81st Tank Battalion, Service Company

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CCKW 353 Soft Top being prepared for shipment overseas




Call it what you want; Jimmy, Duece and a half, or just Duece, this hoss of a vehicle was home to the men of the 81st Tank Battalion, Service Company throughout the war.

Over 600000 examples of the 6x6 and almost 25000 of the 6x4 GMC were produced from 1940-1945. The CCKW 353 was considered the long wheelbase (the 352 was the short wheelbase version). Equipped with a 270 cid inline six cylinder, this brute developed 103 horsepower at 3200 rpm. It's transmission was a 5 speed overdrive equipped with a transfer case for all three axels. The transfer had both high and low selections and the front axle could be coupled in or out. The rear axles were equipped with a built in boogie. Top speed was approximately 45 mph. Tire size was standard 7.5x20. Most of the trucks in Service Company were also equipped with a 4.5 metric ton winch mounted on the front bumper, some had an all steel bed, others with a wooden bed and, of course, many were equiped a 50 caliber machine gun mounted over the passenger compartment. The trucked boasted a five man crew and you can be certain if you ate it, used it, shot it, or wore it, it was delivered by the men of Service Company.


Christmas 1942 Click Here to view the menu of Christmas Dinner and the roster of Service Company at Camp Cooke, 1942




81st Medical and Service Companies

Roster of the 81st Tank Battalion, Service Company



NOTE: The addresses listed below were listed as their official address at the time of war and appear here as they are listed in the book "VooDoo". They should not be interpreted to be current addresses. - Rick


