2 September 1960
In one terrible accident on Friday 2
September 1960 at Grafenwöhr, Germany a howitzer from Battery A,
3d Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, an element of the V Corps
Artillery, fired a 200 pound, 8 inch projectile with an incorrect charge.
This round landed outside of the impact area in Camp Kaserne
where the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, 12th Cavalry of the 3d
Armored Division was bivouacked. When the round impacted 16
soldiers were killed and a further 26 were wounded. The table
below list the names and units of those killed and wounded.
KILLED
|
NAME
|
UNIT
|
| Mappin, Jack W.
Jr. MSG |
A/3-12 Cavalry |
| Rodgers, Edward V.
SFC |
C/3-12 Cavalry |
| Cochran, Charles
SGT |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Eastham, Jack L.
SP5 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Beckworth, James B.
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Johnson, Earl SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Merrill, William A.
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Barofaldi, Robert
E. PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Harris, Norman D.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Higman, Michael J.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Love, David L. PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Lucas, Elmo M. Jr.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Nelson, Charles L.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Parker, J. C. PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Pleshakov, George
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
|
Saurino, Augustine PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
WOUNDED
|
| Sergeant, Charles
W. SFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Crum, Melvin R. SFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Gaynard, Grant SFC |
C/3-12 Cavalry |
| Coomer, Robert R.
SFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Egland, Clarence C.
SFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Mollett, John B.
SFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Tilley, James V.
SGT |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Oldziejewski,
Alesky SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Riechter, Charles
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Howard, Robert H.
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Pinkley, Norman G.
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Wilson, Robert L.
SP4 |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Bibler, Douglas A.
PFC |
A/3-12 Cavalry |
| Carr, Richard L.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Eichenlaub, George
H. PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Richards, Lawrence
PFC |
C/3-12 Cavalry |
| Romweber, George P.
"Peter" PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Szuravkin, George
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Carey, Jesse L. PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Church, David J.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Fisher, Charles D.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Patton, Thomas F.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Robbins, Keith C.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Siner, Bobby PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
| Vaughn, Franklin W.
PFC |
D/3-12 Cavalry |
Source: The Association of
3rd Armored Division Veterans web
site
|