Personnel of HQ Company, 194th Tank Battalion COVERING THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 1941 TO 1 NOVEMBER 1945
The following roster was compiled from our research. Since no known roster of HQ Company, 194th Tank Battalion exists, this is not an accurate roster. This roster will be corrected as needed.
To identify the original National Guardsmen who were assigned to Headquarters Company, they have been listed in the letter companies in which they originally were members. |
RAMP (Recovered Allied Military Personnel) |
Headquarters Company Officers |
Lt. Col. Smyth, Thaddeus E. |
O&16232 |
Died | Fukuoka #1, Japan - 4
March 45 - malnutrition |
Florida |
Maj.
Canby, Charles S. |
O&182074 |
Died |
Sinking of the Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea |
Missouri |
Capt.
Riley, John C.,Jr. |
O&396950 |
RAMP |
Hirohata Camp #1-D, Japan |
Missouri |
Spoor, Ferris G. |
O&347171 | RAMP | Rokuroshi Camp, Japan |
California |
1st Lt. Furby, John T. |
O&372102 | Died | Cabanatuan,
P. I. 30 Nov. 42 - dysentery |
Oregon |
2nd
Lt. Crandall, Ralph E. |
O&890386 |
Died |
Sinking of Oryoku Maru - 15 Dec. 44 - Subic Bay, Philippine Islands |
Missouri |
Magill, Lloyd H.,Jr. | O&401392 | Died | Wounds on Brazil Maru - 24 Jan. 45 - Takao, Formosa | Oregon |
Miller, Edwin C. | O&398760 | Died | Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands | Oregon |
Schoeneck, Lawrence S. | O&423917 | Died | Brazil Maru - 22 Jan. 45 - wounds | Missouri |
Assigned to D Company 192nd Tank Battalion |
D Company was attached to the 194th Battlaion but remained under the command of the 192nd Tank Battalion.
None of these officers were officially transferred to the 192nd Tank Battalion.
Capt.
Altman, Jack C. |
O&324003 |
Died |
Sinking of Arisan Maru -24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea |
Texas |
1st Lt. Rice, Harvey F. |
O&374798 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 1 July 42 |
North Dakota |
2nd Lt.
Herbold, Alfred J. |
O&423905 |
Died |
Sinking of Enoura Maru - 9 Jan. 45 - Takao, Formosa |
Missouri |
Hummel, John J. | O&495991 | RAMP | Rokuroshi Camp, Japan | Washington |
Assigned to C Company
192nd Tank Battalion
2nd Lt.
Cockrum, William L. |
O&370593 |
Died |
Moji Hospital, Moji, Japan - 5 Feb. 45 - wounds |
Arkansas |
Headquarters: Provisional Tank Group |
Pfc. Hall, Willard E. |
20935151 | RAMP | Survivor: Sinking Shinyo Maru - 7 Sept. 44 - Sulu Sea off Mindanao, Philippine Islands |
Oregon |
Pvt. Abapo, George W. |
39003154 | RAMP | Filipino: Escaped on Death March | California |
Hall, Luther D. | 20932645 | RAMP | Fukuoka #23, Japan | Oregon |
Headquarters Company Enlisted Men |
1st Sgt.
Rockwell, Charles W. |
20720279 |
Died |
Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands - 16 June 43 - dysentery |
Missouri |
T/Sgt.
Krause, Augusta., Jr. |
20720302 |
Died |
Mitsushima Camp #2-D, Japan - 28 June 43 - dysentery |
Missouri |
Sgt. Barry, Howard |
39378190 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 12 July 42 -cerebral malaria |
Washington |
Chop, Charles C. |
06827208 |
RAMP |
Ikuno Camp #4-B, Japan |
Pennsylvania |
Daffron, Walter L., Jr. | 20720281 | RAMP | Hirohata Camp #1-D, Japan | Missouri |
Emley, Howell A. | 39378201 | Executed | Batangas, Batangas, Philippine Islands - 10 July 42 | Washington |
King, Walter C. | 20720223 | RAMP | Taihoku Camp, Formosa | Missouri |
Kissinger, Hugh P. | 37006363 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru -24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Kansas |
Long, Hubert H. | 20720242 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Missouri |
Lundquist, Gerald J. | 37026018 | RAMP | Kawasaki #1-B, Japan | South Dakota |
Lyon, Marvin J. | 20720213 | RAMP | Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria | Missouri |
Marshall, John D. | 20720207 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 25 May 42 - dysentery | Missouri |
Parker, Ralph L. | 20720243 | RAMP | Hiohata Camp #1-D, Japan | Missouri |
Schenk, Harold E. | 20720325 | KIA | Sinking of Oryoku Maru - 15 Dec. 44 - Subic Bay, Philippine Islands | Missouri |
Simmons, George F. | 39231845 | RAMP | Yodogawa Camp, Japan | Texas |
Thompson, Winfield | 37025621 | RAMP | Fukuoka #23, Japan | Minnesota |
Tec
5 Barker, Harry |
37025852 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 1 July 42 - dysentery |
Minnesota |
Bartleson, Ingwell P. |
39681623 | Died | Missing in Action - Guerilla - 12 June 42 - dysentery | Missouri |
Booher, Kenneth A. | 39302008 | Wounded | Evacuated to Australia - 31 Dec. 41 | Oregon |
