In Memoriam
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains
(7th Armored Division)
Deaths in Europe
Alphabetical List
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Spare a minute
to think
of the young who didn't grow up,
and how young they looked when they died,
and how no one will ever remember them looking tired and middle-aged
or even be bored by tiresome recitals of the time of their youth.

- - - - Russell Baker "How to Observe Dec. 7" (NY Times, Dec. 1965)

The June 30, 1947 list of Division Trains battle deaths compiled by the Adjutant General contains Anthony Czubak and Clarence Vincent. I later learned that 1st Lt. Denniston Averill, who was listed by the Adjutant General as a Division Artillery death, was actually serving in Division Trains, as Trains Headquarters Company commander, when he was killed. So I have moved his name to this page from the page that lists the Division Artillery deaths. I have also learned that the 7th Armored Division G-1 Journal for August 1944 shows an enlisted man in Division Trains Headquarters Company as being killed in action 25 August 1944.

See the white box just below for how you can let me know about any errors you find.

You can also check for individual names at the following government web sites:

  • American Battle Monuments Commission World War II Honor Roll (those buried overseas in ABMC cemeteries)
  • National World War II Memorial Registry (includes ABMC information and more)
  • VA Nationwide Gravesite Locator (those buried in the US in national cemeteries)
  • National Archives WWII Enlistement Database (incomplete database of millions of enlistment records)
    The National Archives site is very difficult to navigate. (1) Choose "World War, 1939-1945" in the subject and click SUBMIT. (2) Then click on "World War II Army Enlistment Records". (3) Then click on SELECT. (4) Then click on the SELECT next to "Enlistment Records". (5) Then scroll down to enter search information, and click on SEARCH. (6) To see the detail on a record found by the search, (6a) click in the box to the left of the line with that search result, to place an X in the box; then (6b) click SHOW SELECTED RECORDS.
  • National Archives WWII Prisoner of War Database (incomplete database of thousands of POW records)
    The National Archives site is very difficult to navigate. (1) Choose "World War, 1939-1945" in the subject and click SUBMIT. (2) Then click on "Records of World War II Prisoners of War". (3) Then click on SELECT. (4) Then scroll down to enter search information, and click on SEARCH. (5) To see the detail on a record found by the search, (5a) click in the box to the left of the line with that search result, to place an X in the box; then (5b) click SHOW SELECTED RECORDS.

    • Please Help to Tell These Men's Stories and Preserve Their Memory!

    PLEASE contact Wesley Johnston at the address below if you have any information on any 7th Armored Division Trains man who died overseas, such as:

  • information on any of these men's deaths
  • information on what platoon and squad they were in
  • know of any men who died but are not on the list

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    So they will not be “Forgot”
    There is a word
    Which bears a sword
    It hurls its barbed syllables,-
    At once is mute again.
    But where it fell
    The saved will tell
    On patriotic day,
    Some epauletted brother
    Gave his breath away.
    Wherever runs the breathless sun,
    Wherever roams the day,
    There is its noiseless onset,
    There is its victory!
    Behold the keenest marksman!
    The most accomplished shot!
    Time’s sublimest target
    Is a soul “forgot”!
         ----- Emily Dickinson

    A Note for the Children of these Men

    The American World War II Orphans Network (AWON) is an organization created by and for those who lost their father in World War II. AWON has an annual conference and a newsletter filled with useful information. Click here to go to the AWON web page and find those who share your experience.

    Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Division Trains Overseas Deaths in World War II
    1. Averill, 1st Lt. Denniston (O-1 012 562) - Company HQ Co
      • Died: December 20, 1944 - vic. Samree, Belgium
      • Last Duty Location: vic. Samree, Belgium on December 20, 1944
      • MOS: 2900
      • Home State: NJ
      • Buried at: George Washington Memorial Park; 234 Paramus Road; Paramus, NJ
        Click here for his photo.
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    2. Czubak, Capt. Anthony E. (O-511 364) - Company unknown
    3. Vincent, 1st Lt. Clarence A. (O-543 340) - Company HQ Co
    4. Wood, Cpl. William E. (18035686) - Company HQ Co
      • Died: August 24, 1944 - Chauffours, France to Soissy sur Ecole, France
      • Last Duty Location: Chauffours, France to Soissy sur Ecole, France on August 24, 1944
      • MOS: 744 (do not know what 744 was)
      • Home State: TX
      • Buried at: Littlefield Cemetery, Lamb County, Texas
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