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WWII - 26th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division - David Grodem Pfc

ingmarie

My uncle David Grodem served with the 26th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division. He was killed in action on June 30, 1944 and is buried at the Normandy American Cemetery. He sent an aerogram to my grandparents on June 25th that contained just a few lines - one of them saying the French were very nice to them. This has me curious as to what his division was doing in  France at that time and how much fighting they were involved in. It's been such a long time and I'm going to visit his grave next month - the first member of my family to be able to do so. He was my father's older brother and I would be born just 3 years after his death. In addition to learning more about what his division was doing during June 1944, I wish I could find anyone who might have had a parent who knew him. Sincerely, Ingrid Davidsen

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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

     
    To continue your research into David Grodem's military service we suggest that you request a copy of his Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF). These files were NOT affected by the 1973 fire. IDPFs from 1940-1976 for U.S. Army personnel with surnames that begin with A-L are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO). For more information about these records, please contact RRPO via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. A small portion of these records are available digitally. For further information please review Individual Deceased Personnel Files, 1939-1953.
     
    Additionally we suggest that you request a copy of David Grodem's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with 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. 

     

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) has custody of the series World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917- (Record Group 407). Military unit files among these records consist mostly of historical reports, after action reports, unit journals, and general orders. The records do not include personnel or medical information. We do not have a name index to these records. The citation information for records that may be of interest for your research is listed below.

     

    Record Group 407

    Entry NM-3 427

    World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948

    Boxes 5265-5277

    Files listed under 301-INF(26) are specific to the 26th Infantry Regiment including unit histories, journals, general orders, and more.

    Boxes 5001-5173

    Files listed under 301- are specific to the 1st Infantry Division 

    Finding aids available in the consultation area may help you to identify specific boxes of interest within the ranges listed above. 

     

    We will be happy to make the records and their finding aids available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room (Room 2000) here at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. For information about visiting, including how to schedule a visit, please see our website at https://www.archives.gov/college-park.

    The National Archives does not have the present addresses of former service personnel or their survivors on file. Please review Locating Veterans and Service Members, Locate Military Members, Units, and Facilities and Finding Living People in the United States for information and resources to assist you with locating individuals that may have known your uncle.


    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 assists you with your research!

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
    [RR2RR 24-67257-SZ]
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    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

     
    To continue your research into David Grodem's military service we suggest that you request a copy of his Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF). These files were NOT affected by the 1973 fire. IDPFs from 1940-1976 for U.S. Army personnel with surnames that begin with A-L are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RRPO). For more information about these records, please contact RRPO via email at stl.archives@nara.gov. A small portion of these records are available digitally. For further information please review Individual Deceased Personnel Files, 1939-1953.
     
    Additionally we suggest that you request a copy of David Grodem's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for individuals who served with 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. 

     

    The Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR) has custody of the series World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948 in the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917- (Record Group 407). Military unit files among these records consist mostly of historical reports, after action reports, unit journals, and general orders. The records do not include personnel or medical information. We do not have a name index to these records. The citation information for records that may be of interest for your research is listed below.

     

    Record Group 407

    Entry NM-3 427

    World War II Operations Reports, 1940–1948

    Boxes 5265-5277

    Files listed under 301-INF(26) are specific to the 26th Infantry Regiment including unit histories, journals, general orders, and more.

    Boxes 5001-5173

    Files listed under 301- are specific to the 1st Infantry Division 

    Finding aids available in the consultation area may help you to identify specific boxes of interest within the ranges listed above. 

     

    We will be happy to make the records and their finding aids available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room (Room 2000) here at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. For information about visiting, including how to schedule a visit, please see our website at https://www.archives.gov/college-park.

    The National Archives does not have the present addresses of former service personnel or their survivors on file. Please review Locating Veterans and Service Members, Locate Military Members, Units, and Facilities and Finding Living People in the United States for information and resources to assist you with locating individuals that may have known your uncle.


    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 assists you with your research!

    Sincerely,

    Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RR2RR)
    [RR2RR 24-67257-SZ]
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