietnam yearbook of July 1965-April 1967.

 

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On 4/6/2017 at 4:44 PM, patches said:

Photo and BIO Update for Adkin, A.E., name is in fact Adkins, rather than what it says on list.

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When this photo was taken, 1960, as you see from his bio he was in the 2nd Battle Group 1st Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division Ft Benning, 2nd BG 1st Inf was a PENTOMIC era unit assigned to the 2nd Inf Div from March 1958 till May 1963.

 

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=48998765

Found Adkins was the commander of the 4th Battalion 3rd Infantry, 11th Infantry Brigade, ad took it over to the RVN in late 1967.

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Seen at least two new names has been added to the Ft Bennng list since I first started this topic, (I will go through list again and compare this listing to see if more were added). Oddly not one of the many I found so far that were not on the list has been added 1060299220_emoticonlaugh.png.755f7792ba666d25f7478c41ee9bd0ea.png I think I gonna have to contact them again. I did a few years ago informing them of this work, never heard from them.

 

So, lets see.

 

The new #9 is

 

ARNN, JOHN O.

 

A Vietnam KIA Special Forces in 1965,  not much else on him, seen he was an EM in WWII, in the 29th Infantry Division, sub unit unknown at this time.

True to form the Virtual Wall only has a Graphic of the 1st Award CIB.

https://www.virtualwall.org/da/ArnnJO01a.htm

 

 

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https://www.sonsoflibertymuseum.org/usarmy/29thinfantrydivisionww2/arnn-john-a2196476153.cfm

 

 

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And the new #70

 

DEAL, EDWARD J.

 

This was what was off his listing in on the Infantry Museum's site, on FB (Think I will contact them again via FB

 

From what were seeing he was in the 20th Infantry 6th Infantry Division in WWII, we see an A&P Ribbon with Arrowhead, 20th Infantry gets one for LUZON, and the 17th Infantry 7th Infantry Division in Korea, maybe Korea, as we also see a 27th Infantry Unit Crest there.but no insignia for Nam is displayed, nor is a campaign star for his Vietnam Campaign Medal listed, unless the 27th Infantry Unit Crest there is for Vietnam, however he does not show in their 1966 rosters from the 1966 yearbook I have. Adding more to the curiosity is in the late 50s-early 60s photo he is wearing an Armor Disc and the unit Crest for the 13th Armor, so he evidently switched to Armor from Infantry.

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On 1/24/2017 at 7:41 PM, patches said:

Another Photo Update for DeGraf, here with CIB Number One at West Point

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And a history of his service, From a West Point Interviews, as you'll see he was the youngest officer in the Army in WWII.

“A Baptism Of Fire”: Fighting In Three Wars Abroad And Ushering In Constructive Disruption At Home

Bill DeGraf was born in January 1926, and grew up in San Francisco, California, during the Great Depression. He remembers his father working several different jobs to make ends meet. On December 7, 1941, Bill was working in the yard when his parents called him into the house to listen to the radio reports of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He remembers one of his friends from high school, a Japanese boy, being forcibly relocated, and Bill’s father, a California State Guard Captain, guarding the Golden Gate Bridge with the first unit in the United States activated for WWII. Bill was in Junior ROTC (JROTC) all four years in high school, eventually serving as Battalion and Brigade Commander. In August 1943, Bill enlisted and was assigned to Company A, 143rd Infantry in the 100th Division. His unit landed in Southern France and participated in campaigns in the Rhone Valley and Vosges Mountains. On January 17, 1945, he received a battlefield commission at nineteen-years-and-seven-days old, making him the youngest American officer in WWII. He was subsequently transferred to the 36th Infantry Division, participating in the attacks on the Siegfried Line and being wounded by a grenade in March 1945. He was in the hospital recovering from his wound when the war in Europe ended. His unit was slated to go to the Pacific, and they were transiting America when the war ended. By that time, he had been accepted into West Point (for the second time) and had resigned his commission to attend the Military Academy.

 

After taking leave to visit his family and meeting his future wife, he reported for R-Day (Reception Day). He recalls a Major and two Captains reporting for R-Day as members of the Class of 1950. The Cadet Cadre had the Major take off his uniform before they started hazing him. Bill notes that it was all “part of the game,” and something you just had to go through if you valued a West Point education and commission. During a parade as a Plebe, he was awarded the Bronze Star for making contact with a cut-off American unit and bringing them back within friendly lines, and found the attention “embarrassing.” While at West Point, he was on the championship-winning Army Rifle Team, but since rifle was governed by the NRA and not the NCAA at the time, his championship is not recognized. He was married four days after graduation at Chapel Point at Camp Buckner, and was forced to cut his Niagara Falls honeymoon short when the Korean War started. He arrived in Korea and was assigned to a recoilless rifle platoon in M Company, 21st Infantry Regiment in the 24th Infantry Division in the Pusan Perimeter. From the southern tip of Korea, his unit advanced to within fifteen miles of the Yalu River and had Thanksgiving Dinner near the border between Korea and China. Once the Chinese attacked, his unit retreated south of Seoul. He left Korea on June 10, 1951.

