Seeking Burial Records, 46th QM Graves Registration Company

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I am seeking the Burial records of the 46th QM GR Company for 
 April 1945. 
 I surmise these are in RG 92, Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General. 
 Here is an example from August 1944. 
 
 According to my uncle's IDPF, he was interred at U.S. Military Cemetery, Bensheim, Germany, 
 on 3 April 1945. 
 Could you please provide the box number for the files. 
 Thanks, 
 
 Dave

Textual Reference Branch, Archives II · Accepted Answer

Dave Kerr 
 Thank you for posting your request on History Hub! 
 As you indicated, the series General Correspondence Relating to Organizations, 1939&ndash;1954 (entry NM-81 1894-A) in the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General (Record Group 92) does contain weekly burial reports, including some that have been digitized . Although the digitized files may be searched and viewed online using the Catalog link provided, you will need to contact the Textual Reference Branch at the National Archives in College Park, MD (Archives II) for assistance with any non-digitized records. Their email address is archives2reference@nara.gov . 
 We located several files of interest in the 1939-1945 segment of the series, including:

Under &ldquo;Graves Registration&rdquo; - decimal 314.6 in box 131

Under &ldquo;Quartermaster Graves Registration Companies (QMGR Co.)&rdquo; - decimal 314.6 in box 164

Under &ldquo;Theater of Operations (T/O) European Burials&rdquo; - decimal 314.6 in boxes 233-243, 237A

Please note that the records under each of these organizations are arranged according to the War Department Decimal File System (with decimal 314.6 being used for Death and Interment Records). Some of the records within a decimal file may subsequently be arranged loosely chronologically and/or by specific unit designation, but it will likely be necessary to review a number of files and boxes as you search for records related specifically to the 46th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company for April 1945. 
 In addition, we searched the non-digitized finding aids to the series World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 (entry NM-3 427) in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office (Record Group 407) and located a unit history for the 46th QMGR Co. that covers April 1945 under the filing code QMCO-46-0.2 in box 17918 of this series. These records have not been digitized, but you may email archives2reference@nara.gov for additional assistance with this file, too. 
 We invite you to continue the conversation with community members on History Hub, but should you have follow up questions for the staff at Archives II, please email us at archives2reference@nara.gov so that we can assist you further. 
 We hope this is helpful for your research! 
 Sincerely, 
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Dave Kerr · Answer

No record of him in the 29 June 1945 Division roster of the 45th ID, nor in my General Orders' worksheet, nor in the Good Conduct Medal awards of the Medical Detachment, 157th Infantry Regiment. 
 No record of him in Weigand's "Index to the General Orders of the 42nd Infantry Division." 
 By the way, neither the 42nd nor the 45th participated in the Battle of the Bulge.

Dave

Seeking Burial Records, 46th QM Graves Registration Company

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