U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 6

 

753rd Railway Shop Battalion

• Duncan, Clifford R. — Company A
• Gumm, George S. — Company B
• Hall, John D., Jr. — Company A
• Johanson, Fred C. — Company B
• Morris, Lowell B. — Company B
• Ryan, Edmund J. — Company B

754th Railway Shop Battalion

• Baker, Ralph H. — Company B
• Burrows, William G. — Company B
• Eubanks, Thomas E. — Company B
• Stopka, John — Company B
• Trunk, Lawrence H. — Company A
• Wheeler, William R. — Battalion not specified on application

755th Railway Shop Battalion

• Aldred, Roscoe D. — Company A

756th Railway Shop Battalion

• Callahan, Harry R. — Company A
• Fitzpatrick, John W. — Company B
• Perry, Richard W. — Company A

757th Railway Shop Battalion

• Lidwell, John R. — Company A

Here are the applications  

 

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 5

 

744th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
James A. Bruewer	Company B, 744th Railway Operating Battalion
Gilbert J. Taylor	Company C, 744th Railway Operating Battalion
James D. Wilburn	Company B, 744th Railway Operating Battalion

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745th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Homer L. Cardwell	745th Railway Operating Battalion
Hurshell Winburn Cupell	745th Railway Operating Battalion
Robert F. Husted	Company B, 745th Railway Operating Battalion

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746th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Howard L. Buxser	Company C, 746th Railway Operating Battalion
Walter Curtis Carter	Company C, 746th Railway Operating Battalion
Raymond F. Delaney	746th Railway Operating Battalion
John A. Hughes Jr.	Company A, 746th Railway Operating Battalion

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748th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Byron L. Hughes	Company B, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Clarence T. Maggs	Company C, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Clifford Doan Rusk	Headquarters, 748th Railway Operating Battalion
Leonard R. Sandyran	Company C, 748th Railway Operating Battalion

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749th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
James Robert Black	Headquarters Company, 749th Railway Operating Battalion
Vernon Whitfield Hill	Company A, 749th Railway Operating Battalion

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750th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Raymond Patrick Devine	Transportation Corps, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
William Z. Hardie	750th Railway Operating Battalion
John L. LaVerne	Company A, 750th Railway Operating Battalion
Glenn J. Wilton	750th Railway Operating Battalion

see applications here

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 4

 

730th Railway Operating Battalion

• Costa, Jack H. — Company A, 730th Railway Operating Battalion
• Broadle, John Joseph — Headquarters Company, 730th Railway Operating Battalion

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732nd Railway Operating Battalion

• Duran, Roberto — 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Hodge, Arnold — Company A, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Sutliff, Nelson Harvey — Headquarters Company, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Walker, Harold — Company B, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion

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733rd Railway Operating Battalion

• Coops, Samuel — Company C, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
• Coker, Young Dempsey — Company C, 733rd Railway Shop Battalion
• Healy, Ross Edward — Company C, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
• Kirby, Charles Alfred — 733rd Railway Operating Battalion (Attached Unassigned Detachment Patients, Station Hospital)
• Walding, Orville J. — Company A, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion

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734th Railway Operating Battalion

• Batchelder, Bertice H. — Headquarters Company, 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Bing, Howard — Company C, 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Dutra, Joseph Thomas — 734th Railway Operating Battalion
• Black, James D. — Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion
  • (Form corrected in red annotation to Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion)

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735th Railway Operating Battalion

• Gross, Orville C. — Engineers, 735th Railway Operating Battalion

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737th Railway Operating Battalion

• Hargis, Leo Porter — Company A, 737th Railway Operating Battalion

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740th Railway Operating Battalion

• Burkett, George R. — 740th Railway Operating Battalion
• Johnson, Walter Alfred — Company A, 740th Railway Operating Battalion
• Petersen, Orville Chris — Company B, 740th Railway Operating Battalion

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Railway Shop Battalions

733rd Railway Shop Battalion

• Coker, Young Dempsey — Company C, 733rd Railway Shop Battalion

734th Railway Shop Battalion

• Black, James D. — Company B, 734th Railway Shop Battalion 

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764th Railway Shop Battalion - David Zykofsky/ Zane

764th Railway Shop Battalion David Zykofsky 

David's son, Steve sent me this amazing photo -note the unit flag 

"This photo my father took, probably at Camp Millard, shows what appears to be a DIY Battalion Banner for the 764th"

More photos thanks so much Steve 

 

