Posted on Sep 18, 2019
Is There a Website or Person(s) that has Military History or Unit lineage?
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SFC (Join to see) has obtained an Honerable Discharge from a Soldier who was discharged shortly after WWI. The person from whom he received this discharge wants to research and hopefully find out the battle history of his unit.
The unit at the time was known as A Battery, 62nd Artillery CAC, which served in France from 1918 to 1919. A google search points to a unit supposedly at Ft. Hood, TX known as 1-62nd ADA, however the Ft. Hood Directory does not list that unit at Ft. Hood, TX.
Is there any webistes or individuals that can help David either find the history or lineage of this unit or point us in the direction of someone who can or an organization that researches unit lineage and history?
Thanks, COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
The unit at the time was known as A Battery, 62nd Artillery CAC, which served in France from 1918 to 1919. A google search points to a unit supposedly at Ft. Hood, TX known as 1-62nd ADA, however the Ft. Hood Directory does not list that unit at Ft. Hood, TX.
Is there any webistes or individuals that can help David either find the history or lineage of this unit or point us in the direction of someone who can or an organization that researches unit lineage and history?
Thanks, COL (Ret) Mikel Burroughs
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Col Burroughs, isn't there an ARMY Historian office at each post? At each USAF base, there is a historian's office at the wing ( division level) and at least an office at company level.
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1-62 ADA falls under 69th ADA BDE at Hood these days. You could contact them I'm sure if still seeking info.
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We Don't Make Much Money We don't make much money, but we have a lot of fun, Been over in France four months, and haven't shot a gun, We came to put the dirty Germans on the run, But before we got a chance the old war was done. We drill all day and take a lot of hikes. Down some road and up turnpikes. Gas mask drill fills us all with dread, When we take the damn things off, we feel nearly dead. Drenched by rain, tanned by the sun, We don't...
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It looks like the 62nd was shipped to France but never saw action before armistice was declared:
"Constituted as 62nd Arty, CAC, December 1917 and organized 1-7-18 at Ft. Winfield Scott. Assigned to 33rd Bde, CAC, and shipped to Cp. Mills, NY, departing Hoboken and arriving France 7-21-18, where it moved to O&TC at Libourne (Gironde) 8-3-18. The regiment, still at Libourne when the Armistice was signed 11-11-18, returned, arriving Norfolk 2-19-19. Moved to Cp. Stuart, where it was processed, then to Cp. Eustis, where it was demobilized March 1919." Source: http://www.50cac.com/coast-artillery-corps.html Ancestory.com has hundreds of thousands of military records, ranging from draft cards to decorations, to casualty and prisoner lists to well about anything. I have found unit rosters, pension lists etc dating back as far as the civil war on my wife's side.
"Constituted as 62nd Arty, CAC, December 1917 and organized 1-7-18 at Ft. Winfield Scott. Assigned to 33rd Bde, CAC, and shipped to Cp. Mills, NY, departing Hoboken and arriving France 7-21-18, where it moved to O&TC at Libourne (Gironde) 8-3-18. The regiment, still at Libourne when the Armistice was signed 11-11-18, returned, arriving Norfolk 2-19-19. Moved to Cp. Stuart, where it was processed, then to Cp. Eustis, where it was demobilized March 1919." Source: http://www.50cac.com/coast-artillery-corps.html Ancestory.com has hundreds of thousands of military records, ranging from draft cards to decorations, to casualty and prisoner lists to well about anything. I have found unit rosters, pension lists etc dating back as far as the civil war on my wife's side.
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The Archives in St. Louis now hold WWI unit and individual records.
https://www.archives.gov/st-louis
Fold3 has military records that should have relevant records.
Also, there are often unit affiliation websites and forums. And of course the Army has many related websites. https://history.army.mil/html/faq/answers.html
SFC Hawk can contact me with questions.
https://www.archives.gov/st-louis
Fold3 has military records that should have relevant records.
Also, there are often unit affiliation websites and forums. And of course the Army has many related websites. https://history.army.mil/html/faq/answers.html
SFC Hawk can contact me with questions.
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I volunteered for the position and am charged as my unit's historian...I would check with someone at the unit you would like lineage information from and ask to soeak with the unit historian if possible.
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Constituted 10 December 1917 as the 62nd Artillery (CAC). Activated at Fort Winfield Scott 7 January 1918. Assigned to 33rd Brigade CAC, and shipped to Camp Mills New York arrived in France 21 July 1918; returned from France 19 February 1919, Demobilized at Camp Eustis March 1919.
This is lineage found in Google COL Mikel J. Burroughs, my dear friend. Kindly share the same with SFC David Hawk, whose name is not visible to me in the RP directory, apparently.
This is lineage found in Google COL Mikel J. Burroughs, my dear friend. Kindly share the same with SFC David Hawk, whose name is not visible to me in the RP directory, apparently.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana thanks brother - SFC (Join to see) check it out brother.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/62nd_Air_Defense_Artillery_Regiment
I-62 ADA was activated at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii in the early 80s and in 1917 -18 it was activated in Camp Wainwright Scott and moved to New York.
I trust thos is helpful. 1-62 ADA is a Patriot Unit under the 25th Division Artillery in the 25th ID and I served as the acting NCOIC of the DivArty in the 90s. Thank God I am famous now.
I-62 ADA was activated at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii in the early 80s and in 1917 -18 it was activated in Camp Wainwright Scott and moved to New York.
I trust thos is helpful. 1-62 ADA is a Patriot Unit under the 25th Division Artillery in the 25th ID and I served as the acting NCOIC of the DivArty in the 90s. Thank God I am famous now.
62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment - Wikipedia
The 62nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment is an Air Defense Artillery regiment in the United States Army. The lineages of some of the units that have been part of the 62nd Air Defense Artillery and its predecessors give the regiment campaign credit for the War of 1812.
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