scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Here my latest trade!!! Raymond J mcintire jr from Richmond City VA Killed attacking German Machine gun nests Heflenberg Germany All 3 medals officially engraved ! they were missing case so they are now housed in proper cases a unnamed BS came with group He my guess a field award for eastern france (listed on 100th div site) I have written to lorraine cemetery for pic of grave and to NARA for copy of SS citation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 silver star sorry pics so dark flash washes out engraving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 All 3 medals officially engraved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 All 3 medals officially engraved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Bronze stars one engraved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Purple heart Can't find Enlistment record on NARAs found on on a VA historical site but can not locate it again He enlisted Oct 9 1941 He was originally from Jackson co west Va born 1921 service # 33219043 also as a side note Pvt Thomas L Pitzer co A 399th IR Won the DSC for this engagement at Helfenberg germany on this date!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Jr. Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Outstanding group Scott! Congratulations! Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Very nice set Probably already saw this ... but a nice addition to the thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 That is a sensational citation... a fantastic group for the collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 Got second letter back from NARA stating GO #242 for silver star citation can not be located ! But Found GO#53 for his 1st bronze star medal was fwd to me! For Heroic Achivement in Action from period of Nov 5 1944 to 10 Jan 1945 in Eastern France.On repeated occasions Sgt. Mcintire distiuished himself by his conduct under hostile fire.As a member of a wire crew during the time his company occupied positions at the edge of tthe woods ne Le Hochschidt France,Sgt. Mcintire worked unremittingly to mantain efficient commnications under adverse conditions,and on five occasions braved hostile motar and rocket fire in company with his comrades in order to splice severed wire lines while exposed to direct enemy observation. so now where do i turn to get GO # 242 100th divsion HQ 1945 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Rex Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 Hi Scott. As far as the NARA enlistment website, it sucks not being able to find guys at times. According to a quick search I just did, there's only one guy with the surname Mc Intire listed there from the entire state of Virginia! As far as his Silver Star General Order goes, you're probably either going to have to get the research from the unit archival records, or find someone who has them and beg for mercy. The Sons of Bitche have a website: http://www.100thww2.org/ Go to their digital archives section, and you can probably ask them if they have copies of the division's general orders. http://www.100thww2.org/aid/persdoc.html <--- list of location of General Orders (College Park I think). Tons of records exist for this division...should be juicy research possibilites. That's a pretty cool SS/BS/PH grouping. A hard fought unit as well. Fairly hard fought guy to boot...Vosges, Ft Schiesseck, Bitche, advance to the Rhine, Heilbronn and finally the advance towards Stuttgart, during which he was KIA. Lots of house to house fighting for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottplen Posted February 6, 2010 Author Share Posted February 6, 2010 Hi Scott. As far as the NARA enlistment website, it sucks not being able to find guys at times. According to a quick search I just did, there's only one guy with the surname Mc Intire listed there from the entire state of Virginia! As far as his Silver Star General Order goes, you're probably either going to have to get the research from the unit archival records, or find someone who has them and beg for mercy. The Sons of Bitche have a website: http://www.100thww2.org/ Go to their digital archives section, and you can probably ask them if they have copies of the division's general orders. http://www.100thww2....id/persdoc.html <--- list of location of General Orders (College Park I think). Tons of records exist for this division...should be juicy research possibilites. That's a pretty cool SS/BS/PH grouping. A hard fought unit as well. Fairly hard fought guy to boot...Vosges, Ft Schiesseck, Bitche, advance to the Rhine, Heilbronn and finally the advance towards Stuttgart, during which he was KIA. Lots of house to house fighting for this guy. Hello Thanks emailed 100th division site see if they can help? will keep you posted! scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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