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3rd Armored Division Soldiers
who gave their lives in World War II

 

Regarding this list as a whole, we ideally would like to have included every soldier's full name (with middle initial), his rank, unit, date of death, service number, and specialty branch. Unfortunately, the original collection and retyping in past decades of the many lists complied here was sometimes incomplete or otherwise less than perfect (in the pre-computer age). Consequently, some information for a given soldier may be missing. Please report any errors in this list, as well as any missing information that you may have. Contact the webmaster.

Names from the 486th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bn, 703rd Tank Destroyer Bn, and 183rd Field Artillery Bn are now included, but we are still researching the one remaining battalion that was not an organic unit of the Division, but nevertheless was de facto permanent and rode under the 3AD banner. That unit was the 991st Field Artillery Bn. Anyone who can help with that information, please contact us.

Our thanks to Harold "Hap" Paulson (703rd TD Bn, WWII) for sending us in 2006 a copy of a memorial service program held in Darmstadt, Germany, on May 30, 1945, which listed the 53 fallen soldiers of the 703rd. Thanks also in 2006 to Don Marsh (2AD/3AD, WWII) for discovering three additional names from 143rd Signal Co., with ranks and dates of death, that had been left off 3AD lists.

The website of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), a Federal program, is another database to search. However, its records cover only cemeteries or memorials under its jurisdiction (almost entirely overseas). The ABMC database, as of 2006, lists a total of 990 names under 3rd Armored Div. It provides the soldier's unit within the Division (in most cases), and is thorough in reporting rank, date of death, service number, home state, and where buried.

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