Is there a way to track US regiments day-by-day in WWII?

by Academic_Row_4691

My great-uncle was KIA during Operation Clipper, as I understand it, and our family has just never known much of the circumstances. He was in the 333rd Infantry and died on Nov. 24, 1944. From what I gather this lines up with Op.Clipper in Gailekirchen, but I can't find what his specific unit was doing the day of his death or where exactly he was killed. I'd like to plan a trip to visit his grave in the Netherlands and see the areas he was in.

Are there any resources online to help find out more information?

the_howling_cow

There is a roster of the 84th Infantry Division during World War II in six parts located here (begins with part 1). There is also a 1985 book, The Men of Company K: The Autobiography of a World War II Rifle Company, by Harold P. Leinbaugh and John D. Campbell, that tells the story of Company K, 333rd Infantry Regiment. There is also a more recent (2018) reprint of a unit history written in 1947 by 2nd Lt. Theodore Draper, 335th Infantry Regiment, called The 84th Infantry Division In The Battle Of Germany: November 1944-May 1945.

There are four men buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery from the 333rd Infantry that died on 24 November 1944; if you do not want to specify publicly who your great-uncle was due to privacy, that is alright.

  • Pfc. Arthur V. Castro, 39269600, Company C, 333rd Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Lt. Robert P. Donlan, O-1313725, 333rd Infantry Regiment (officers not separated by company in this roster)
  • T/5 Joseph G. Greiner, 33493950, Headquarters Company, 333rd Infantry Regiment
  • Pvt. Andrew Weir, 33810741, Company E, 333rd Infantry Regiment