Battalion History, January 21

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1923 - Dale H. Noyes (Charlie Company) in Honey Creek, IA.
1923 - Giustino Parente (Baker Company) in Brooklyn, NY.
1925 - Charles Edward Seader (Able Company) in Philadelphia, PA.
1926 - Edward P. Rezendes (Able Company) in New Bedford, MA.


Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.

Deaths
1993 - Private Robert Daniel Baatz Jr (Baker Company) in Traverse City, MI. Age 67.
2001 - Corporal Douglas B. Footit (Able Company) in Abingdon, MA. Age 78.
2001 - Private Ernest Chester Tykarski (Charlie Company) in Danbury, CT. Age 74.