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Ghost Army (23rd & 3133rd) Roster:

This searchable database of soldiers who served in the Ghost Army has been carefully constructed from a variety of wartime rosters, supplemented with years of painstaking research. It is a work in progress. The goal is to appropriately remember every soldier who served in the Ghost Army. The database includes those who served in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which operated in northern Europe; the 3133rd Signal Service Company, which operated independently in Italy; and selected soldiers from the Army Experimental Station and the 12th US Army Group Special Plans Branch, both of which were deeply involved in the deception effort. There are full bios for 477 of the soldiers, and work continues to create more. Please note that you can also use the search function (magnifying glass) in the upper right to search the bios and the rest of the website.

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Last name starting with: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYZ

Robert L Valentine

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

John S Van Grouw

born 1925 in NJ

ASN#42012651

3133rd Signal Service Co

George L Van Siclen

born 1922 in NY

ASN#12158309

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Warren H Van Tuyl

born 1921 in PA

ASN#13115507

3133rd Signal Service Co

Irwin C Vander Heide

born 1906 in MI

ASN#486305

Signal Co, Special

Coleman Varady

ASN#32522623

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Charles W Varnell

3132nd Signal Service Co

Burlin I Varner

born 1917 in Canada

ASN#31080921

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Watson Vaughan

ASN#34825988

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Torval Harold Vik

born 1920 in MA

ASN#31186750

3133rd Signal Service Co

Frederick Dale Vincent Jr.

born 1913 in PA

ASN#322976

23rd Headquarters Co

James Thomas Violette

born 1921 in OK

ASN#38180513

Signal Co, Special

Frederick G Vogel

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Otto Vollmer

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Frederick George Volz

born 1921 in PA

ASN#33347892

406th Engineer Combat Co
Last name starting with: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYZ

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