           Name        Rank       ASN      Age   Co.  Date Assigned   Home Address

Alfano, James V.      F/Sgt	32167511   27    Sv	9-20-43	      Lower Notch Road,
								      Little Falls, N.J.
Herbelin, George L    M/Sgt     39225352   32     A     9-20-43	      4554 Kennebee St. 		
						     To 2-21-45	      P.O.Box 815, Inglewood, Ca.
Krajewski, Stanley    M/Sgt     6755059    40    Sv     2-22-45       121 Emerson St. Carteret, N.J.
Bergquist, Jack J     T/Sgt     34005569   29    Sv     9-20-43       502 Seventh St., Morgan City, La.
Fink, Charles J       T/Sgt     35152106   28    Sv     9-20-43       Kramor, Ind.
Kanka, John M         T/Sgt     36070234   28    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No. 4, Edgemont Sta.,
								      E. St. Louis, Ill.
Thrasher, Thomas L    T/Sgt     6970175    27    Sv     4-25-45       Route No. 3, Albertville, Ala.
Bolesta, George W     S/Sgt     34054212   27    Sv     9-20-43       Box 4314, West Tampa, Fla.
Consiorek, Edward W   S/Sgt     32093821   27    Sv     9-20-43       438 Wyona St. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Huey, George W        S/Sgt     14017100   31    Sv     9-20-43       RFD No. 1, Eros, La.
Klawonn, Fred G       S/Sgt     36056824   37    Sv     9-20-43       620 e. McKinley St. 
  								      Belleville, Ill.
Lewallen, Clifford N  S/Sgt     35257131   31    Sv     9-20-43       Danville, Ind.
Renfroe, Morris S     S/Sgt     18075080   33    Sv     9-20-43       Route No. 1, Wilson, Texas
Wilson, Walter L      S/Sgt     18068579   27    Sv     9-20-43       Post Office Box 136, Merrill, Ore.
Fix, Adam               Sgt     35282701   25    Sv     9-20-43       3734 W. 137 St., Cleveland, Oh.
Hunt, Philip            Sgt     31065335   28    Sv     9-20-43       275 Lincoln St., Worcester, Ma.
Baker, Earl           Tec 4     15090580   23    Sv     9-20-43       Bonnyman, Ky.
Bolten, James A       Tec 4     38671075   25    Sv     1-17-45       Route No. 2, Russelville, Ala
Brooking, Henry W     Tec 4     33122955   25    Sv     9-20-43       Sandy Hook, Va.
Buchanan, George W    Tec 4     36056852   39    Sv     9-20-43       123 W. Walnut, Albion, Ill.
Caldwell, John P      Tec 4     38089991   25    Sv     9-20-43       Route No. 2, Mooreland, Okla.
Corso, Walter C       Tec 4     31040618   26     B     9-20-43       1606 Main St., Bridgeport, Conn.
						     To 9-28-43
						 Hq     9-28-43
						     To 1-20-44
						 Sv     1-31-44
Fry, Roger B          Tec 4     3323319    32    Sv     9-20-43       Naples, Ill
Frye, Donald T        Tec 4     36056437   34    Sv     9-20-43       131 ARch St. York, Pa.
Green, Edward S       Tec 4     36056765   33    Sv     9-20-43       Bluffs, Ill.
Hetzel, Ernest A      Tec 4     36070043   33    Sv     9-20-43       RFD No. 3, Jerseyville, Ill.
Llewellyn, David I    Tec 4     33152931   30    Sv     9-20-43       718 W. Spruce St., Shamokin, Pa.
Markham, Arthur J     Tec 4     36343159   31    Sv     9-20-43       1006 W. 77th St. Chicago, Ill.
McCoskey, Harvey L    Tec 4     35257955   27    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No. 2, Pekin, Ind.
Mitchell, Theodore F  Tec 4     31152042   27    Sv     9-20-43       Rockland, Maine
Monroe, Lee S         Tec 4     37117730   37    Sv     9-20-43       119 N. Ford St., Anamosa, Iowa
Monson, Milan J       Tec 4     37167524   38    Sv     9-20-43       Hawley, Minn.
Paschal, Ernest D     Tec 4     32234763   27    Sv     9-20-43       184 Hubbard Rd., Hardford, Conn.
Pederson, Ole A       Tec 4     37167691   37    Sv     9-20-43       Route No. 1, Willmar, Minn.
Ross, Joseph          Tec 4     35026057   27    Sv     9-20-43       1420 Maple St. Warren, Ohio
Snyder, Willis M      Tec 4     36312437   25    Sv     9-20-43       805 5th Ave., E. Mendota, Ill
Witt, Arnold E        Tec 4     37189578   33    Sv     9-20-43       638 4th Ave., E. Spencer, Iowa
Barnhurst, William H    Cpl     32757336   21    Sv     9-27-44       16 Marne Hwy, Mt. Holly, N.J.
Cadle, Ancil H          Cpl     15091421   26    Sv     9-20-43       214 N. 19th St., Middleborough, Ky.
Herman, Morris          Cpl     31065182   28    Sv     9-20-43       287 Elm St. Holyoke, Mass.
Brasel, Walter G      Tec 5     37176553   27    Sv     9-20-43       New York Mill, Minn.
Cannon, Elvis C       Tec 5     38146626   32    Sv     9-20-43       Box 132, Calvin, Okla.
Cathey, Glen F        Tec 4     35258162   27     D     9-20-43	      R.R. No. 3, Greensburg, Ind.
						    To  1-30-44
						 Sv     1-31-44
Chapman, Alton B      Tec 5     37444422   34    Sv     9-20-43       St. James, Minn.
Cochran, Levi L       Tec 5     38146798   27    Sv     9-20-43       Stroud, Okla.	
