Battalion History, January 24

Today in Battalion history:

Births
1918 - Curtis Clemon Dekle (Dog / HQ Company) in Merrillville, GA.
1920 - Charles Bush Gum Jr (Dog / Baker Company) in Rozel, KS.
1923 - John C. Adelmann (Able Company) in Norwood, MA.
1924 - Robert F. Nadler (Dog / Baker Company) in Carlstadt, NJ.
1924 - Joseph Marshall Wiley (Charlie Company) in Canaan, NH.
1925 - Raymond S. Cable (Baker Company) in Norwalk, CT.


Wartime
1944 - First Battalion en route to Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, aboard USS DuPage.
1944 - Charles D. Horwitz (Able Company) returned to duty; AOL since January 9, 1944. Sentenced to one month Extra Punitive Duty, fined two months pay.

Deaths
1976 - Sergeant Paul Wakefield (Able Company) in Vienna, VA. Age 65.
1996 - Colonel Roy I. Wood, Jr (Able Company) in Greenville, SC. Age 74.
1998 - PFC John F. Skora (Baker Company) in Manchester, NH. Age 77.
2005 - First Sergeant Milton B. Cooper (Baker Company) in Carlsbad, CA. Age 86.