Rinehart, Robert Haven
Rank and Name, Private First Class Robert Haven Rinehart.
Unit/Placed in, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division.
Robert is born on 24 June 1924 in Reynolds, Indiana.
Father, Richard Haven Rinehart.
Mother, Ruby Fern (Pitman) Rinehart.
Sister(s), Grace Louise Williams, Florence Marie McCollem, Nona Ruth Hernandez, Mary Beatrice Thompson and Norma Kathleen Guard (Rinehart).
Half-sister, May Belle Titus (Rinehart)
Half-brother, Russell Lee Rinehart.
Spouse, Patricia Ann (Laughlin) Rinehart.
Robert enlisted the service in Indiana, Ft Harrison on 25 March 1943 with service number # 35099458.
Robert survived the WW2 and died of naturel causes on 28 April 2003, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Lafayette, Contra Costa County, California, USA.
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Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
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Robert Haven Rinehart
WWII Story in the Mediterranean and France.
On 1 April 1942 he left Staten Island, New York he had together with the 36th Division boarded the USAT Monterey Troopship to Oran, Algeria were he arrived on 12 April 1942.
A few weeks later he left Oran with the SS. Mexico Victory for Salerno, Italy.
On his arrival he walked with the present troops the 30 miles to the south of Naples were the R&R, Rest camps, “The 29 Replacements Depots” he remained there for 6 months because of misplaced papers.
On 9 Sept. 1943 He took part in Italian Campaign, the invasion of Sicily
The invasion of Sicily in July 1943 led to the collapse of the Fascist Italian regime and the fall of Mussolini.
With the Landings by the Allied Forces at Salerno.
The Germans launched numerous fierce counterattacks on 12–14 September, with no luck.
The division attacked and crossed the Gari River on 20 January but was harshly repulsed by the 15th Panzergrenadier Division.
In 48 hours, the 36th Division had sustained 1,681 casualties, Division losses until the end of January 1944 was of 2,255 battle casualties
France
On 15 August 1944, as part of the U.S. 6th Army Group, the division made another amphibious assault landing, against light opposition in the Saint-Raphaël-Fréjus area of southern France as part of Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of Southern France. A rapid advance opened the Rhone River Valley. Montelimar fell, 28 August, and large German units were trapped
Robert started as Medic Detachment in the 142nd Infantry Regiment,
on 9 Sept. 1944 to 3 Nov. 1944.
They pained a Red Cross on his helmet, stitching wounds and rationing Morphine, and saw lots of dead Soldiers.
On 15 September, the division was attached to the French First Army. The 36th advanced to the Moselle River at Remiremont and the foothills of the Vosges.
On 30 September, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (442nd RCT, a Japanese-American unit) was assigned to the 36th to help shore up the division.
In December 1944 he got badly wounded by fragments from a Mortar blast, patched up at the Hospital but the pain remained.
On 20 December they went to attack Haguenau and cross the Rhine,
When Robert had crossed the Rhine they were captured by German Soldiers from the 19th Heeres Korps,
and sent to the POW Camp Kaufering near München.
He was Liberated on 3 April 1945 by the 63e Infantry Division.
Nearly after 3 Years feet on American Soil, The green trees, the smells, Family ahh home sweet home.
Taylor, Arthur Lionel
Rank and Name, Boatswain Mate Second Class Arthur Lionel Taylor .
Unit/Placed in, Unknown, United States Naval Reserve.
Arthur is born approx. on 12 Aug. 1927 in Washington.
Father, Arthur Lionel Taylor.
Mother, Catherine Mae (Taher) Taylor.
Arthur enlisted the service in Washington with service number # 5101100.
Arthur died no record, in Aleutians, Alaska (probably Dutch Harbor) on 13 Dec. 1941, he is honored with Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Arthur is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
Saturday, December 13, 1941
Ship(s)/Unit(s) not known
TAYLOR, Arthur Lionel, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class, 5101100, USN, from Washington, MIA, Honolulu Memorial (bm)
Martin, Thomas
Rank and Name, 2nd Lieutenant Thomas Martin.
