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| Subject: | Re: Quartermaster Markings |  |
| Date: | Feb 17, 2001 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
Well, I looked at the 28 Inf Div and 110 Inf Regt histories but they did not
shed any (obvious) light on how the division was organized. There were
about 50 different infantry (7-*) T/O&Es, so that wasn't any help to me
either - maybe somebody with a better knowledge of military organization can
know where to start and check them out. I did find the T/O&E (10-297) for a
Quartermaster Graves Registration Company, the likely people to be picking
up bodies. The last one issued before Hurtgen Forest (I assume that's your
setting) was in 6 Nov 43. This unit had only a few vehicles: one 2-1/2 ton
6x6 cargo truck in the Co HQ; one 1 ton, two-wheel cargo trailer in the Co
HQ; five 1/4 ton 4x4, one in the Co HQ and one in each plt HQ; and twelve
3/4 ton 4x4 weapons carriers, three in each plt. There were, I think
(forgot to write down!) around 125 Off & EM in the unit. They carried
carbines, not rifles. Also, I believe most of the GR units were segregated,
so the officers would be white with the EM black.
Looking at the example codes for other oddball QM Cos in AR 850-5, it seems
they were attached to Armies. Considering that these examples were "go-bys"
for other units, I'd expect that the codes would be:
wA - xQ - GR - yz
where w = Army number; x = Co number; yx = vehicle number.
Perhaps a contemporary graves registration technical bulletin TB 10-630-1
and TB 10-630-2 would spell out the typical superior unit for a GR company.
KL |
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