299th - The Men of WWll

This website is devoted to all soldiers who served and continue to serve with the 299th.

- THE SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR ll -

This page provides a place of honor for the brave veterans of the Famous 299th Combat Engineer Battlalion during WWll.

Contact our Historian to add a soldier and share their photos, service record along with personal histories.

Please scroll down to find listed members of the 299th Combat Engineer Battalion who fought during WWII.

We also proudly remember our men killed in action on D-Day.

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Stanley R. Abraham

Surgical Tech (T-5)

"A" Company / "B" Company

"C" Company / "H & S"

Image #1

Michael Accordino (Audio)

PFC

"A" Company

"First On Omaha"

"Battle of the Bulge"

Audio Clips 1 - 2 - 3 By: Paul Ryberg

Charles Aitcheson

T/SGT

"B" Company

Rudolph (Rudy) Albanese

Staff SHGT - Medical

"A" Company

Obituary - History

Wallace J. Allen

M/SGT

"H&S" Company

Killed in Action D-Day / News Clipping

Ralph O. Aljets

PFC

"C" Company

Killed in Action D-Day

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Bill Banks

PVT

"A" Company

Calvin R. Batchelor

LT / "A" Company

CDR of Gap Assault Team #13 D-Day Omaha Beach

Image #1

C. J. Blanton

PVT

"C" Company

KIlled in Action D-Day

Albert Boehmer

PFC

"C" Company

Killed in Action D-Day

James O. Boggess

PVT

"C" Company

Killed in Action D-Day

Jean Boucheron

T/5

"A" Company

Donald Bowers

SGT

"B" Company

Earl Bohnert

CPT

"Medical Detachment"

Killed in Action D-Day

Carlon F. Brown

PFC

"A" Company/Medic

Claude D. Brown

PVT

"A" Company

William J. Bunting

CAPT / "C" Company

image1/ image2

James H. Burke (Audio)

CPL / "B" Company

" A Prisoner of War Story"

Audio 1

Charles L. Burt

PVT

"C" Company

Killed in Action D-Day

Bill Boyde

SGT

"B" Company

Boggess

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Ben Callard Jr.

CPL

"H&S" Company

Image 1 / Obituary

Michael J. Canavan

PVT

"C" Company

Killed in Action D-Day/ Obit

Albert B. Cassidy

SGT

"B" Company

Killed in Action D-Day / Story

Raymond Cartwright

PVT

"A" Company

Killed in Action D-Day/ Grave Image

Peter Paul Camardo

PFC

"A" / "H & S" Company

Newspaper Article

Alvin Chipperman

SGT

"B" Company

AlbertBCassidy

Paul L. Cook

Reconnaissance

"Hedquarters & Service" Company

80th Anniversary Story

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Jessie J. Denton Jr.

Staff SGT

"B" Company

"World War ll Chest Found"

Carl E. Davies

CPL

"A" Company

image 1 / News Clipping

Nicholas V. De Angelis

PFC

"C" Company

image 1 / Grave Image

Dominick DeBenedetto

CPL T/5

"A" Company

Image 1 / Obituary

Jessie J. Denton Jr.

Staff SGT

"B" Company

"World War ll Chest Found"

Anthony N. DeTomaso

CPL

"B" Company

Alfred E. Diorio

CWO

Assistant Adjutant

Original 299th Staff

James De Palma

CPL T-5

"C" Company

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Bob Fagen

CPL

"B" Company

Article

Frank (Fuzzy) Fazalaro

PVT

"A" Company

Paul F. Feheley

SGT

"B" Company

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Charles Gath

PVT

"A" Company

Image 1 / Image 2

John W. Gamage

"B" Company

5 Bronze Stars - 1 Silver

Image 1 / Image 2

Donald Georger

CPL

"A" Company

KIA - D-Day

G. Ginsberg

"B" Company

"Headquarters & Service" Company

W. Gordon

"B" Company

Carl Gurnsey

PFC

"C" Company

Image 1 / Image 2

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Paul Hamlin

PVT

"A", "B" & "H&S" Company

Obituary

Gerald D. Heveron (Obituary)

Staff SGT

"C" Company

Image 1 / Image 2 / Image 3

Charles Hurlbut (Audio)

PVT / "C" Company

"Omaha Beach D-Day"

Audio1 / Video1

Leonce (Whitey) Haydel

SGT

"B" Company

"First on Omaha"

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Leo A. Indelicato

PVT / "B" Company

KIA - Utah Beach D-Day

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Anthony Jefferson

PVT

"A" Company

Harold R. Jenkins

1st Lt. Motor Transport

299th Staff - Original Cadre

Images 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

Milton Jewett

COL / Original Staff

Commander 299th

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Leslie Kendall

SGT

"C" Company

James Knight

T/5 - "C" Company

image 1 / image 2 / image 3

VIDEO - 12/4/2015 (War Stories)

Provided by: Luann Knight

Leon J. Kukulka

SGT / "A" Company

"A Few War Stories"

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Armand J. LaChance

T/5

"B" Company

Image 1 - Known as: "Frenchie"

Marcel J. LaChance

T/5

"C" Company

Lionel LaFave

PVT 1st

"A" Company

Image 1

G. J. Laming

T/4

"B" Company

John F. Larkin Jr.

