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Permalink · Date: Jul 4, 2014

list of members of the 301st heavey tank battalion, 27th division, american II corp

jagjetta · Brigadier

Eric,
What's your grandfather's name? I can check my rosters of the 301st, though they are spotty, at best.

FYI, the 301st was not part of the U.S. 27th Division, though many period sources make it sound that way. It was, in fact, part of the British 4th Tank Brigade. During the advance on the Hindenburg line on September 29, 1918, the 301st supported the mission of the 27th Division, leading the infantrymen into the fray. The commander of the 301st worked closely with the command structure of the 27th, but they still were operating as a battalion under British direction.

FWIW,

John

Permalink · Date: Jun 23, 2016

I am wanting to know what tank my great uncle was in on the September 29th attack. He was killed in action that night. His name was Corporal Leo Rauf and he was a member of Company C - 301st Tank Battalion.

joerhatfield · Private

Hello Eric, my grandfather was Major Joseph John Gutkowski, US Army. He also served in the Mexican border expedition (The Punitive Expedition) and the 301st Tank Battalion. Perhaps they knew each other. Small world.

Joe Hatfield
joerhatfield@msn.com

jagjetta · Brigadier

Leo Rauf was a loader for 9376, Lt. Vernon, Commanding. Built as a female, but was converted to a composite by the time Vernon commanded it.