Passing of a 656th member
A long time family friend and WW II Vet RET CSM Bernard E. Bentfield passed away 7 Marach 2020 in Columbus GA. Ben was a member of the Recon Plt 656th TD BN and crossed the Rhine River at the Ludendorff/Remagen Bridge on 8 Mar 1945. RIP CSM Bentfield
SSG Peter Bordelon
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My grandfather was 2lt. Wesley J. Schmidt I’ve read some excerpts from this site per my mother does anyone have pictures of my grandfather and kinda of pathway leading to how he was injured and replaced and when was brought back in he died of cancer 1986 not sure when he entered service he started in the Louisiana guard as an E5 in artillery bn that I actually served in and he went active duty and was commissioned as a LT but not knowing my mother said he was field promoted if there is anything out there I’m a soldier my self and would like to put his history of events together
David Johnson
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My Dad,PFC Albert E. Johnson, was a radioman assigned to the 771tank destroyer unit Company C. He was wounded on or about November 20, 1944 near Apweiler, Germany. He was sent to a hospital in Belgium for a few months and them reassigned to the Army Air Corps, still in radio communications.
Brenda Gaunt
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My uncle Glenn A Granquist of Wayne, Nebraska served with the 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion. According to his obituary, he drove the lead tank into Rome. Thanks to the information I discovered at this site, I now know that would have been in June 1944. Fortunately Uncle Glenn survived the war and returned home to raise a family and to farm.
Allen Haschke
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My great uncles, Adolph & Albert Haschke served in the 692nd TD Battalion "B" Company. Albert Haschke was on Jack Myers tank crew and, unfortunately didn't make it home. He was a casualty of the Rhineland Campaign in early March of 1945. The pictures and information provided here on tankdestroyer.net has been a great help in learning more about my uncles and the great men they served with.
John Kukitz
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My father, John F. Kukitz was a Hellcat. He passed many years ago and I don’t have much information about his time in the military. Any help / suggestions as to where I could find some of his history would be greatly appreciated.
David Corrie
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My Great Uncle is Eugene Carr, who served in Co. A, 702nd in Jan/Feb 45 until the end of the war. Any information about his service?
Jacob Fraker
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My grandfather served in 817 company c. He is in the photos close to the flag. Mustache and ears.
Pedro Vigil Martinez
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My grandfather Pedro L. Martinez served with the 90th Inf.Div. At some point he was assigned to the 807th Tank Destroyer Bn.
Pedro Vigil Martinez
Travis Burgess
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My uncle, Paul Burgess, of Texas was a crewman of an M-18 in the 704th. He received the Bronze Star in Germany for an action in which his vehicle was destroyed. He suffered severe shell shock in that action.
