Photo of 14th Chemical Maintenance Company soldiers in their WW-II U.S. Army uniforms, taken mid-September 1944 near La Capelle, France Roster

14th Chemical
Maintenance Company
1942-1945

U. S. Army Chemical Corps
World War II

14th soldiers at la Capelle, France
Taken mid-September, 1944
Source: T/5 David O. Meeker, Jr.  


Below is a roster of 73 of the approximately 260 officers and enlisted men who served in the 14th between July 1942 and August 1945.  This roster is arranged alphabetically by last name, then by first name.  It includes (if known): each soldier's Army serial number; lowest and highest ranks he held while in the 14th; the dates he joined and left the unit; and brief remarks about his service in it.  If you know of additional men who served in the 14th, please contact the website owners using the email link at the bottom of this page.  Thank you!

Abbreviations: AAF=Army Air Force; Apl=April; Ass't=Assistant; Aug=August; Bn=Battalion; CML=Chemical; Co=Company; Cpl=Corporal; Ctr=Center; Dec=December; Div=Division; Feb=February; Inf=Infantry; Jan=January; Jul=July; Jun=June; Lt=Lieutenant; Mar=March; Nov=November; Oct=October; Pfc=Private First Class; Pvt=Private; 1st/Sgt=1st Sergeant; Sgt=Sergeant; S/Sgt=Staff Sergeant; Sep=September; T/Sgt=Technical Sergeant; T/4=Technician Grade 4; T/5=Technician Grade 5; XO=Executive Officer; 42=1942; 43=1943; 44=1944; and 45=1945.

Sources: Fourteenth Chemical Maintenance Company Historical Record, 1942-1945, U.S. Army report covering period 30 July 1942 to 31 August 1945 (author and date unknown); and other sources as noted.
Name & Serial No. Ranks Served
 Remarks
Acred, George
  (________)
Cpl 
? to ?
 
Adamczak, Edward
  (________)
Cpl 
? to ?
 
Almeida, Pedro "Pancho"
  (________)
Pfc 
? to ?
 
Andrews, Harold A.
  (________)
Pvt  
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Company Clerk; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Angell, Donald S.
  (0-403548)
Capt.
25 Feb 43
to ?
Co. Commander (4th); assigned from 81st Inf. Div.; appointed Capt. 19 July 1943; awarded Bronze Star Medal 08 January 1945.  
Armenio, Sam
  (_______)
T/5
? to 1945
 
Beavers, Horace
(________)
Cpl
? to ?
Ass't Co Clerk
Benevento, "Benny"
(________)
Pfc
? to ?
 
Bigler, Carl
(________)
T/Sgt
?
to ?
Awarded Bronze Star Medal 08 January 1945. 
Bills, Thomas
  (________)
T/4 
? to ?
 
Bogden, John
  (________)
T/Sgt 
? to ?
 
Brennen, Charles J.
  (________)
Pvt 
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre,  Foreman; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Broeske, Oscar
  (________)
T/3 
? to ?
 
Brooks, Larry
  (________)
Pvt 
? to ?
 
Caskey, George
  (________)
T/4 
? to ?
 
Crawford, Edward S.
  (________)
Pvt
1st/Sgt 
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Section Chief; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Dellacorte, Nicholas
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Assistant Inspector; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Evans, George
  (________)
Sgt
? to ?
 
Fischette, Carmen
  (________)
Pfc
? to ?
 
Forte, ______
  (________)
Pfc
? to ?
 
Gardner, Edward B.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Machinist; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Gartol, Jr., Edwin W.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Assistant Inspector; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Herbeck, Robert
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Motor Sergeant; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Hoffman, George
  (0-416000)
1st Lt.
30 Jul 42
to 05 May 43
Cadre, Co. Commander (1st); assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center; appointed 1st Lt. 11 January 1943; transferred to 193rd CML Depot Co.
Holmes, James D.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Supply Sergeant; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Holt, James R.
  (________)
Pvt
? to ?
 
Hopper, Ansel
  (________)
T/5
? to ?
 
Ingvaldson, ______
  (________)
T/Sgt
?
?
Awarded Bronze Star Medal 08 January 1945.  
Jodice, ______
  (________)
Pfc
14 Jul 42
Absent in hospital seriously ill starting 25 Jul 44.  [Note: Said to have died in a German bombing raid in late July 1944 according to personal diary of S/Sgt. Herbert Landers.]
Johnson, James J.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Master Mechanic; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Johnson, William
  (________)
?
? to ?
Wounded by land mine explosion 23 March 1945.
Kaminski, Paul
  (________)
T/5
? to ?
 
Keller, Louis
  (________)
Pfc
? to ?
 
Kennedy, Roy
  (________)
Pvt
S/Sgt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Assistant Inspector; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Kerkow, ______
  (________)
?
? to ?
 
