World War 2

The following is a list of Soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving with the 36th Engineer Regiment, the forerunner of the 14th Combat Engineer Battalion.

Last Name	First Name	Middle Initial	Rank	Army Service Number	Company	Casualty	Date of Casualty
Schmershal	Latta	G	1st LT	0-1103396	D Co	KIA	9/12/1943
Funari	Joseph	J	PVT	33408783	D Co	KIA	9/13/1943
Wiedeck	Michael	F	CPL	33005398	E Co	KIA	9/14/1943
Ambrosino	Joseph	A	CPL	32107459	E Co	KIA	9/15/1943
Navison	Robert	E	PVT	39264515	F Co	KIA	9/14/1943
Theophilos	James	G	PVT	31052627	F co	KIA	9/14/1943
Hain	Paul	D	PVT	33484070	F Co	KIA	9/15/1943
Tuscanitch	George	T	PFC	33246691	F Co	KIA	9/16/1943
Tazzetta	Anthony	P	PVT	12061980	3rd Bn HQ	KIA	9/16/1943
Winters	Theodore	R	PVT	33035632	F Co	DOW	9/23/1943
Ruble	Robert	S	PVT	35594619	G Co	KIA	9/12/1943
Cooley	Otho	L	CPL	6234123	G Co	KIA	9/12/1943
Peterson	Dale	B	PVT	37464275	G Co	KIA	9/13/1943
Strapazon	Telio	L	PVT	36024244	H Co	KIA	9/26/1943
Nealon	William	F	1st LT	0-1101138	I Co	DOW	9/13/1943
Valdez	Louis	G	PFC	38014174	I Co	KIA	9/12/1943
Olah	John	nmi	PVT	16064191	I Co	KIA	9/12/1943
Herbstman	Harry	L	PVT	32243544	I Co	KIA	9/14/1943
Kisosky	Stephen	O	PFC	32032393	A Co	KIA	10/15/1943
Noland	Abner	V Jr.	PFC	35126823	A Co	DOW	10/18/1943
Palmer	Walter	A	SGT	34085113	A Co	KIA	10/13/1943
Kurdsiel	John	A	PVT	16155662	A Co	KIA	10/13/1943
Osburn	Curtis	nmi	PFC	35434060	C Co	KIA	10/4/1943
Hanes	Louis	G	PVT	16088406	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Hins	Gustof	H	PFC	37163772	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Mize	Vernon	W	PFC	36072319	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Betlejewski	Alexander	nmi	PFC	36332971	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Crary	Howard	M	T/5	35292699	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Miller	Howard	J	S/SGT	37089479	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Cole	Roy	K	SGT	39171682	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Hinderks	Conrad	F	SGT	37163602	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Wioneski	Arthur	E	T/4	36126596	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Croteau	Rosarie	W	T/5	31108402	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Floretti	Domonic	R	T/5	35377868	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Coe	Evan	L	PVT	33409252	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Growe	Harry	Y	PVT	37121237	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Puga	Victor	nmi	PVT	38287757	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Perry	E Dalls	W	PVT	35292639	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Paulor	Michael	T	PVT	36332481	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Weinstein	George	nmi	PVT	32209821	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
MacWilliams	Malcolm	B	PVT	33475782	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Reilly	William	J	T/5	32356363	H Co	KIA	10/10/1943
Hodge	Robert	R	PFC	13100229	I Co	DOW	10/24/1943
Meseke	Otto	C	PFC	36072272	I Co	KIA	11/19/1943
McCormack	William	L	PVT	38105602	H&S Co	DOW	11/5/1943
Harvey	Ivan	D	PFC	38116313	A Co	KIA	12/29/1943
Barber	Isadore	nmi	PVT	36032055	H Co	KIA	1/27/1944
Butler	Bernard	A	T/5	31045233	B Co	DOW	1/25/1944
Nyce	Herbert	R	S/SGT	33027854	F Co	DOW	1/28/1944
Fansler	Ralph	W	T/5	32064854	B Co	DOW	1/28/1944
