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How can you find out what battalion company and platoon a World War 2 soldier was in?
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∙ 9y ago
First you need some info on his regiment, service #, where he served,dates he served,etc . You may not have this but do the best that you can,whatever you can,and contact the Dept. of Defence Records Office,they can look him up ,but the more info. you can give the better. Your local Legion or V.F.W.Post will be able to give you the address.Best of luck to you!.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 15y agoUsually if you have identified a Veteran's unit, i.e., Division & Regiment, then the documentation will also identify his Company. First, you need to understand how Army units in WW2 were organized. An Infantry Division consisted of three Regiments and supporting units such as artillery and engineers and other support units. Each Regiment consisted of three Battalions of 4 Companies each. 1st Battalion included Companies A, B, C, D. 2nd Battalion consisted of Compannies E, F, G, H. and 3rd Battalion consisted of Companies I, K, L, M. So, if you have documentaion, such as Discharge Papers or personal Letters, that identify the Division and Reigment, it usually also identifies his Company. If not, you can contact National Archives (NARA) and request the Veteran's personal Files. If this is not available, you can contact NARA Library at College Park, MD and search the Unit's files for any record of the Veteran. Also, some unit history books may contain rosters of soldiers who served or were killed. For example, if the Veteran was a member of the 3rd infantry Division, this unit had a large book published soon after the war that includes many names and their units.
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∙ 9y agoYou can find out a soldiers battalion and platoon by their dog tags. You could try contacting the army or checking information in a library database.
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∙ 10y agoFind their Facebook page, and hope their privacy settings aren't strict. There are no resources provided by the Army or the Department of Defense to enable the general public to do this.
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How do you use battalion in a sentence?
An example is 'battalion of ants' Battalion is normally used in news or important notices traveling around the world Definition: A body of troops or an army in battle array