PFC

"C" Company

Joe Laws

CPL T/5

"C" Company

Albert Littke

PFC

"A" Company

Image1 / Image2 - War Letter

Robert Lowenstein

CPL

"C" Company

Image 1

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Edgar Mack

PFC

"A" Company

History

Stewart F. MacMillan

SGT T/5 - CPL E/4

Medic - "?" Company

D-Day signed 2 dollar bill story

Edmund William Mantz

SGT T/5

"C" Company

History

John Maier

John E. Maier

SGT - "A" Company

Killed in action D-Day

Mike Mangano

CPL T/5

Motor Pool "C " Company

Harrison A. Marble

SGT

"C " Company

Leo P. Massenzio

SGT T/5

"A" Company

Killed in action D-Day / Received Purple Heart

Frank J. Mauro

PFC

"C" Company 1st & 3rd Platoons

Robert Allan Mead

Private

"B" Company

Andrew L. Miles

PFC

"B" Company

John Mitchell

1st SGT

"C" Company

Peter Morawic

SGT

"H&S" Company

Obituary

Morawic

Paul J. Morawic

SGT

"?" Company

Robert J. Moritz

SGT

"C" Company

Obiturary

Robert Muir

SGT

"B" Company

John M. Mulvey

PFC 1st Class

"C" Company

KIA / D-Day - Image 1 - Obituary

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Colones C. Nickles

"A" / "B" / "C" Company

image 1 - image 2 - image 3

John Norton

SGT

"C " Company

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Jim Olivia

PVT / "A" Company 1st Platoon / 3rd Squad

"A Son's Memory on his Father's 75th Birthday"

Joseph M. O'Connor

PFC / "A" Company

KIA on D-Day

Obit & Photos

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Edwin A. Palmer

"H & S"

img 2 / Img3 / Img 4

Article - D-Day 50 year Anniversary

John O. Peters

PFC /

"C" Company

Gavino

Gavino S. Petillo

PFC / "A" Company

Prisoner of War - article

Obituary

Anthony A. Petrosino

SGT

"A" Company

Sam Piraino

PFC

"?" Company

Thomas J. Phillips

PVT 1st Class

"C" Company

Soldier

Carmelo Prezzavento

PVT

"B" Company

OBIT-Article / Image

Leon G. Proctor "Bud"

CPL T-5 - HDQS PLATOON

"B" Company

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Warren A. Rahrle

PFC

"A " Company

Peter (Mike) Rafferty

PFC

"B " Company

Wilbur Rasmussen

PFC

"C " Company

Richard Snyder Rice

PVT

"C " Company

Wes Robenstein

PFC

"C " Company

Killed in action D-Day

Lawrence A. Roberts

PFC

"A " Company

image2 / image3

Killed in action D-Day

Rosenthal

Dave Rosenthal

CPL T/5

"B" Company

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William H. Siebert

1st LT / "B" Company

"A Veteran's Story of D-Day"

Eugene D. Shales

CPL T/5

"B" Company

William Shattuck

"?" Rank

"?" Company

Joseph J. Shimkonis

CPL

"C" Company

Daniel W. Snell

SGT / "C " Company

(Wounded March 10, 1945 and died on March 11th, 1945)

- Gravesite image - image 2

Foster Stanbary

CPL

"A" Company

Image 1

John Simmons

"A" Company

Dominic Spano

PFC

"A" Company

Obituary

John R. Spinelli

PVT

"C" Company

Dominic Spano

PFC

"A" Company

Obituary

Jack Stucker

SGT.

"?" Company

Donald Sweetapple

PVT

"A" Company

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Dale Thayer

Personnel SGT

" " Company

"299th WWll History"

Leon Tobin

1st SGT

"B " Company / 3rd Platoon

Saverio (Sam) G. Trinca

PFC

"C" Company

Image 1

Dick Trometer

Richard W. Trometer

Lance Corporal

"A" Company

Image 1 (reunion 1960's)

Vernie E. Troup Jr.

PVT / "B" Company

Image 2 - Image 3 - Image 4

James W. Tucker

Chief Warrant Officer..........

"H&S" /Motor Transport

"D-Day on Omaha Beach - - "The Very First Cemetery"

Images 2 - 3 - 4

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Donald H. Veator

SGT - "A" Company

"The Bridge at Remagen"

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Jim Wagoner

PFC

"H & S " Company

Clarence D. Wetterhahn

T/5 CPL

"C" Company

Killed in action D-Day

Lewis White

PVT

"C " Company

Images 1 / 2 / 3

Francis Whohart

T/5 CPL

"C" Company

Killed in action D-Day

Image 1

John W. Wojtowicz

PFC

"C" Company

C. Woodhouse

PFC

"H&S" Company

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Alex A. Zarro

PFC

"Medical Detachment"

Killed in action D-Day

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