Pio	Ernest	nmi	CPL	33028328	F Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Brookman	Eugene	P	PFC	35670536	F Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Warner	Ernest	E	PFC	32032411	F Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Clayton	Robert	D	PVT	19200860	F Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Cornish	Alton	B	PVT	6977558	F Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Penman	Lawrence	nmi	PFC	35010965	Med. Co	KIA	1/31/1944
Carmell	Don	R	PFC	36330346	I Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Stasinkiewics	Victor	F	SGT	32045135	B Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Sharpe Jr.	Jesse	C	PFC	34080839	B Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Tennant	Carl	L	T/5	33261661	B Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Barbaugh	Alvin	J	PVT	33759835	B Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Benko	Frank	nmi	PFC	33164344	Med. Co	KIA	3/3/1944
Dunaway	Daniel	L	PVT	38232332	C Co	KIA	3/2/1944
Jones	Oscar	F	PVT	38271596	E Co	KIA	3/3/1944
Stengel	Joseph	A	PVT	33405955	E Co	KIA	3/3/1944
Reul Jr.	Frank	J	SGT	32350367	F Co	KIA	3/5/1944
Bors	John	E	SGT	32250891	G Co	KIA	3/5/1944
Batch	Wilbur	A	CPL	34081285	E Co	KIA	3/6/1944
Lawer	George	nmi	SGT	32109509	F Co	DOW	3/6/1944
Dziechciarz	Henry	PFC	32035593	B Co	KIA	3/8/1944
Pilley	James	W	PVT	18075722	C Co	KIA	3/8/1944
Johnsen	Raymond	nmi	PVT	39180326	C Co	KIA	3/8/1944
Bates	Alfred	nmi	T/5	35267564	G Co	KIA	3/8/1944
Logan	Thomas	L	PFC	34033390	E Co	DOW	3/9/1944
Moss	Clarence	D	PVT	37067752	E Co	KIA	3/10/1944
Jones	Wallace	A	T/4	36147387	I Co	KIA	3/12/1944
White	Laxten	S	PFC	34177654	B Co	KIA	3/13/1944
Tassoni	John	A	PFC	32242498	I Co	DOW	3/6/1944
Tedder	Everett	J	PVT	33046680	B Co	KIA	3/15/1944
Allen	William	W	S/SGT	33008055	B Co	KIA	3/15/1944
Smith	Victor	J	PVT	36147699	G Co	KIA	3/19/1944
Saunders	James	B	PFC	37068090	B Co	KIA	3/19/1944
Nelsen	George	E	PFC	35026713	B Co	KIA	3/19/1944
Rose	Dudley	A	PVT	14176942	E Co	DOW	3/16/1944
Boggs	Samuel	L	PVT	6240750	E Co	DOW	3/11/1944
Baggett	James	G	PVT	34266017	E Co	DOW	3/12/1944
Best	William	R	PFC	14050298	G Co	DOW	3/11/1944
Censullo	Angelo	nmi	PVT	31094051	F Co	DOW	3/17/1944
Kosak	Vladimir	S/SGT	32107407	B Co	DOW	3/19/1944
Kratser	Milten	H. H.	CPL	33061354	A Co	KIA	3/25/1944
Deyo	Arthur	E	PFC	32045279	C Co	KIA	3/25/1944
Gibeaut	Lewis	E	PFC	35420368	A Co	DOW	3/30/1944
Thurman	Raymond	nmi	PVT	18020172	Med. Co	DOW	4/6/1944
Justice	Luther	nmi	PVT	33647006	E Co	KIA	4/10/1944
Wenke	Everett	L	PVT	37123102	F Co	KIA	4/10/1944
Gentile		PFC	31056930	F Co	DOW	4/12/1944
Russe	Patsy	T/5	31048913	C Co	KIA	4/16/1944
Brown	Lewin	R. III	PVT	33638149	C Co	DOW	4/16/1944
Kepner	Mile	C	PVT	33515514	G Co	DOW	4/20/1944
Sasnauskas	Stanley	J	T/4	33171281	I Co	KIA	5/13/1944
Binns	Lawrence	C	PFC	36222513	G Co	KIA	5/14/1944
Steffes	Paul	G	PVT	37674453	E Co	KIA	5/17/1944
Ocskaye	Alexander	nmi	PVT	32591435	C Co	KIA	5/21/1944
Quinn	Michael	J	PVT	33103954	F Co	KIA	5/21/1944
Lundy	Allen	nmi	S/SGT	14016109	A Co	KIA	5/23/1944
Mastriano	Lawrence	C	PVT	13176624	C Co	KIA	5/23/1944
Shores	Henry	C	SGT	38177802	D Co	KIA	5/25/1944
Rawlings	Wilbur	F	PVT	33447464	D Co	KIA	5/25/1944
Mancik	Joseph	nmi	2d Lt	0-1109480	F Co	KIA	5/20/1944
Bunyer	Mortimer	A	PVT	36331261	H Co	KIA	5/26/1944
Lees	Frederick	nmi	CPL	32236648	C Co	DOW	5/21/1944
Dougherty	Albert	S	CPL	32357979	H Co	DOW	5/27/1944
Hutcheson	Ernest	C	PVT	37505509	D Co	DOW	5/28/1944
Hull	Kenneth	L	PVT	37465829	H Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Johnson	Ralph	C	PVT	31267729	F Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Mc Donough	Peter	J	PVT	31089954	F Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Pacuinas	Edmond	C	CPL	32211249	E Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Mitchell Jr.	Thomas	W	Pvt	33381689	E Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Tiberia	Lawrence	G	PFC	32852756	G Co	KIA	6/1/1944
