This page contains:

• Platoons of the Company
  
• Company-Level Officers of the Company
  

• 1st Platoon (Rifle) (1/B/38)
• 2nd Platoon (Rifle) (2/B/38)
• 3rd Platoon (Rifle) (3/B/38)
• Anti-tank Platoon (AT/B/38)
• ???
  

Commanding officers of B/38

• 1st Lt. John E. Clinkenbeard (?? - 20 September 1943 - 31 December 1943 - ??)
  
• Capt. Edwin Moise (?? - 23 Aug 44, fatally wounded at Melun, France; died 26 Aug 44)
  Sources:
  
  • 23 August 1944: seriously wounded in action and sent to hospital [B/38 Morning Report, 23 Aug 44 (hospital identification added in MR of 6 Sep 44); Bronze Star Medal citation of 1st Lt. Mack Gieger in 7AD GO #48, 14 Sep 44]
• 1st Lt. Mack Gieger (20 Aug 44 - 11 Sep 44, wounded in Moselle River valley NNW of Metz)
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  • 23 August 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 24 Aug 44; Bronze Star Medal citation in 7AD GO #48, 14 Sep 44]
  • 11 September 1944: lightly wounded in action [B/38 Morning Report, 11 Sep 44]
• Capt. Claude D. Emmons (21 Sep 44 - 22 Oct 44)
  Sources:
  
  • 20 September 1944: assigned to company as replacement [B/38 Morning Report, 21 Sep 44]
  • 21 September 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 18 Oct 44]
  • 22 October 1944: transferred to Battalion Headquarters [B/38 Morning Report, 22 Oct 44]
• Capt. Cyrus Larmoyeux (22 Oct 44 - 6 Nov 44, wounded in Holland)
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  • 22 October 1944: Transferred from C/38 to B/38 and assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 22 Oct 44]
  • 6 November 1944: Seriously wounded in action and sent to evacuation hospital [B/38 Morning Report, 6 Nov 44]
• 1st Lt. James H. W. Whitcomb, Jr. (6 Nov 44 - 8 Nov 44)
  Sources:
  
  • 6 November 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 6 Nov 44]
  • 6 November 1944: command assumed by 1st Lt. Higgins [B/38 Morning Report, 8 Nov 44] -- apparently an error had been made in the Morning Reports and he technically did not assume command, though someone clearly understood that he had and thus reported it in the Morning Report
  • 26 December 1944: sick, sent to clearing station [B/38 Morning Report, 26 Dec 44]
  • 27 December 1944: sick, sent to evacuation hospital [B/38 Morning Report, 27 Dec 44]
• 1st Lt. John H. Higgins (8 Nov 44 - 17 Nov 44)
  Sources:
  
  • 6 November 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 8 Nov 44]
  • 17 November 1944: command assumed by Capt. Greene [B/38 Morning Report, 18 Nov 44]
• Capt. William A. Greene (18 Nov 44 - 18 Dec 44, captured at St. Vith)
  Sources:
  
  • 17 November 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 18 Nov 44]
  • 18 December 1944: missing in action [B/38 Morning Report, 21 Dec 44] -- he was captured and imprisoned at Hammelburg
• 1st Lt. John H. Higgins (21 Dec 44 - 23 Dec 44, captured at St. Vith, Belgium)
  Sources:
  
  • 18 December 1944: assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 21 Nov 44]
  • 23 December 1944: missing in action [B/38 Morning Report, 28 Nov 44] -- captured
• Unclear Who Was in Command (23 Dec 44 - 1 Jan 45)
  The remnants of B Company, mostly the Anti-tank Platoon, were combined with the remnants of A Company into a provisional company under the command of Headquarters Company CO Carl Mattocks in a defensive position at Grandmenil, Belgium.
• Capt. Claude D. Emmons (1 Jan 45 - 26 Mar 45, wounded in Germany, east of Rhine)
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  • 1 January 1945: Transferred from HQ/38 to B/38 and assumed command [B/38 Morning Report, 1 Jan 45]
  • 23-25 February 1945: on leave [B/38 Morning Reports, 23, 25 Feb 45]
  • 26 March 1945: lightly wounded in action and sent to unknown hospital [B/38 Morning Report, 28 Mar 45]
• 1st Lt. John C. Cornell (30 Mar 45 - 8 Jun 45)
  Sources:
  
  • 30 March 1945: assumed command of company [B/38 Morning Report, 30 Mar 45]
  • 8 June 1945: transferred to HQ VII Corps Artillery [B/38 Morning Report, 8 Jun 45]

• 1st Lt. John H. Higgins (?? - 18 Dec 44, assumed command)