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                        1177TH ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION GROUP

         

         APRIL 1944:

         

          1ST - REORGANIZED AND REDESIGNATED AT NEW CALEDONIA FROM

         REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS, 353RD ENGINEER GENERAL SERVICE

         REGIMENT, TO HEADQUARTERS, 1177TN ENGINEER CONSTRUCTION

         GROUP, UNDER T/O & E. 5-72 (23 DEC 1943) PER SECTION II, PAR

         1A, G.O. 30, HQS, SOS, SPA, 1 APRIL 1944.

         

              - UNDER REORGANIZATION THE FOLLOWING NAMED STAFF

         UFFICERS JOINED THE GROUP:

         

                        COL.WENDELL P TROWER, C.E.

                        LT COL MURRAY E BURNS, C.E.

                        MAJOR GEORGE G SHUBAT, C.E.

                        CAPT ROBERT S COOK, JR., C.E.

                        CAPT ROBERT S MAACk, C.E.

                        CAPT WILLIAM O EVANS, C.E.

                        1St LT GEORGE F YANTIS, C.E.

                        2ND LT FRANlK W MUNRO, C.E.

                        MAJOR HENRY W THOMAS, JR., M.C.

         

              UPON REORGANIZATION ENLISTED CADRE JOINED THE GROUP:

         

	 M/SGT     WARE, ROBERT L           PFC   AMATO, JAMES J

                                            PFC   BAYLESS, JAMES R

         1ST/SGT   PETROCCIA, WILLIAM T     PFC   BLOYER, RUSSELL A

                                            PFC   DERDA, HAROLD C

         T/SGT     MC NASH, WALTER D        PFC   DRURY, ROBERT N

         T/SGT     MOELLER. WALTER E        PFC   GLEESON, MICHAEL

         T/SGT     NYALKA, MICHAEL J        PFC   KIRKWOOD, ROBERT C JR

         S/SGT     CARGO, WILLIAM J         PFC   KOT, EDWARD V

         S/SGT     SHUTTLEWORTH, DUANE R    PFC   RINEHOLD, RALPH S

         S/SGT     WEISE, WILLIAM H         PFC   SNEED, EUGENE M

                                            PFC   SPEJCHER, ALEXANDER C

         SGT       GRIFFIN, JOSEPH A        PFC   STENQUIST, GEORGE A

         SGT       GRIMES, ROBERT K         PFC   TIMCIK, FRANK

                                            PFC   TOMLINSON, JAMES R

                                            PFC   WADE, MORTON M

         TEC   4   ARCENEAUX, PIERRE W      PFC   ZUCCARELLI, FRANK A

         TEC   4   CHILDRESS, JESSIE D

         TEC   4   LOTHRIDGE, AARON L       PVT   BARNAT, STANLEY F

                                            PVT   BOJRAB, JOHN M

         CPL       CAMPBELL, THOMAS G       PVT   BUCKLEY, ROBERT L

         CPL       THOMAS, LAWRENCE R       PVT   DRESSER, CHARLES J

         CPL       WOOD, THOMAS H           PYT   FREY, RAYMOND A

                                            PVT   GENOVESI, FRANK C

                                            PVT   GRAY, JEWELL A

         TEC   5   DE VAULT, CARSON C SR    PVT   KOSUDA, STEPHEN C

         TEC   5   HALEY, R. L. JR          PVT   MARGIS, ALBERT

         TEC   5   HALPER, PHILIP B         PVT   MASON, LE ROY

         TEC   5   HEARD, WALTER E          PVT   MC MANUS RODNEY B

         TEC   5   LARKINS, JOHN H JR       PVT   MONGOLD, EDWARD H