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 3

725th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Bigelow, Daleton E.	Company C, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
Campbell, Archie Henry	Company C, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
Huckaby, Cecil Andrew	Headquarters Service Detachment, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
Kopp, John G.	Headquarters Company, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
Maillet, Hubert A.	Medical Detachment, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
O'Donnell, Elmo J.	725th Railway Operating Battalion
O'Neill, James Frederick	Company C, 725th Railway Operating Battalion
Ose, Sr., Armand Sidney	735th Railway Operating Battalion (misfiled with 725th images)
Stutsman, James A.	Company C, 725th Railway Operating Battalion

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726th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Griffis, Floyd Cornelius	Company B, 726th Railway Operating Battalion
Holliday, John Edward	Company C, 726th Railway Operating Battalion

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728th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Brandt, Arvo J.	Headquarters Company, 728th Railway Operating Battalion
Canode, Leslie E.	728th Railway Operating Battalion
Dyszkiewicz, Joseph F.	Company B, 728th Railway Operating Battalion
Joseph, Carl E.	Company B, 728th Railway Operating Battalion
Myers, Frederick F.	Headquarters Company, 728th Railway Operating Battalion
Williams, Gaines L.	Company C, 728th Railway Operating Battalion

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729th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Cox, Wendell R.	Headquarters Company, 729th Railway Operating Battalion
Hyett, Guy Floyd	Company A, 729th Railway Operating Battalion
St. John, Rene Ronald	Company B, 729th Railway Operating Battalion

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735th Railway Operating Battalion

Name	Unit
Ose, Sr., Armand Sidney	735th Railway Operating Battalion

 

 

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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Unit Group 2

 

3rd Military Railway Service

• Richard L. Wirfs: Headquarters 3rd Military Railway Service
• Charles Niday: 3rd Military Railway Service

703rd Railway Grand Division

• Cecil E. Bolin: Headquarters 703rd Railway Grand Division

704th Railway Grand Division

• Edmund V. Bolger: Headquarters 704th Railway Grand Division

707th Railway Grand Division

• Estanislado Padilla: Headquarters Company 707th Railway Grand Division

709th Railway Grand Division

• Beulah B. Adkins: Headquarters Company 709th Railway Grand Division
• Homer J. Drumm: Headquarters Company 709th Railway Grand Division

710th Railway Grand Division

• Douglas F. Bunch: 710th Railway Grand Division

711th Railway Operating Battalion

• Emmett R. Cheney: Headquarters 711th Railway Operating Battalion
• Thurlee H. Gourley: 711th Railway Operating Battalion
• Leslie Paul Hornyak: 711th Railway Operating Battalion
• George William Pelton: 711th Railway Operating Battalion

712th Railway Operating Battalion

• Raymond W. Buxton: 712th Railway Operating Battalion
• Howard L. Cochran: 712th Railway Operating Battalion
• Frank J. Simon: 712th Railway Operating Battalion

713th Railway Operating Battalion

• Oscar B. Burnett: 713th Railway Operating Battalion
• Elmer Leroy Gourley: 713th Railway Operating Battalion

714th Railway Operating Battalion

• Edwin M. Drake: 714th Railway Operating Battalion
• Oral P. Perry: 714th Railway Operating Battalion
• Richard J. Perry: 714th Railway Operating Battalion
• Clyde Watkins: 714th Railway Operating Battalion
• Lyle Stevison Wilcox: 714th Railway Operating Battalion

715th Railway Operating Battalion

• Lawrence R. Blomstrom: 715th Railway Operating Battalion
• Joseph J. Cahill: 715th Railway Operating Battalion
• Douglas T. Cain: 715th Railway Operating Battalion
• Sidney A. Graham: 715th Railway Operating Battalion
• John Clark Hepburn: 715th Railway Operating Battalion

716th Railway Operating Battalion

• Robert W. Cover: 716th Railway Operating Battalion
• Antonio M. Lopez: 716th Railway Operating Battalion
• Charlie G. Ritch: 716th Railway Operating Battalion

717th Railway Operating Battalion

• William L. Broadwater: 717th Railway Operating Battalion
• Earl Willard Carr: Headquarters Company 717th Railway Operating Battalion

718th Railway Operating Battalion

• Eugene B. Bogutske: 718th Railway Operating Battalion
• Carl Cottle: 718th Railway Operating Battalion
• Arthur C. Hubbard: 718th Railway Operating Battalion
• Angus Alexander McDonald: 718th Railway Operating Battalion

719th Railway Operating Battalion

• Emil Alvary: 719th Railway Operating Battalion
• Andrew Daniel Burke: 719th Railway Operating Battalion
• Chester L. Coe: 719th Railway Operating Battalion
• Marvin E. Eakins: 719th Railway Operating Battalion
• Eugene F. Ohler: 719th Railway Operating Battalion
• John Alfred Olsen: 719th Railway Operating Battalion