 

After a brief assignment to Camp Roberts, California, where new Non-Commissioned Officers were being trained for service in Korea, he was accepted into grad school at Purdue University, where he took Nuclear Physics prior to returning to West Point to teach in the Electricity Department. Following his teaching assignment, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion of the 48th Armored Infantry in Worms, Germany, during the height of the Cold War. During the Vietnam War, he commanded 1st Brigade in the 1st Infantry Division before becoming a Division Advisor to the 7th ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) Division. After his service in Vietnam, he joined the faculty of the National War College, where he recommended changes to modernize the curriculum and practices. After retiring in 1974, he designed and built the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, and is proud of the intense training the rotational units receive there. He has been recognized as a Distinguished Graduate of the United States Military Academy.

 

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On 5/25/2021 at 8:28 PM, patches said:

Fantastic update Sean.

 

NOW, could this be Savage, this from an earlier post on a UNKNOWN Big Red One 3rd Awardee of the CIB,!

 

Posted January 29, 2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                          POST #417

An unknown Third CIB holder of the 1st Infantry Division in 1966 or early 1967, either a 1st Sergeant or a Sergeant Major (and wearing early example of subdued EM collar rank insignia, more than likely Vietnamese made), indeed, it's too bad he's not mentioned along with his photo from the 1st Inf Div's Vietnam yearbook of July 1965-April 1967.

 

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Not the same guy. You can tell by the nose. 

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11 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Not the same guy. You can tell by the nose. 

Thanks Sean, he may or may not of been, to me the unidentified one does look more muscular right., while Savage looks more thinner.

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On 7/12/2016 at 7:23 AM, patches said:

74. DOMINEY, James E., Sr

 

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Here's his photo, this from the June 1969 issue of Army Digest, Dominey was the subject of a 25th D-Day anniversary article.

 

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And the narrative from article.

 

 

Can't find anymore online on him, so I was lucky to have had this Army Digest issue.

A Albert H. Rowe was mentioned in the article in a small photo that I didn't scan, Rowe being one of the D-Day vets along with Dominey posing by an old C-47 plane at Bragg.

 

Found a photo of Albert H.Rowe in 1969 at Bragg when he was Command Sergeant Major of Second Training Brigade there, Rowe might of been a three CIB holder, but I think he was not in Korea, he maybe be a two CIB holder though as we do see the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, which may signify either early MAAG Advisory service in South Vietnam or The Dominican Republic.

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On 1/6/2018 at 8:11 PM, patches said:

252. SPROUSE, Clarence B.

 

In WWII, 11th Abn Div, presumably the 511th PIR.

 

In Korea. 187th RCT I believe.

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=112682

 

 

 

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In Vietnam thee Sergeant Major of the 1st Infantry Division Aug-Nov 1966.

 

I don't know, he still seems to be around, as of this article at any rate.

 

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http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/The-perfect-soldier-2518105.php

 

 

 

 

 

Clarence B. Sprouse passed away in August of 2018.

https://www.herbwalker.com/obituary/Clarence-Sprouse

 

Sprouse after he was commissioned in like 1967, he was commissioned in Korea but got Riffed.

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The Class A uniform of the late SGM Henry S. Furst . A native of Ephrata, PA, Furst joined the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) in World War II, earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He rose from Private to Master Sergeant, then was given a battlefield commission as 2nd Lieutenant during the Battle of the Bulge. He reverted to enlisted status after the war, and fought in Korea with the 187th Regimental Combat Team. Returning to Fort Bragg, he became an original member of Special Forces -- a weapons sergeant and Chinese Mandarin linguist. He joined the 14th SFOD in 1956, and served on 1st Group's first missions to Thailand, Taiwan, and South Vietnam. He later served several tours in Vietnam with MACV-SOG. Furst earned the rare distinction of wearing three awards of the Combat Infantryman's Badge. After he passed away, his wife donated his uniform to the Center for Military History. 

