81st Engineer Btn. Personnel

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The list includes WWII Soldiers mentioned on the site who were in 81st Combat Engineering Battalion of the 106th Infantry Division.

RESOURCES
Here's a link to the ROSTER being assembled by Jim West on the Indiana Military site, too. Since many of the division's documents were destroyed when units were captured, the assembly of a partial roster has been a long, painstaking labor.
Note: the Roster location has changed. Jim West has turned it over to Wayne Dunn who is maintaining it on the 106th Infantry Division Association Site: 106thinfdivassn.org/roster106/rostera.html


The Roster Abbreviations Source have been moved. Go to the 106th section of the Indiana Military Site & click on Reference List on the side bar: www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/SoThinkMenu/106thSTART.htm

UNIT HISTORIES www.indianamilitary.org/106ID/Publications/CubInReview/04-UnitHistory.htm


81st Engineers Unit Specific Discussions: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=unit&action=display&thread=539

Other Unit Specific Discussions 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=unit
includes units within the division AND assignments before and after the 106th-- including the ASTP program

Books:
Hell Frozen Over by Marilyn Estes Quigley 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4780/thread
The book "describes the personal experiences of sixteen men--most of them in the 81st Engineers--who were caught in Hitler's final grasp to strangle the continent."

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Anderson, Lyttleton Cook Jr, 81st Combat Engineers, Hq & Supply Co- link to video interview for Veterans History Project: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4807/thr

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Bills, Clayton R., Pvt. 81 Engineer KIA - grave shown in video of Henri Chapelle Cemetery:
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=unit&thread=539&page=1#1995
Cemetery Association official looking for more information on this soldier: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=looking&action=display&thread=686

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Carpenter, Edgar R., Lt. 81 Combat Engineer Bn notice of death and link to obituary: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=560

Carr, Fred A. 81st Eng. C- d. March 4, 2015 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4167/thread

Collins, John P (1) 81st Engineer (C)/ A POW IV B, VIII A, listed in roster; mention in A Blood Dimmed Tide 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=books&thread=124&page=1#2370

Connors, Gerald, Tech 5 81st Engineering- A family member looking for info:
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=looking&action=display&thread=668

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Davis, Coleman, 81st Engineer/ A- POW Stalag II A- daughter's posting
106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=looking&action=display&thread=271

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Frye, Norwood T/5, 81st Eng(C), POW named on the list of those at Slaughterhouse 5: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4800/thread

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Hannon, Philip A., T-4, 81st Engineer (C) A, (ASTP before 106th) POW IXB; listed in Roster; mentioned in A Blood Dimmed Tide: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=books&thread=124&page=1#2370

Huseby, Robert Milton, 81st Combat Engineer January replacement; posting by granddaughter: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=introductions&action=display&thread=383

Hynes, William J., Cpt., 81st Engineers, Co. B link to Battle of the Bulge Memories account (from Cub) of action early in the Bulge: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4693/thread


Larson, Virgel Axel, PFC 422/ I ? Combat Engineer? post with links to Cub Memoriam & Veteran's History project interview; both Cub and Roster say 422/ I; Unable to view interview but Veteran's History Project based on interview lists him as a Combat Engineer in 106th; your help/ input needed: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4189/thread


Maier, Adolph J. Jr. 1st Lt. 81st Engineer C. 1st post on this thread; mentioned in quote by Carl: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=563&page=1

Mast, John R. 81 ENG- C, POW link to thread with Feb. 28, 2018 obituary and other notes: 106thdivision.proboards.com/post/4479/thread

Meisner, Horace G., Cpl, 81 Combat Engineer Bn. KIA, name shown in monument to those in unmarked graves in video of Henri Chappelle Cemetery: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=unit&thread=539&page=1#1995

McCall, Theodore George (Bud), PFC, 81st Engineering BN/ A; POW- link to 2003 obituary notice: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=other&thread=672&page=1


Porter, Raymond E., Sgt. 81st Eng. CMBT BN KIA Great Nephew seeking someone who knew him or his story... 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=looking&thread=589&page=1
also listed in roster & ABMC


Riggs, Thomas J. Lieutenant Col, 81st Combat Engineer Bn. POW, link to board notes on: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=other&action=display&thread=817

Scoggins, Robert E., Pvt.81 Combat Engineer Bn KIA, grave shown in video of Henri Chappelle Cemetery: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=unit&thread=539&page=1#1995


Timmers, Edward F, S/Sgt, 81 Combat Engineer Bn. KIA, grave shown in video of Henri Chappelle Cemetery: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=unit&thread=539&page=1#1995

Walcher, William E., PFC, 81 Combat Engineer Bn. KIA, grave shown in video of Henri Chappelle Cemetery: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=unit&thread=539&page=1#1995

Ward, Nathan "Duke," Capt, Hq Co 81st Engineer Combat Btn., More info in Roster; account in A Blood Dimmed Tide 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=books&thread=124&page=1#2370

Warner, Glenn, 81st Engineer / C link to grandchild's inquiries and discussion answers on another site; also found in roster; 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=other&action=display&thread=563

Wassgren, Milton L 81 Engineer (C)/ A POW: link to his story: 106thdivision.proboards.com/thread/963/wassgren-milton-81st-engineer-bn

Zeigler, LeRoy F, 81st Engineer Combat Bn. Hq C daughter looking for contacts: 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=looking&action=display&thread=604

Unnamed 81st Combat Engineer A- posting by grandson 106thdivision.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=introductions&action=display&thread=664

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7-22-21 Frye, Norwood T/5, 81st Eng(C), POW name & link to the Slaughterhouse 5 list added above.

3-31-2021 Anderson, Lyttleton Cook Jr, 81st Combat Engineers, Hq & Supply Co- name and link to video interview added

12-9-2020 Added a link to info on the book Hell Frozen Over to the information at the top of this thread...