Clark, Gerald A       Tec 5     33151716   27    Sv     9-20-43       20 Atlantic St. Union City, Pa.
Dorgan, Donald C      Tec 5     36056800   26    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No. 1, Greenview, Ill.
Ezelle, Carlton L     Tec 5     34137577   27    Sv     9-20-43       Decatur, Miss.
Franzen, Edgar W      Tec 5     39411058   22    Hq     9-29-44       Box 166, Newman, Calif.
						    To  9-30-44
						 Sv    10-01-44
Fiedler, Raymond A    Tec 5     36070348   33    Sv     9-20-43       Millstadt, Ill.
Garrett, John E       Tec 5     36056685   33    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No. 1, Eldorado, Ill.
Giddens, Robert D     Tec 5     38089685   28    Sv     9-20-43       Route No. 3, Seymour, Texas
Grant, Robert J       Tec 5     32234645   24    Sv     9-20-43       R. No. 1, Trumansburg, N.Y.
Gravot, Francis I     Tec 5     36070272   32    Sv     9-20-43       2900 Converse Ave., E. St. Louis, Ill.
Hill, Eugene Q        Tec 5     38146903   25    Sv     9-20-43       Gen. Del., Trousdale, Okla.
Hoffman, Watson W.    Tec 5     32201264   27    Sv     9-20-43       Hackettstown, N.J.
Holt, Wayne S         Tec 5     39383923   26    Sv     9-20-43       13246 Rainier Ave., S., Seatle, Wash.				    	
Jacobson, Douglas W   Tec 5     31040439   26    Sv     9-20-43       RFD No. 1, Cromwell, Conn.
Koster, Harold L      Tec 5     36056799   30    Sv     9-20-43       Box 276, Middletown, Ill.
Kost, Andrew P        Tec 5     36070397   32    Sv     9-20-43       203 N. Fairdale, Royalton, Ill.
Kurtz, Samuel J       Tec 5     36070295   35    Sv     9-20-43       2041 13th St., Granite City, Ill.
Locandro, Cecil       Tec 5     36070343   34    Sv     9-20-43       400a S. Tenth St., East St. Louis, Ill.
Lorusso, Santo        Tec 5     32237861   28    Sv     9-20-43       RD No. 2, Totown Rd., Totowaboro, N.J.	
Maestri, Salatore     Tec 5     31089154   37    Sv     9-20-43       126 Leyden St. East Boston, Mass.
McClain, Harold C     Tec 5     38146990   25    Sv     9-20-43       9th and Denver St. Pawnee, Okla.
Meyer, Harry          Tec 5     38146559   35    Sv     9-20-43       Rte. No. 2, Hitchcock, Okla.
Meyers, Alfred J      Tec 5     18107933   34    Sv     9-20-43       509 N. Regan, Hominy, Okla.
Olson, Clifford A     Tec 5     37167552   28    Sv     9-20-43       1304 14th St., N., Moorehead, Minn.
Pendley, Clay F       Tec 5     15100684   30    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No. 4, Central City, Ky.
Pemberton, Kenneth J  Tec 5     18075050   23    Sv     9-20-43       213 W. 9th St., Plainview, Texas
Poddig, Frederick C   Tec 5     36070248   31    Sv     9-20-43       15 Grandview Dr., Collinsville, Ill.
Ramer, Emmett A       Tec 5     17044016   36    Sv     9-20-43       1125 12th Ave., Rock Island, Ill.
Reeves, Amos N        Tec 5     38508920   22    Sv     8-16-44       Hartman, Ark.
Simonovich, John      Tec 5     36326189   25    Sv     9-20-43       Box 734, Gilbert, Minn.
Sparwasser, Edwin C   Tec 5     36070338   36    Sv     9-20-43       621 Morrison Ave., Waterloo, Ill.
Stacey, Floyd L       Tec 5     36056855   30    Sv     9-20-43       Bone Gap, Ill.
Stilley, Clarence W   Tec 5     36070407   26    Sv     9-20-43       402 E. Main St. W. Frankfort, Ill.
Stoneroad, William S  Tec 5     38146970   37    Sv     9-20-43       Route No. 4, Pawnee, Okla.
Thompson, George E    Tec 5     36034121   27    Sv     9-20-43       7244 S. Oakley Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Triscila, Steve       Tec 5     33260396   31    Sv     9-20-43       796 13th St., McKees Rocks, Pa.
Vawracz, Michael J    Tec 5     37167663   25    Sv     9-20-43       516 19th Ave., NE, Minneapolis, Minn.
Ziesmer, Stanley E    Tec 5     37117711   29    Sv     9-20-43       Garner, Iowa
Anastasio, Michael J    Pfc     32926908   26    Sv    10-05-44       214 12th Ave., Newark, N.J.
Becker, Wilbert         Pfc     36376697   30    Sv     8-16-44       625 Forsyth Ave., Calumet City, Ill.
Bender, John J          Pfc     35268241   38    Hq     9-20-43       245 W. 73rd St., Cincinnati, Ohio
                                                     To 9-26-43
                                                 Hq Co. 9-27-43
						     To 2-02-44
						  A     2-03-44
	     					     To 8-15-44
						 Sv     8-16-44
Bliss, Edward           Pfc     32866654   24    Sv   None Listed     St. Marks Pl., RFD No.1, Hempstead, N.Y. 		
Bowman, Mervin          Pfc     39920686   34    Sv   None Listed     Pocatello, Idaho
Collett, Arthur N       Pfc     35872160   21    Sv     8-16-44       Hollansburg, Ohio
Cossean, Louis J        Pfc     32870978   22    Sv     8-28-44       1073 Rossville Ave., Rossvile, N.Y. 						
