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As we speak my father is in the process of passing.
I have his dd214 and wanted to know some info. Date of separation 3/8/55, Camp Kilmer NJ
Reason and auth for sep AR635-205COFG(PETS)&SECIII SR615-360-5&PAR2(B)SR615-363-5CH2SPN04
Box 3 - CPL (T)
Box 4 - RA
Box 27 - Occ Med Ger, Nat'l Def Ser Med, Good Conduct Med
Box 28 - 1695 984 ENGR CO (FM)
Box 30 (training stuff)
AGD GA WH VEH REPMAN
USAREUR ENGR SCH CONST ENG MECH
He mentioned in the past that he was in the CIC when he was in Berlin (we have pictures of him bunked in the old SS barracks) but we only have his DD214 and he said anything he did then would be classified and not in his official record. BS or legit? Is it worth trying to get the files mailed to us?
Anything anyone can tell us about what he may have done while over there? He had the flaming sword with a rainbow patch on his uniform but I can't seem to find it at the moment (of course).
Also would his CIC service (assuming it was fact) be something we would put in the obit?
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Here's a breakdown of the Army shorthand.
Box 3 -Technical Corporal. Rank of E4, but in a technical specialty.
Box 4 - Regular Army i.e active duty.
Box 27 - Occupation of Germany, National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal
Box 28 - 1695 is Army MOS for either Engineer equipment repair inspector or Engineer equipment repair supervisor
His unit of assignment was the 984 Engineer Company (Field Maintenance)
Box 30 (training stuff)
Wheeled vehicle repairman. I don't know what AGD GA means.
USAREUR (US Army Europe) Engineer School, Construction Engineer, Mechanized (type of unit).
CIC is counter intelligence corps. These are they guys that track the other guy's spies and keep them under surveillance, and also run counter intelligence operations. I don't know what an engineer equipment repair inspector or engineer equipment repair supervisor would be doing with this group, but in the early days of the cold war I suppose anything is possible. I know as an MP we had other MOS's assigned to us for the purpose of performing some of our field missions, so it's possible that someone with a detailed maintenance knowledge was necessary for some missions. It also could be that as a member of a field maintenance company you dad's unit was assigned as an organic support asset of a CIC unit.
For the type and chapter of his discharge, the current Army Regulation 635 bears no resemblance what so ever tot he same regulation from 1955. I can't even begin to try and look that up. You would need to find a copy of the 1955 AR635 in order to look that up.