Unit/Placed in, 155th Photographic Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Group.
Thomas is born approx. on 1 March 1919 in Wells, North Dakota.
Father, Christof K. Martin.
Mother, Mary (Rust) Martin.
Sister(s), Laura and Helen Martin.
Brother(s), Clarence, Tobias, Ervin and Leonard Martin.
Thomas enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # O-887854.
Thomas ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a F-3A were,
1st Lt. Joseph E. Ryan Pilot
2nd Lt. Thomas Martin Navigator
S/Sgt. John M. Smith Gunner
Thomas Martin and the Crew were Killed in Action when their plane crashed, together with 1st Lt. Joseph Ryan, and SSgt. John Smith they are interred together at Lorraine American Cemetery in France. Due to the extreme severity of their wounds, the individual men could not be identified, on Nov 4, 1944, and he is honored with an Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Thomas and the crew are buried at Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Departement de la Moselle, Lorraine, France.
Thanks to, http://www.airrecce.co.uk/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
The 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Group’s origins begin as the 73rd Observation Group, being Constituted on 21 August 1941. The 73d was activated on 1 September 1941 and assigned to First Air Force. Engaged in training activities, participating in the Tennessee Maneuvers at Camp Campbell, Kentucky in 1943. Underwent several re-designations as Reconnaissance group, then Tactical Reconnaissance Group. Equipped variously with A-20 Havocs; P-40 Warhawks; P-51 Mustangs as well as L-1 and L-4 light observation aircraft. After the end of the maneuvers, conducted movement to Key Field, Mississippi in preparation for overseas movement.
Reassigned to Third Air Force in December 1943 and redesignated as 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) in December 1943.
The group deployed overseas to the European theater, January–February 1944, for duty with Ninth Air Force at RAF Chalgrove, England. At Chalgrove, the group consisted of six photographic squadrons flying a variety of reconnaissance aircraft. These were the photographic versions of the P-38 Lightning (F-5) and P-51 Mustang (F-6). In addition the unit also flew the Stinson L-1 Vigilant and L-5 Sentinel along with the Piper L-4 Grasshopper light observation aircraft. It photographed airfields, coastal defenses, ports, and made bomb-damage assessment photographs of airfields, marshaling yards, bridges, and other targets in preparation for the Normandy invasion. The 10th received a Distinguished Unit Citation for flying at low altitude to photograph the English Channel coast from Blankenberge to Dunkirk and from Le Touquet to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue prior to the D-Day invasion during 6–20 May 1944.
In May 1944 the 30th PRS moved to RAF Middle Wallop and it was replaced by the 423rd Night Fighter Squadron with A-20 Havocs (F-3A) from RAF Charmy Down which was used for night photo reconnaissance.
The group supported the Normandy invasion in June by making visual and photographic reconnaissance of bridges, artillery, road and railway junctions, traffic centres, airfields, and other targets. A deployment re-appraisal in June 1944 led to the decision to assign a tactical recon squadron to support the needs of the ground forces on the continent. To this end, the group’s 15th Tactical Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (15th TPRS) was transferred in from RAF Middle Wallop on 27 June flying F-6/P-51B Mustangs. The mission of the 15th TPRS was to fly low level missions whereas the F-5 Lightnings would fly at higher altitudes.
After the invasion the 15th TPRS moved into France first, to the Advanced Landing Ground at Rennes – St-Jacques, France (ALG A-27) on 10 August. The other squadrons of the 10th moved over the next few weeks, the last being the 155th which moved to France in mid-August.
On the continent, the 10th RG aided the US Third Army and other Allied organizations in the battle to breach the Siegfried Line, September–December 1944. The group participated in the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 – January 1945, by flying reconnaissance missions in the combat zone. From February 1945 to V-E Day, the 10th RG assisted the advance of Third Army across the Rhine, to Czechoslovakia and into Austria, eventually being stationed at Fürth, Germany (ALG R-30) when hostilities ended.