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7 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

The Class A uniform of the late SGM Henry S. Furst . A native of Ephrata, PA, Furst joined the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (82nd Airborne Division) in World War II, earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal for Valor, and the Purple Heart. He rose from Private to Master Sergeant, then was given a battlefield commission as 2nd Lieutenant during the Battle of the Bulge. He reverted to enlisted status after the war, and fought in Korea with the 187th Regimental Combat Team. Returning to Fort Bragg, he became an original member of Special Forces -- a weapons sergeant and Chinese Mandarin linguist. He joined the 14th SFOD in 1956, and served on 1st Group's first missions to Thailand, Taiwan, and South Vietnam. He later served several tours in Vietnam with MACV-SOG. Furst earned the rare distinction of wearing three awards of the Combat Infantryman's Badge. After he passed away, his wife donated his uniform to the Center for Military History. 

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Henry S. Furst isn't on the Benning list, good job Sean.

 

He has a Together we Served page bit i can't access it.

 

SGM Henry S. Furst - TogetherWeServed

 

When Furst wore this coat in the early 70s, he must of been the Operations Sergeant Major of the 1st Brigade (Airborne) 8th Infantry Division (M)

 

The 8th Infantry Division's NCBU DI he got there.

 

 

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On 1/24/2017 at 10:35 PM, patches said:

Photo Update on Hendry, taken in 1962, a curious one, as we see Hendry wearing artillery branch of service badges, two guesses here, is he briefly switched branches in the 50s, and would transfer back to infantry by mid 60s, or he remained in artillery and was over there as an advisor, advisors who were officers getting the CIB no matter what there branch was.

 

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Photo of James B. Hendry wearing his 3rd award of the CIB along with a picture of him in Vietnam wearing the 11th Airborne Division SSI as a combat patch on his jungle fatigues. The latter was probably taken when he was deputy commanding officer of the 199th Infantry Briogade. He may be wearing the 199th SSI in the first picture as well.

 

Here is a link to his bio. Interestingly, the bio indiates he was commissioned from OCS on 1 June 1945 and his first duty assignment was with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment on Okinawa and Japan. It seems that would be too late for him to have eraned the CIB at that stage in World War II. However, the bio also lists the Good Conduct Medal among his awards, so maybe he had prior enlisted combat experience before attending OCS.

 

None of his assignments appear to be artillery related.

 

 https://ocsalumni.org/at_biz_dir/james-b-hendry/

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5 hours ago, seanmc1114 said:

Photo of James B. Hendry wearing his 3rd award of the CIB along with a picture of him in Vietnam wearing the 11th Airborne Division SSI as a combat patch on his jungle fatigues. The latter was probably taken when he was deputy commanding officer of the 199th Infantry Brigade. He may be wearing the 199th SSI in the first picture as well.

 

Here is a link to his bio. Interestingly, the bio indicates he was commissioned from OCS on 1 June 1945 and his first duty assignment was with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment on Okinawa and Japan. It seems that would be too late for him to have earned the CIB at that stage in World War II. However, the bio also lists the Good Conduct Medal among his awards, so maybe he had prior enlisted combat experience before attending OCS.

 

None of his assignments appear to be artillery related.

 

 https://ocsalumni.org/at_biz_dir/james-b-hendry/

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That was my first thoughts when I seen that June 1945 date, not enough time, so I checked his O Register listing as of 1 Jan 68, and he does indeed have an earlier Entry Date, this being February 18 1943, so there's that chance he was out there early in the war, and maybe was hit, hit bad enough to be sent back to the states where he sufficiently recovered to go back on duty and while he was there  was nominated for OCS in early-sh 1945.

 

But the curiosity continues, if he was in the Pacific earlier say New Guinea, that would mean a different division, yet he wears the 11th Abn Div as a combat patch, a unit he clearly did not see action with, considering by the time he gets out there the 11th ceases combat activity basically after June 1945, the Aparri operation, in July it was pulled off the line to rest and train for the Invasion of Japan.. Unless, he was in the 11th Abn Div from the start and was hit on Leyte in October or November 1944 and sent back????

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On 7/14/2021 at 8:25 AM, seanmc1114 said:

Photo of James B. Hendry wearing his 3rd award of the CIB along with a picture of him in Vietnam wearing the 11th Airborne Division SSI as a combat patch on his jungle fatigues. The latter was probably taken when he was deputy commanding officer of the 199th Infantry Briogade. He may be wearing the 199th SSI in the first picture as well.

 

Here is a link to his bio. Interestingly, the bio indiates he was commissioned from OCS on 1 June 1945 and his first duty assignment was with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment on Okinawa and Japan. It seems that would be too late for him to have eraned the CIB at that stage in World War II. However, the bio also lists the Good Conduct Medal among his awards, so maybe he had prior enlisted combat experience before attending OCS.

 

None of his assignments appear to be artillery related.

 

 https://ocsalumni.org/at_biz_dir/james-b-hendry/

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Hi, Sean. The problem with OCS Alumni site, in my experience, is that they only detail an officer's service after OCS, regardless of what they did prior (at least that's what I've seen the few times I've used the site for research). Looking at his photo, he does have the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon with a couple of battle stars, so he likely earned his first CIB as an enlisted man with the 11th Airborne during WWII.

