My father, Sgt Donald C. Landau was in the 504 Replacement Company. I see from his discharge papers that he served from1942 until he was Honorably discharged on 3 April 1946. I know from a first person testimony from a resident of Ballancourt, France that he was there on 22 August 1944. I would like to know more about what his Company did during WWII: where else they were, where they entered Europe, etc.
Thank you for any information you can give me about his service.
Diane Landau-Flayter
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We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the World War II Army Enlistment Records database that includes a file pertaining to Landau, Donald C.. Please use the information in this file when requesting a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).
We suggest that you request a copy of your father Donald C. Landau’s 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.
For a complete copy of a personnel file, in Section II, on the line for "Other" (Specify), write "Complete copy of every page of personnel file - not an extract."
Please see NARA’s Veterans’ Service Records webpage for additional information.
After obtaining information about his U.S. military unit designation from his OMPF, we may be able to direct you to additional, potentially relevant resources.
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 history (February 2,1944-November 11/1/1945). We also located two file units 504th Replacement Company: History and 504th Replacement Company: Company Orders from the series Unit Histories, 1943-1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) that may be of interest. 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.
We also located Morning Reports, ca. 1912 - 1946 for Army units during WWI and WWII. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO) via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. Please note that rosters for units serving in World War II from 1944-1946 were destroyed in accordance with Army disposition authorities. For more information, please see Access to Morning Reports and Unit Rosters | National Archives.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 24-47648-LP]
Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!
We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the World War II Army Enlistment Records database that includes a file pertaining to Landau, Donald C.. Please use the information in this file when requesting a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF).
We suggest that you request a copy of your father Donald C. Landau’s 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.
For a complete copy of a personnel file, in Section II, on the line for "Other" (Specify), write "Complete copy of every page of personnel file - not an extract."
Please see NARA’s Veterans’ Service Records webpage for additional information.
After obtaining information about his U.S. military unit designation from his OMPF, we may be able to direct you to additional, potentially relevant resources.
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 history (February 2,1944-November 11/1/1945). We also located two file units 504th Replacement Company: History and 504th Replacement Company: Company Orders from the series Unit Histories, 1943-1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) (Record Group 338) that may be of interest. 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.
We also located Morning Reports, ca. 1912 - 1946 for Army units during WWI and WWII. For more information about these non-digitized records, please contact the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO) via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. Please note that rosters for units serving in World War II from 1944-1946 were destroyed in accordance with Army disposition authorities. For more information, please see Access to Morning Reports and Unit Rosters | National Archives.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
Sincerely,
Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
[RR2RR 24-47648-LP]
