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Some of the desired information for this battalion is missing and we're attempting to obtain it through the contact listed below. If you can help supply any information, please let us know. Send e-mail to the Webmaster, or postal mail to Rodney Young, 251 Pine Mdw, Spring Branch, TX 78070. Thank you very much.
Nickname:
Association: None known
Reunions: unknown
Contact: Alven N. Nixson (1926-2010), Gadsden, AL
Activated: 1 Apr 1944 as 95th Chemical Bn Motorized at Camp Polk, LA
Training:
20 Oct 1944 - 6 Nov 1944 Cp. Chaffee, AR
7 Nov 1944 - 10 Jan 1945 Cp. Polk, LA
Redesignated: 14 Nov 1944 as 95th Chemical Mortar Bn
Inactivated: 19 Dec 1945 at Camp Shelby, MS
Overseas: Arrived NYPE 18 Jan 1945, France-ETO 29 Jan 1945; returned NYPE 6 Jul 1945
Campaigns: Central Europe
Killed in Action: (6)
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Francis P. Betz, Sgt, KIA 14 Apr 45 at Born Ober Rahmede, Germany
John H. Gardner III, 1st Lt, KIA 20 Apr 45 at Huckeswagen, Germany
Carl A. Jensen, PFC, KIA 13 Apr 45 at Plettenberg, Germany
Thomas A. Jones, PFC, KIA 13 Apr 45 at Plettenberg, Germany
Cecil D. Morgan, T/4, KIA 27 May 45 at Stein, Germany
Lorenzo B. Swartz, Pvt, KIA 13 Apr 45 at Plettenberg, Germany
Number of men wounded in action: 37
Number of days in combat: 35
Number of rounds fired: over 816
Rounds Away, the History of the 95th