721st–748th Railway Operating Battalion

• Harry Chamberlain: 721st–748th Railway Operating Battalion

721st Railway Operating Battalion

• Cebron Leonard Holton: 721st Railway Operating Battalion

722nd Railway Operating Battalion

• John W. Dumsday: 722nd Railway Operating Battalion
• Larther Lester Medlin: 722nd Railway Operating Battalion

724th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion

• Charles Linton Jackson: 724th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion
• Thaddeus Wiater: 724th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion

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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985 Railway Units Group 1

Railway Units Personnel List (Sorted by Unit, Then Last Name)

Unit	Name	Date	Service Number
714th Railway Operating Battalion	Frank, Sherman C.	Sep 1944	35499189
714th Railway Operating Battalion	Frank, Sherman C.	Oct 1944	35499189
714th Railway Operating Battalion	Gambill, Dolphus N.	Sep 1944	35417629
714th Railway Operating Battalion	Resoff, Wallace C.	Dec 1944	399516
724th Railway Operating Battalion	Poole, Walter L.	Jul 1945	34888800
732nd Railway Operating Battalion	Piker, Elmer G.	Mar 1945	38233465
733rd Railway Operating Battalion	Beavers, Clarence R.	Apr 1944	35-894-739
733rd Railway Operating Battalion	Ford, Preston W.	Apr 1944	38-520-322
735th Railway Operating Battalion	Frazier, John E.	Aug 1945	35768924
743rd Railway Operating Battalion	Bello, Kenneth	Mar 1944	32-881-027
743rd Railway Operating Battalion	Lukasiewicz, Thomas S.	Jul 1945	36712687
764th Railway Shop Battalion	Dillon, Roland O.	Feb 1945	32857414
764th Railway Shop Battalion	Doss, Martin A.	May 1944	36764802
791st Railway Operating Battalion	Alvarez, Miguel A.	Aug 1943	39835580
791st Railway Operating Battalion	Cook, Lewis W.	May 1944	33157232

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U.S., WWII Army Deserters Pay Cards, 1943-1945

Railway Operating Battalion Records: 13 Railway Shop Battalion Records: 2

Name	Date	Service Number	Unit / Description
Roland O. Dillon	Feb 1945	32857414	Co. B, 764th Railway Shop Battalion
Martin A. Doss	May 1944	36764802	764th Railway Shop Battalion, Co. A, Camp Millard
Preston W. Ford	Apr 1944	38-520-322	Headquarters Company, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
Sherman C. Frank	Sep 1944	35499189	Company A, 714th Railway Operating Battalion
Sherman C. Frank	Oct 1944	35499189	714th Railway Operating Battalion
John E. Frazier	Aug 1945	35768924	735th Railway Operating Battalion
Dolphus N. Gambill	Sep 1944	35417629	Company A, 714th Railway Operating Battalion
Thomas S. Lukasiewicz	Jul 1945	36712687	Company A, 743rd Railway Operating Battalion
Clarence R. Beavers	Apr 1944	35-894-739	Headquarters Company, 733rd Railway Operating Battalion
Kenneth Bello	Mar 1944	32-881-027	Headquarters Company, 743rd Railway Operating Battalion
Elmer G. Piker	Mar 1945	38233465	Company A, 732nd Railway Operating Battalion
Walter L. Poole	Jul 1945	34888800	Company C, 724th Railway Operating Battalion (APO 513)
Wallace C. Resoff	Dec 1944	399516	Company A, 714th Railway Operating Battalion
Miguel A. Alvarez	Aug 1943	39835580	Headquarters & Service Company, 791st Railway Operating Battalion
Lewis W. Cook	May 1944	33157232	Company C, 791st Railway Operating Battalion

Summary by Battalion

Battalion	Personnel Found
714th Railway Operating Battalion	Sherman C. Frank (2 entries), Dolphus N. Gambill, Wallace C. Resoff
724th Railway Operating Battalion	Walter L. Poole
732nd Railway Operating Battalion	Elmer G. Piker
733rd Railway Operating Battalion	Preston W. Ford, Clarence R. Beavers
735th Railway Operating Battalion	John E. Frazier
743rd Railway Operating Battalion	Thomas S. Lukasiewicz, Kenneth Bello
764th Railway Shop Battalion	Roland O. Dillon, Martin A. Doss
791st Railway Operating Battalion	Miguel A. Alvarez, Lewis W. Cook