Brod, Alvin C. | 39601688 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 9 June 42 - dysentery | Montana |
Brown, Robert A. | 39378181 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 12 Sept. 42 - tonsillitis & dysentery | Washington |
Buell, Corbin N. | 37006445 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 4 July 42 - malaria | Missouri |
Eighme, Kenneth W. | 39378187 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp - 11 June 42 - dysentery | Washington |
Harris, Burl L. | 16005346 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 1 July 42 - dysentery | Washington |
Ingebretson, Eldon L. | 39156780 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 12 Sept. 42 - dysentery | North Dakota |
Lawson, John P. |
39231831 |
Died |
Cabanatuan
Camp,Philippine Islands - 12 July -42 - cerebral
malaria |
California |
Mirko, Mario | 39078896 | Died | Olivias Camp, Philippine Islands - 29 May 42 - dysentery | California |
Robertson, James H. | 37006423 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Missouri |
Rohmer, John A. | 20932073 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 4 June 42 - malaria | Oregon |
White, Glenn L. | 37037364 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 5 July 42 - dysentery | South Dakota |
Cpl.
Allen, William S. |
20720207 |
RAMP |
Sendai #8-B, Japan |
Missouri |
Atwell, John R. | 37042049 | RAMP | Tokyo 16-B, Japan | Iowa |
Baker, Milton | 37006493 | RAMP | Nagoya #5, Japan | Missouri |
Brain, Philip S. | 37026137 | RAMP | Sendai #6, Japan | Minnesota |
Branch, Hugh E. | 39601617 | RAMP | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands | Montana |
Campbell, Ethan H. | 20720205 | RAMP | Hirohata Camp #1-D, Japan | Missouri |
Dewey, Clelan A. | 20720220 | RAMP | Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands - 4 February 45 | Missouri |
Fox, James D. | 20720219 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 8 June 42 - dysentery | Missouri |
Johnson, Arnold S. | 37025662 | RAMP | Fukuoka #23, Japan | Wyoming |
King, Eddie M. | 20945456 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 14 June 42 - dysentery | Washington |
Knapp, Frank G. | 20720301 | Died | Omine Machi, Japan | Missouri |
Owens, Harlin | 20943480 | RAMP | Fukuoka #17, Japan | Washington |
Ravneberg, Noel M. | 37081650 | RAMP | Taihoko Camp, Formosa | North Dakota |
Tec 4
Blomquist, John H. |
39378193 |
Died |
Cabanataun Camp, Philippine Islands - 1 July 42 - dysentery & malaria |
Washington |
Cox, Robert I. | 37025583 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 1 May 42 - malaria | Minnesota |
Pfc.
Albert, Robert J. |
36107084 |
RAMP |
Sendai #3, Japan |
Michigan |
Heikkila, Harry D. | 37026134 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 4 June42 - malaria | Minnesota |
Hoglund, Eugene T. | 37025797 | RAMP | Fukuoka #17, Japan | Minnesota |
Kafer, Otto R. |
37025530 | RAMP | Hiroshima Camp, Japan | South Dakota |
Kohler, Delbert J. | 37026051 | Died | Manila Port Area Detail - 2 June 42 - dysentery | Minnesota |
Milsten, Albin M. | 37025771 | Died | Nagoya #7-B, Japan - 14 Apr. 45 - pneumonia | Minnesota |
Monroe, Emery O. | 20720309 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 16 Oct. 42 - dysentery | Missouri |
Ortez, Manuel F. | 39231899 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | California |
Paden, Paul A. | 20720258 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bsahi Channel - South China Sea | Missouri |
Roedell, Clarence E. | 20944391 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 12 Sept. 42 - cerebral malaria & dysentery | Missouri |
Sapp, James A.+ | 20937816 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 30 Sept. 42 - diphtheria | Oregon |
Schiltz, Michael W. | 20720284 | RAMP | Osaka Main Camp, Japan | Missouri |
Smith, Joseph L. | 37025591 | Executed | Death March - 13 April 42 - bayoneted - Orian, Philippine Islands | North Dakota |
Striplin, John L. | 39231489 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 21 Nov. 42 - pellagra | California |
Stehwien, John D., Jr. | 37006096 | RAMP | Nagoya #2-B, Japan | Missouri |
Thompson, John W., | 20720323 | RAMP | Shinjuku Camp, Japan |
Missouri |
Tripp, Philip B. | 37026139 | RAMP | Sendai #6, Japan | Minnesota |
Wehrkamp, Roy V. | 37025572 | RAMP | Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria |
Oregon |
Yager, Louis J. W. | 20720206 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 7 June 42 - malaria | Missouri |
Zweber, Roland G. | 37026109 | RAMP | Nagoya #6-B, Japan | Minnesota |
Pvt.