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5 hours ago, ItemCo16527 said:

Hi, Sean. The problem with OCS Alumni site, in my experience, is that they only detail an officer's service after OCS, regardless of what they did prior (at least that's what I've seen the few times I've used the site for research). Looking at his photo, he does have the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign ribbon with a couple of battle stars, so he likely earned his first CIB as an enlisted man with the 11th Airborne during WWII.

Thanks for the input Item, you may be on to something, checking his O Regiter listing we do not see a June 1945 date as his BASIC DATE ENTRY (The Date he is commissioned), but a 1949 date, December 30 1949, so perhaps the OCS Site completely blew it on the date, and he was as you say, an EM through the war.

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Thanks for the input Item, you may be on to something, checking his O Regiter listing we do not see a June 1945 date as his BASIC DATE ENTRY (The Date he is commissioned), but a 1949 date, December 30 1949, so perhaps the OCS Site completely blew it on the date, and he was as you say, an EM through the war.

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Found this on Facebook.

 

HENDRY James B 511 PIR Soldier's Medal 1 Flanagan Boo

HENDY James B T/Sgt 511 PIR SS SM 1, 3 Flanagan Book, the HENDY probably a Typo for HENDRY.

 

I guess one will have to look for the group on their own individual Facebook.

 

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Found this on Facebook.

 

HENDRY James B 511 PIR Soldier's Medal 1 Flanagan Boo

HENDY James B T/Sgt 511 PIR SS SM 1, 3 Flanagan Book, the HENDY probably a Typo for HENDRY.

 

I guess one will have to look for the group on their own individual Facebook.

 

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Damn here's 1963 listing, and there's that June 1945 date again, note no 30 12 49 date, but a D/R (Date of Rank) in the RA as Captain 30 December 1959, so now maybe the 1968 date for BASIC ENTRY DATE was wrong, and should be1959 ??? now even I'm confused LOL.

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Damn here's 1963 listing, and there's that June 1945 date again, note no 30 12 49 date, but a D/R (Date of Rank) in the RA as Captain 30 December 1959, so now maybe the 1968 date for BASIC ENTRY DATE was wrong, and should be1959 ??? now even I'm confused LOL.

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Are you and Sean getting the feeling Hendry James B was a Battlefield Commission! look at those dates Enl to 31 May 45 2nd Lt Res 1 June 45, is there a  way he went to OSC?, are EMs still listed as EMs when they are OCS Candidates at the course? Maybe he went to OCS After the war ended to confirm and retain his O Status!

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9 hours ago, patches said:

Damn here's 1963 listing, and there's that June 1945 date again, note no 30 12 49 date, but a D/R (Date of Rank) in the RA as Captain 30 December 1959, so now maybe the 1968 date for BASIC ENTRY DATE was wrong, and should be1959 ??? now even I'm confused LOL.

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9 hours ago, patches said:

Are you and Sean getting the feeling Hendry James B was a Battlefield Commission! look at those dates Enl to 31 May 45 2nd Lt Res 1 June 45, is there a  way he went to OSC?, are EMs still listed as EMs when they are OCS Candidates at the course? Maybe he went to OCS After the war ended to confirm and retain his O Status!

According to the above, he had enlisted service from February 13, 1943 to May 31 1945. If he went to OCS, he would have been in an enlisted status at the time and upon graduation received a discharge from his enlisted status and then been commissioned the next day, which would have started a new term of service and which is what the info above suggests. I have seen that with other soldiers. They literally receive a discharge certificate the day before they are commissioned. It would be the equivalent of a DD-214 which did not exist then. Instead, it would have been a WD AGO Form 53-55 (Enlisted Record And Report Of Separation Honorable Discharge)

 

The information above does not indicate the source of the commission, but does show it was a Reserve commission which is consistent with it being from OCS. 

 

Based on the length of his enlisted service (2 years three months) and the fact he received a Purple Heart along with the refernces to his Silver Star and Soldier's Medal with the 511th PIR, my guess would be that he recieved basic and airborne training as an enlisted man, deployed to the Pacific with the 11th Airborne Division and served in combat in the Phillipines in late 1944/possibly early 1945 until he was wounded in combat and sent home to recuperate. Once there, he attended OCS, received his commission, and returned to his old unit - the 11th Airborne Division - on Okinawa before it went to Japan for occupation duty.

 

Note the above info also shows he was Artillery from 11 July 1958 to 24 October 1961, which is consistent with the original photo Patches posted which showed him wearing Artillery branch insignia. 

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