Found Dad's papers

Hello. I'm new here, and I was looking at some of the threads and answers and thought maybe I could find something here.

First of all, I saw that someone had said that on the discharge paper, not all of the decorations and citations in Box 33 might be listed? How would I know which ones he's missing? I wonder if he's missing one already, because according to his paper, he arrived in the ETO on 22 Feb 45 and departed for the USA on 24 Sep 45. He never mentioned being in Europe. Could that be wrong as well?

This paper confuses me. But I did get help knowing what this ASR-91 means. Could there be other things missing?

My dad has a 6th Armored Division patch and a Tank Destroyers patch. He was part of the 627th Tank Destroyers in Hawaii. The top of the discharge--is that what he started out as? Or what he ended up as? He started out in the National Guard in March of 1941 in Camp Forest, TN. This says his organization is 4283 QM Depot Supl Co. It also has him in the military qualification as "Ex W/Ss Carbine & Pistol" but I also came across a Machine Gun bar...

I realize I'm asking a lot of questions, but I'm lost with this. It's like you need to be a codebreaker or something....and I'd like to get the medals he earned and put them in a display case with his flag.

He passed away in October, and since I've been cleaning and found these things, it's like I need to know...

Thanks!

Michelle, granddaughter/daughter of Ted, 20617657, US Army WWII

 

Welcome to the Forum!
The easiest way to decipher this paper would be to scan the document so you can post it. Michelle should be here shortly and help you with some information in obtaining documents from NARA and the NPRC.

 

Here's a link to a little bit of info on the 627th, 627th Tank Destroyer Battalion it does mention the unit functioning as a Quartermaster Battalion briefly in Jan, 45. Unfortunately, there's some large gaps in the unit timeline.

 

As the war came to an end there was quite a rush to discharge people who wanted to complete all the paperwork as soon as possible and there may have been a few things omitted as people were in a rush. Some of my dad's information is defective, indicating he was discharged from a group that had been disbanded a couple of years prior to his release. He had been moved from the 246th Coast Guard and was in the 545th Field Artillery but his discharge papers indicate he was discharged from the 246th that had been disbanded.

 

Michelle--An ASR rating of 91 is pretty high--too high to have only seen action from 22 Feb 44 to the end of the war in Europe in May. He might have been with another unit and transferred to the 5th for processing out.
My brother was with the 2nd Armored Division througout the war but his papers has the 34th Tank Bn. (5th Armored Division) as his "organization" in box 6 because that's where he was transferred for processing out.
Like Nateman said, there were a whole lot of guys processed out in late 1945 and mistakes were made. Most guys didn't care if the information was correct, they were just happy to be heading home and didn't want any more trouble to correct them.
If he was awarded any decorations they may have his home unit listed as part of the General Order.
Have you tried posting his discharge papers like formerjughead suggested? I'd love to see what they say.

 

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I've got the paper here...so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. Thanks a LOT. I really appreciate all the help!!

Michelle

 

Here's the deal:
Your Dad was a memeber of the National Guard of the State of Illinois box #5 That is the unit he entered service with and that is where he was discharged from.
He qualified "Expert" with the M-1 Garand and qualified "Sharp Shooter " with the M1 Carbine and the M1911A1 (.45 ACP) Pistol Box #31
He was in the National Guard for 1 year and 13 days prior to 5 Mar 1941 when he entered into "Active Duty" status Box # 22 and #31

He spent from 22 June 1942 until 13 Dec 1944 in the Pacific Theatre was Stateside from 15 Dec 1944 to 26 Feb 1945 and was in Euope from from 22 Feb 1945 until 24 Sept 1945. Box #36.

Your Dad did more than his fair share his service is something you should be very proud of, thank you for sharing.

Michelle is Macrusk she is our resident Geneology/ Family History expert.

 

Thank you so much, jughead. I would salute you but I'm new here and I don't know how

I am proud of him. Even though he didn't say anything about it, I say it and I'll keep saying it for him and for everyone else who ever put on a uniform to serve and protect this country. And me.

 

As Natman pointed out, there's not much of a history of the 327th TD Battalion. The Tank Destroyer Battalions were unique to WWII and essentially only existed during that period. Many battalions never left the USA let alone saw battle. Consequently, it's not always easy to find unit histories for many of the TD Battalions. It may be, since he was in a quartermaster company, that he was only attached to the 327th TD Bn. Here I am a bit out of my depth and will leave it to those more familiar with logistics during WWII. Hopefully, someone else will have more useful information than I can provide.