Bradley	Richard	J	PVT	32035639	A Co	KIA	6/1/1944
Weisman	Frank	J	PVT	36815574	E Co	KIA	6/1/1944
Shono	Robert	E	PVT	36655428	A Co	KIA	6/1/1944
Stanley	Thomas	H	COL.	0-12608	Regt’ 1 Hq	KIA	6/11/1944
Herbster	William	J	S/SGT	33079356	B Co	DOW	7/18/1944
Morgan	J.	P	PVT	38128222	C Co	KIA	7/21/1944
Katsenburg Jr.	Berney	nmi	Capt.	0-453553	E Co	KIA	8/25/1944
Vaitekunas	Paul	J	CPL	35319915	I Co	KIA	9/4/1944
Tuggle	Fred	nmi	T/5	35661475	H Co	KIA	9/27/1944
Norris Jr.	Carroll	F	SGT	32754832	F Co	KIA	10/1/1944
Haley Jr	Charles	P	SGT	18149046	H Co	KIA	10/8/1944
Valentine	Clifford	B	PVT	32297684	H Co	KIA	10/12/1944
Ostoj	John	T	PVT	37316925	I Co	KIA	10/13/1944
Schimmoellar	Melvin	F	PFC	35552811	I Co	KIA	10/15/1944
Busacker	Norman	W	PVT	36216377	D Co	DOW	10/17/1944
Vorkavich	Rudolph	nmi	PVT	35521157	F Co*	Dow	10/18/1944
Jordan	Herbert	L	PFC	35374338	G Co	KIA	10/26/1944
Weese	Carl	J	T/5	35383359	D Co	DOW	10/22/1944
Gustafson	Eugene	R	Capt.	0-1101015	G Co	KIA	10/28/1944
Runner	Francis	H	PFC	19055386	D Co	KIA	10/30/1944
Lorring	Anthony	T	PVT	35511167	D Co	DOW	10/30/1944
Elliott	James	W	PVT	32035441	C Co	KIA	10/31/1944
Holt	John	M	PVT	38438183	H Co	KIA	12/10/1944
Kropski	Leonard	J	SGT	32035634	E Co	KIA	12/19/1944
Lane	Thomas	P	PFC	32983020	E Co	KIA	12/19/1944
Justice	Willie	T	T/5	34148068	H&S Co	DOW	12/15/1944
Allison	David	W	T/5	13042042	H&S Co	DOW	12/15/1944
Marancsak		PVT	42012358	F Co	KIA	12/30/1944
Murdoch Jr.	Alexander	J. M.	Capt.	0-1104312	B Co	KIA	12/30/1944
Ernst	William	C	1st SGT	6847250	B Co	KIA	12/30/1944
Burger	Harold	PVT	33112806	B Co	KIA	12/30/1944
Mott Jr.	William	C	PFC	34580790	B Co	KIA	12/30/1944
Splane	John	J	PFC	33022774	B Co	KIA	2/18/1944
Vigna	Vincent	J	PVT	31052507	A Co	KIA	3/18/1944
Mitchell Jr.	Thomas	W	PVT	33381689	E Co	KIA	5/31/1944
Brackett	Donald	C	CPL	31025924	A Co	KIA	1/6/1945
Grieve	Delbert	N	CPL	36422391	B Co	KIA	1/14/1945
Koloski	Clinton	P	PFC	36829179	A Co	KIA	1/14/1945
La Fontaine Jr.	Russell	R	SGT	34275242	H Co	KIA	1/18/1945
Karnes	Wayne	E	PVT	38517976	I Co	KIA	1/19/1945
Frataroangeli	Cesare	nmi	PFC	32709183	A Co	KIA	1/20/1945
Ehlers	Elmer	A	SGT	36052110	G Co	KIA	1/20/1945
Armstrong	John	A	CPL	36864818	G Co	KIA	1/25/1945

The 14th Engineer Battalion originated as the 2nd Battalion, 36th Engineer Combat Regiment and was activated on 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg Barracks, New York. The Battalion fought with distinction in ten campaigns during World War II, including five amphibious beach assaults: Algeria/French, Morocco, Sicily, Naples, Anzio, and Southern France. The regimental shoulder patch included a sea horse reflecting the unit’s amphibious operations, and is also on the 14th Engineer insignia. In addition to numerous combat engineer missions, the Battalion frequently fought as Infantry, including 47 continuous days at Anzio Beachhead.

On 15 February 1945, while in Poxonne, Germany, the Regiment was reorganized as the 36th Engineer Combat Group, and the 2nd Battalion was redesignated the 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion. The Battalion was inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

The 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion was redesignated on 29 April 1947 as the 14th Engineer Combat Battalion, and activated 15 March 1950 in Kisarazu, Honshu, Japan, as part of the post-war occupation forces.

WW 2 History