Abapo, George L. |
39003154 |
RAMP |
Passed himself as a Filipino civilian |
California |
Blair, Joe D. |
37006395 | RAMP | Fukuoka #3-B, Japan | Missouri |
Booker, Kenneth | 39302008 | Evacuated | wounded - sent to Australia - 31 Dec. 41 | Oregon |
Bordner, Henry D. | 39601669 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 20 Oct. 42 - malnutrition & dysentery | Montana |
Boysen, Adam T. |
39006200 |
KIA |
Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea |
California |
Christy, George A. | 20720291 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 19 July 42 - malaria & dysentery | Missouri |
Cichy, Anton E. |
37025177 |
RAMP |
Survived the sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea - Liberated: China |
Minnesota |
Condon, Frank H. | 39156410 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 10 July 42 - malaria & dysentery | California |
Covyeow, Earl T. | 37026056 | RAMP | Sendai #7-B, Japan | Minnesota |
Danforth, Claude C. | 06274731 | KIA |
Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Missouri |
Davidson, Eugene L. | 39302001 | RAMP | Taihoku #5, Formosa | Oregon |
Emery, Dan D. | 20947798 | RAMP | Fukuoka #3-B, Japan | Idaho |
Everts, Marvin N. | 20943827 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 16 July 42 - malaria & dysentery | Arkansas |
Foley, Gerald D. | 39231859 | RAMP | Fukuoka #4, Japan | California |
Franklin, Carl H. | 37025577 | RAMP | Omine Machi, Japan | Washington |
George, Wayne S., Jr. | 20943794 | RAMP | Omine Machi, Japan | Washington |
Hopkins, Raymond E. | 20933265 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 13 June 42 - dysentery | Oregon |
James, Edward A., Jr. | 36976958 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Utah |
Kachmarek, Lawrence D. | 37025333 | RAMP | Hoten Camp, Mukden, Manchuria | Minnesota |
King, Robert W. | 20931792 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 5 June 42 - dysentery | Orgeon |
Klein, Clayton C. | 20935174 | RAMP | Kamioka Camp #1-B, Japan | Oregon |
Kopek, Alexander R. | 37006354 | KIA | Sinking of Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | Missouri |
LeBlanc, Brenton D. | 39601726 | RAMP | Nagoya #10-B, Japan | Montana |
MacDonald, Robert | 39156437 | KIA | Sinking of the Arisan Maru - 24 Oct. 44 - Bashi Channel - South China Sea | California |
Miller, Clayton M. | 37006304 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 22 July 42 -dysentery | Missouri |
Miller, Guy O. | 37006330 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 12 Aug 14 - diphtheria | Missouri |
Peart, William A.,Jr. | 39301975 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 8 Nov. 42 - inanition | Oregon |
Pickel, Claire A., Jr. | 20943024 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 8 Aug. 42 - malaria | Washington |
Ripley, Joseph W. | 39377865 | Died | Shenyang Camp, Manchuria | Washington |
Roche, Thomas J. | 20947822 | RAMP | Sendai #5, Japan - 15 Sept. 45 | Idaho |
Rubenstein, Saul | 06975333 | RAMP | Nagoya Camp #5-B, Japan | New York |
Shapley, Gerald P. | 20945624 | Died | 1st General Hospital, Little Baguio, Philippine Islands - 16 May 42 - dysentery & cerebral malaria | Washington |
Shultz, Robert I. | 20933736 | RAMP | Kawasaki #1-B, Japan | Oregon |
Skinner, Zoeth | 20933222 | RAMP | Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippine Islands - 4 Feb. 45 | Oregon |
Smith, Charles R., Jr. | 20933299 | Died | Camp O'Donnell, Philippine Islands - 16 Aug. 42 | Oregon |
Tucker, Jack W. | 20937841 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 26 Aug. 42 - malaria & dysentery | Oregon |
Vincent, Willis C. | 20934631 | RAMP | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 31 Jan. 45 | Oregon |
Warren, Ira | 35206933 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 19 July 42 - cerebral malaria | West Virginia |
Williford, Ralph C. | 20932906 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 7 July 42 - dysentery | Oregon |
Wortman, Harry G. | 39525547 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp, Philippine Islands - 24 March 43 - beriberi | Idaho |
Zweber, Roland G. | 37026109 | RAMP | Nagoya #6-B, Japan | Minnesota |