Oakgrove Cemetery Portage, Wisconsin
Cty Rd O off State road 16 on the West side of Portage Tombstone transcription 2001
Monday, October 11, 2010
720th Railway Operating Battalion Co C, Klemp, Robert W."Bub
Oakgrove Cemetery Portage, Wisconsin
Cty Rd O off State road 16 on the West side of Portage Tombstone transcription 2001
720th Railway Operating Battalion John Redmond Kingman Jr
JOHN REDMOND KINGMAN JR.
9/25/08 11:14 pm
SMYRNA - John Redmond Kingman Jr., 86, died Sept. 11, 2006, in Caribou. He was born April 20, 1920, in East Bridgewater, Mass., the son of John Redmond and Ina Mae (Severance) Kingman Sr. John was a veteran of World War II, serving in the 720th Railway Operating Battalion in Normandy and northern France. He was discharged Nov. 6, 1945. He is survived by his son, Dennis Bruce Kingman Sr. of Burlington; two daughters, Leona Lee Pasquini of Holyoke, Mass., and Jean Francis Donahue of Hingham, Mass.; 10 grandchildren, 30 great-grand-children, one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Katherine F. Taylor of Seminole, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; first wife, Barbara Bennett Burgess; second wife, Mary Dewey; one son, James Redmond Kingman; grandchildren, Mary Anne and Karen Donahue; brother, William L. Kingman; and sisters, Mary K. Johnson, Ina Mae Leleux and Phyllis Hartman. A graveside service will be held at St. James Cemetery, Whitman, Mass. Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home, Houlton.
9/25/08 11:14 pm
SMYRNA - John Redmond Kingman Jr., 86, died Sept. 11, 2006, in Caribou. He was born April 20, 1920, in East Bridgewater, Mass., the son of John Redmond and Ina Mae (Severance) Kingman Sr. John was a veteran of World War II, serving in the 720th Railway Operating Battalion in Normandy and northern France. He was discharged Nov. 6, 1945. He is survived by his son, Dennis Bruce Kingman Sr. of Burlington; two daughters, Leona Lee Pasquini of Holyoke, Mass., and Jean Francis Donahue of Hingham, Mass.; 10 grandchildren, 30 great-grand-children, one great-great-grandchild; one sister, Katherine F. Taylor of Seminole, Fla.; several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents; first wife, Barbara Bennett Burgess; second wife, Mary Dewey; one son, James Redmond Kingman; grandchildren, Mary Anne and Karen Donahue; brother, William L. Kingman; and sisters, Mary K. Johnson, Ina Mae Leleux and Phyllis Hartman. A graveside service will be held at St. James Cemetery, Whitman, Mass. Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home, Houlton.
728th Joseph W. O'Connor
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712th Woodrow Boice
These wonderful photo montages are from the website of Emmanuel Delaville, a serious researcher of WWII veterans and the history of their service. His work is excellent and can be viewed at:
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720th Railway Operating Battalion photo
May you could help me:
I have attached one picture about men of the 720th Railway Operating Battalion who was taken on August 5, 1944 in the railway station of Lison in Normandy.
I have found this legend with the picture but it seems there is some errors ( Soldiers Ranks, number of soldiers ).
May you have in your archives an other legend?
Date: 5 août 1944.
Dispatchers office du 720th Railroad Operating Battalion..
L to R : .
Cpl Arthur Swisher, Corning, O.; .
M/Sgt John Verneiren, Springfield, Mans.;.
T/Sgt Archie Kidd, Nighgrove, Cal.;.
Sepper Buck, Ely Cambs, England; . ??
Sgt Melvin R. Holmberg, Minneapolis, Minn.; .
Sgt Warren E. Roberts, Minneapolis, Minn.; .
Lt George H. Shavel, Chicago, Ill.;.
T/Sgt John H. Toler, Pesch Orchard, Ark.;.
S/Sgt Ronald P. Stockman, Speener, Wisconsin. .
757th Railway Shop Battalion Unit photo
Thanks so much to Bruce Brill for this great photo!!!
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