Kerns, ______
  (________)
Pfc
? to 1945
 
Knauff, Louis
  (________)
Sgt
? to ?
 
Kovacs, Walter
  (0-1038415)
1st Lt.
16 Jun 43
to ?
Repair Platoon Leader; Salvage Platoon Leader; assigned from 83rd Inf. Div.; appointed 1st Lt. 03 April 1944; awarded Bronze Star Medal 08 January 1945.
Kresser, Theodore O. J.
  (0-317382)
1st Lt.
26 Sep 42
to 25 Feb 43
Co. Commander (3rd); assigned from 84th CML Bn; transferred to 81st Inf. Div.
Kromeke, James
  (_______)
T/5
? to ?
 
Landers, Herbert
  (________)
Pvt
S/Sgt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Company Cook; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center; awarded Good Conduct Medal 14 December 1944.
Lawless, Charles E.
  (0-1035514)
2nd Lt
29 Oct 42
to 14 Jan 43
Assigned from CML Warfare School; transferred to 19th CML Maint Co as Cadre.
Leidig, Ralph M.
  (________)
S/Sgt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, First Sergeant; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Lenowitz, Jacob
  (________)
Pvt
? to 1945
 
Lewis, Garland W.
  (________)
Pvt
09 Aug 42
to ?
Cadre, Mess Sergeant; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Long, William
  (________)
Pfc
? to ?
Jeep driver
Marmorstein, Robert
  (0-1035897)
1st Lt
09 May 43
to 17 Feb 44
Repair Platoon Leader; assigned from HQ, Camp Pickett; appointed 1st Lt. 05 October 1943; transferred to 92nd CML Bn.
McGowen, John
  (________)
S/Sgt
? to ?
Supply Sergeant
Meeker, Jr., David O.
  (32-716-309)
T/5
12 May 43
to 28 Sep 45
Mail Clerk (MOS 055); assigned from Co. "C", 13th Bn, Shenango Personnel Replacement Depot; awarded Good Conduct Medal 14 December 1944; transferred to 808th Replacement Bn.
Meile, Walter
  (________)
Cpl
? to ?
 
Mix, Thomas
  (________)
Pvt ?
? to ?
 
Nix, Gib
  (________)
Pvt
? to ?
 
Redwine, Ralph D.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Cook; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Rice, Carl
  (________)
S/Sgt
? to ?
 
Richardson, Lee T.
  (________)
Capt
07 Sep 42
to 26 Sep 42
Co. Commander (2nd); joined from 84th CML Bn.; transferred to 24th CML Co.
Santopadre, Maurice
  (0-1036712)
2nd Lt
09 May 43
to 24 May 43
Assigned from HQ, Camp Pickett; transferred to 88th CML Bn.
Santoro, Frank
  (________)
2nd Lt
09 May 43
to 24 May 43
Assigned from HQ, Camp Pickett; transferred to 88th CML Bn.
Schlesinger, Herbert
  (________)
Pvt
? to ?
 
Schoenewaldt, Jr., Arthur C.
  (0-1035596)
2nd Lt
1st Lt
29 Oct 42
to ?
Executive Officer; Gas Mask Repair Platoon Leader; assigned from CML Warfare School; appointed 1st Lt 06 June 1943.
Settembre, Tony
  (________)
  
Pvt
? to ?
 
Small, Al
  (________)
  
Sgt
? to ?
 
Smith, Robert E.
  (0-1035135)
1st Lt
15 Aug 42
to 26 Apl 43
Joined from CML Warfare School; appointed 1st Lt. 31 January 1943; transferred to AAF Classification Ctr.
Spear, John "Pappy"
  (________)
Sgt
? to ?
 
Stec, ______
  (________)
?
? to 1945
 
Sullivan, James D.
  (________)
Pvt
30 Jul 42
to ?
Cadre, Platoon Sergeant; assigned from HQ CML Warfare Center.
Surch, ______
  (________)
Pfc
? to ?
 
Washburn, ______
  (________)
Pfc.
? to ?
Wounded by land mine explosion 23 March 1945.
Willis, Sr., Charles B.
  (0-901967)
1st Lt
12 Jan 1943
to ?
Assigned from 84th CML Bn.
Wilson, Frank "Chicken"
  (________)
T/4
? to ?
 
Wintje, Martin F.
  (________)
1st Lt
20 Apl 44
to 27 Apl 45
Salvage Platoon Leader; assigned from Casual Detachment No. 44; appointed 1st Lt. 22 January 1945; transferred to 60th CML Depot Co.
Woodard, EM
  (________)
Pvt
? to ?
 
Woodard, ______
  (________)
Lt
? to ?
Co XO
Zulker, Charles
  (________)
Pvt
? to ?
 


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