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D day records for Hanford Atys Sumner. Third Army corps of engineers.

Mjeselnik

I would like to know specifics from D day related to my father, Hanford Atys Sumner. Born 8-26-1921. I believe he was third army corps of engineers. He was in the D day landing and fought in the battle of the bulge. 

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    Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!


    We suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for enlisted men of the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and before 1960 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. Veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans also may use eVetRecs to request records. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. If there is any information requested by the form that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file if it survived the fire. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests. 

     

    Archival OMPFs may also be requested by visiting the Archival Research Room at the National Archives at St. Louis. Please see the linked web pages for more information.  Please email stlarr.archives@nara.gov for further assistance prior to making an appointment. 


    We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the World War II Operations Reports, 1940-1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917 - 1985 (Record Group 407) that includes unit records of the Third U.S. Army (and attached units) during WWII. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RR2R) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.


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    If he landed on D-Day, he would have been in an engineer unit that later transferred to the Third Army, as Third Army didn't come ashore until well after D-Day. Do you have his discharge papers? What unit do they list? Unfortunately, many people say they were in Third Army, even when they were in a division that was part of Third Army, which make them hard to track down. It's a phenomenon that doesn't occur with the other armies.