Dilley, Ernest E        Pfc     37675399   21    Sv     8-23-44       304 W. 4th St. Ottumwa, Ia.
Duncan, John B          Pfc     38086557   35    Sv     9-20-43       Box 46, Frisco, Texas
Fritch, Kenneth G       Pfc     15100714   24    Sv     9-20-43       1829 E. 81st St. Cleveland, Ohio
Howard, Elmer J         Pfc     36070155   34    Sv     9-20-43       RD No. 1, Collinsville, Ill.
Keel, Lee R             Pfc     34717326   20    Sv     6-05-44       Route No. 2, Dover, Tenn.
Kietzman, Edgar C       Pfc     36979992   26    Sv   None Listed     Melvin, Ill.
Kuhns, Alvin H          Pfc     33510003   21    Sv     1-15-44       201 Shamokin St., Trevorton, Pa.
Laszewski, Chester F    Pfc     32497537   20    Sv   None Listed     529 40th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lutz, Harry M           Pfc     1509903    23    Sv     9-20-43       Jaloppa Rd. R, No. 4, Box 432, Dayton, Ohio
McHone, Walter S        Pfc     38146557   39    Sv     9-20-43       Box 395, Kingfisher Okla.
Montgomery, Forest E    Pfc     35257046   26    Sv     1-30-45       Holton, Ind.
Mulry, Thomas A         Pfc     32295009   29    Sv   None Listed     2851 Webb Ave., New York, N.Y.
Nissen, Harmon C        Pfc     36056787   34    Sv     9-20-43       R.R. No.2, Oakford, Ill.
Rinier, John M          Pfc     33242330   23    Sv     9-20-43       1050 N. Plum St., Lancaster, Pa.
Rohrberg, John M        Pfc     37117825   33    Sv     9-20-43       305 Franklin Ave., Council Bluffs, Iowa
Smith, Carroll R        Pfc     36070379   34    Sv     9-20-43       821 Chestnut ST., St. Louis, Ill.
Snow, Lawrence F        Pfc     33364176   32    Sv     9-20-43       28 Prospect St., Union City, Pa.
Steele, Earl W          Pfc     35803232   38    Sv     6-05-44       1120 Benaker Ave., Hamilton, Ohio
Tapp, Robert            Pfc     37548388   22    Sv     1-15-44       501 N. Elm St., Austin Mower, Minn.
Whorton, Everett M      Pfc     38146940   37    Sv     9-20-43       Hallett, Okla.
Whitehouse, Elbert M    Pfc     15043919   24    Sv     9-20-43       217 N. 28th St., Louisville, Ky.
Wright, Sanford B       Pfc     38146653   33    Sv   None Listed     Granite, Okla.
Bowers, Harry L         Pfc     35834856   27    Sv     4-25-44       416 Douglas St., Defiance, Ohio
Cromley, Nicholas       Pvt     13056482   21    Sv     9-20-43       50 Butler St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Duke, Willard V., Jr.   Pvt     18075074   27    Sv     9-20-43       R. No. 2, Lubbock, Texas
Evans, Robert M         Pvt     33091802   26    Sv     9-20-43       McCready, Va.
Evarts, Jack D          Pvt     18148999   28    Sv     9-20-43       Short St., Long Beach, Miss.
Hillsinger, John T      Pvt     6890649    29    Sv     9-20-43       428 N. 32nd St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Service Company Transferred
Adams, Pines C Pfc 37479348 36 Sv None Listed Louis V. Adams, 5333 N. 28th Ave., Omaha, Neb. Tr 2-02-45 Brown, Buster F Pfc 20842081 23 Sv None Listed Pearl Mae Brown, Gen. Deliv., Old Lima, Okla. Tr 10-08-43 Carr, Edgar Pfc 15044289 25 Sv None Listed Luther Carr, Route No. 2, St. Louis, Mich. Tr 7-16-44 Holder, Benton Pvt 34137400 30 Sv None Listed Edna B. Holder, R. No. 1, Bay Springs, Miss. Tr 7-17-44 Jones, Ernest S Tec 5 15063350 27 Sv None Listed Ruth Jones, Ledge Grass, Mont. Tr 9-26-44 Kabesh, Herbert J Tec 5 37167834 35 Sv 9-20-43 Rose Kabesh, 1260 W. 7th St., St. Paul, Minn. Tr 8-12-44 Ladd, Alton Jr. Pvt 11027895 24 Sv 9-20-43 Emma Ladd, RFD No. 3, Farmington, Maine Tr 3-07-45 Moulton, Henry E Tec 5 32237572 29 Sv 9-20-43 Ethel Moulton, Groton, Vt. Tr 9-11-44 Musbach, Arthur K Pvt 6831379 39 Sv 9-20-43 Hanna Musbach, 556 N. Western, Los Angeles, Calif. Tr 8-20-44 Paz, Gregory R Pvt 35258354 26 Sv 9-20-43 Juanita Paz, 2105 Broadway, E. Chicago, Ind. Tr 7-15-44 Quinton, Henry E Pvt 16065682 22 Sv None Listed Anna Quinton, 6052 Yinger, Dearborn, Mich. Tr 7-16-44 Savage, Leo Pfc 33791466 34 Sv None Listed Rachel Schaievitch, 1908 Judson St., Los Angeles, Calif. Tr 6-09-45 Shipps, Clifford D Pfc 32464271 23 Sv None Listed Pamela Shipps, RD No. 2, Blaaairstown, N.J. Tr 6-09-45 Zywicial, Joseph E Pvt 36326273 39 Sv None Listed May Zywiciel, 1503 W. North Ave., Chicago, Ill. Tr 12-18-44
Service Company Killed in Action
McCreary, William E Tec 4 35255715 27 Sv 9-20-43 Blanche McCreary, 399 W. Broadway St., Greenwood, Indiana KIA 9-19-44 Trusty, Samuel F Tec 5 36056694 36 Sv 9-20-43 Ben Trusty, RR No. 1, Eldorado, Ill. KIA 8-14-44 "Trusty, a little short guy who was always smiling..." an excerpt from the 81st page.


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