Phebus, Robert, Harold
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Phebus, Robert Harold
Rank and Name, Private Robert Harold Phebus.
Unit/Placed in, 4th Hospital Train.
Robert is born approx. on 27 Dec. 1913 in Indiana.
Father, George H. Phebus.
Mother, Mary E. (Duncan) Phebus.
Sister(s), Clara Lucille and Wealthy Ann, Amy Blanche, Edith Irene (Rogers), Alice Pauline Phebus (Phoebus).
Brother(s), Silas Everett, William Edward Phebus (Phoebus).
Robert enlisted the service in Indiana with service number # 35150715.
Robert died in at Eure, France in a Train accident back from delivering the wounded from the front to the ships going to England on 10 April 1945, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, Combat Medical Badge, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Robert is buried/mentioned at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56648746/robert-harold-phebus
https://www.ww2-pacific.com/soldaat/phebus-robert-harold/https://www.ww2-pacific.com/soldaat/phebus-robert-harold/
https://www.ww2-pacific.com/soldaat/phebus-robert-harold/https://www.ww2-pacific.com/soldaat/phebus-robert-harold-2/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
Carnley, Rudy Avon
Rank and Name, Specialist Fourth Grade (Armor Intelligence) Rudy Avon Carnley.
Unit/Placed in, A Troop, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 28th (Americal) Division.
Rudy is born on 30 June 1945 in Lake Wales, Florida .
Father, Raymond Radford Carnley.
Mother, Avie Dee George.
Brother(s), Gerald Carnley.
Spouse, Tersa Whittle.
Rudy enlisted the service in Florida with service number # 53704737.
Rudy was KIA in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam by an explosive Device on 29 May 1969, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with 1 Campaign Star, National Defense Service Medal.
Rudy is buried/mentioned at Lake Wales Cemetery, Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, USA.
He was MIA, but his remains were found.
Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/vive/index.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
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Parmeter, Benjamin Harold
Rank and Name, Lance Corporal Benjamin Harold Parmeter.
Unit/Placed in, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C..
Benjamin is born approx. on 3 Nov. 1917 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Father, Wallace A. Parmeter.
Mother, Helen I. (Blair) Aggson.
Sister(s), Helen E. Parmeter.
Halfsister, June Parmeter.
Brother(s), Glen W. Parmeter.
Spouse, Evelyn (Cooke) Hendricks.
Benjamin enlisted the service in Winnipeg with service number # H/16410.
Benjamin was KIA at the Sango/Moro Campaign known as “Western Stalingrad” on 20 Feb. 1944.
Benjamin is buried/mentioned at Moro River Canadian War Cemetery
Ortona, Provincia di Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy.
Thanks to, https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2205054
file:///C:/Users/Gebruiker/Downloads/Lance%20Corporal%20Benjamin%20Harold%20Parmeter%20-%20CWGC%20Certificate.pdf
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
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Cooke, Joseph
Rank and Name, Private Joseph Cooke.
Unit/Placed in, Essex Scottish Regiment, R.C.I.C..
Joseph is born approx. on 29 Dec. 1923 in.
Father, Joseph Cooke.
Mother, Elizabeth (Aitkenhead) Cooke.
Sister(s), Evelyn, Myrtle, Frances A. and Alice Cooke.
Brother(s), Andrew, William E. and Kenneth R. Cooke.
Joseph enlisted the service in Manitoba with service number # H/8017.
Joseph was KIA holding the line at Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant on 16 Oct. 1944.
Joseph is buried/mentioned at Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery
Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom Municipality, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Thanks to, https://canadianbattlefieldtours.ca/
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L62Z-CSG
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and Europe 1940-1945 on Facebook.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
Anderson, William A.
Rank and Name, First lieutenant William A. Anderson.
Unit/Placed in, 18th Pursuit Squadron.
William is born approx. on no record.
Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.
William enlisted the service in Colorado with service number # 0-396352.
William died (non battle) in an accident on Nov. 28, 1941, he is honored with a Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
William is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com