17th Ordnance Company was created when A Company, 19th Ordnance Battalion of the First Armored Division was deactivated at Fort Knox, Kentucky in August 1941. As part of 19th Ordnance, the company had trained alongside the 192nd Tank Battalion.
Pvt. Keith Edward Taylor
Born: 21 February 1921 – Grant County, Indiana
Parents: Paul E. Taylor and Edna M. Smith-Taylor
Hometown: County Road #32 – Franklin County, Indiana
Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers
Occupation: worked on the family’s farm
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Pvt. Regis Mart Theriac
Born: 13 November 1918 – Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana
Parents: Guy B. Theriac and Yodus H. Coleman-Theriac
Siblings: 5 sisters, 4 brothers
Hometown: Vincennes, Indiana
– lived in Johnson, Indiana – 1930
Occupation: Farmhand
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Pvt. Charles Louis Urban
Born: 10 September 1916 – Ashland, Kentucky
Mother: Charles Lewis Urban and Bessie Marvin Johnson-Urban
Home: Ashland, Kentucky
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army
– 27 May 1940
Training:
– Fort Knox, Kentucky
Units:
– 19th Ordnance Battalion
Name: Sgt. Walter Vaughn
Born: 23 October 1912 – Gallatin County, Illinois
Parents: Frank Vaughn and Nellie Lowe-Vaughn
Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother
Hometown: Raleigh, Kentucky
– resided in Henshaw, Kentucky, in 1940
Employment: Henshaw Produce House – Henshaw, Kentucky
S/Sgt. Carl H. Vest
Born: 9 June 1914 – Richland, Indiana
Parents: Franklin R. Vest and Glaydis Grace Hasler-Vest
– mother died in 1915
Siblings: 1 sister, 3 brothers
Hometown: Linton, Indiana
Education: two years of college
Married: Josie E.
Pvt. Pierce Herring Wade
Born: 4 February 1919 – Lexington, Kentucky
Parents: William H. Wade and Estelle E. Carter-Wade
Siblings: 1 half-sister, 1 sister, 2 brothers
Nickname: “Panama”
Hometown: Hahira, Georgia
Residence: 1014 Apex Street – Nashville, Tennessee
Married: Viola
PFC Malcolm S. Webb
Born: 1 October 1916 – Jefferson County, Kentucky
Parents: Lyndza Webb and Lucy Renfro-Webb
Siblings: 2 brothers, 3 sisters
Home: 2603 South Fourth Street – Louisville, Kentucky
Education: grade school
Occupation: welder – Louisville & Nashville
Born: 20 April 1915 – Illinois
Parents: Abe and Bessie Wolf
Siblings: 1 brother
Home: Grayville, Illinois
Enlisted:
– Illinois National Guard
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army
– 22 January 1940 – Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Training:
– Fort Knox, Kentucky
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1st Lt. Jack Thurston Woodson
Born: 17 September 1917 – Vinita, Oklahoma
Parents: Charles W. and Winifred Woodson
Siblings: 1 brother
Hometown: Vinita, Oklahoma
Education:
– University of Oklahoma
– Bachelors Degree – Electrical Engineering
– ROTC
– joined to
Sgt. Stanley L. Zaronsky
Born: 1914 – Dayton, Ohio
Parents: Adam and Helen Zaronsky
Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother
Hometown: 54 Kiser – Dayton, Ohio
– later resided in Kettering, Ohio
Boxed:
– Used the name Pepper Lawrence
Enlisted:
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