2nd Battalion, 604th Engineers Timeline (Based on Maj. Frank Sutton’s Report)

Battalion, 604th Engineers
 Companies D and E (Searchlight Troops), Company F (Surveying and Ranging)

Total of 34 Officers and 772 Men

 Timeline (Based on Maj. Frank Sutton’s Report) -

 August 14, 1918 - Sailed From Newport News, Virginia on Str. “Nederland” at 1:00 P.M. -
August 25, 1918 - Arrived at Brest, France at 8:00 P.M. -
August 26, 1918 - Disembarked at Brest, France at 7:00 A.M. and marched to rest camp beyond Pontanezen barracks where a shelter tent camp was established. -
August 27-28, 1918 - Furnished a working detail of 400 men to the Commanding Officer of Pontanezen Barracks. Topographical survey was started in the area used by the American forces as a camp site and was never completed due to marching orders that came in. -
 August 29, 1918 - Battalion entrained for Langres (hte. Marne) with the exception of three men left in the hospital. The train departed at 4:40 P.M. -
 September 3, 1918 - Train arrived at Langres at 4:00 A.M. with all Officers, Men, baggage, and equipment present except for a suitcase belonging to the Chaplain.

A quantity of surveying instruments belonging to the 29th Engineers found at Brest was also delivered to the organization at Langres. - Upon arriving at Langres, 2nd Battalion ceased to exist as an organization in accordance with General Order #135 G.H.Q., A.E.F., dated August 17, 1918. The necessary transfers of personnel being made almost immediately upon arrival at Langres. - Major Frank Sutton was attached to G-2-C (Topography) G.H.Q., A.E.F. to take charge of the map Section, D.M.E. & E.S., O.C.E., Hdqrs. S.O.S., and also to investigate and report on requests for topographic surveys of areas in the S.O.S. from October 3, 1918 until at least January 13, 1918.

Thanks Brett !

List of Engineer units

Norman Grotte 604th Soldier obit

604th Baseball

Death and burials of some 604th soldiers

Whistler, Clarence O.,

Company C, 604th Engineers 4th Division EC, WWI,

bur. Mar 4, 1968, Sec. E #57

d. Feb 23, 1968, Wagoner,

Custer National Cemetery Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana

Boheen, Orville

Co. A, 604th U.S. Engineers, 154th Depot Brigade; World War I

Born Oct. 6, 1888 N.Y.S.

Enlisted                June 1, 1918 Rochester, NY

Discharged June 30, 1919

Died Feb. 18, 1925 at Rochester, NY aged 36

Pittsford Cemetery

Lysle A. Griggs

439249, Maumee, Ohio, age 19 4/12 years, born in Maumee, Ohio, white, enlisted 2 April 1918, at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, in Engineer Training Regiment, Camp Humphreys, Virginia, to 19 July 1917, transferred to Company K, 56th Engineers to 25 July 1918, transferred to Company F, 604th Engineers to 5 September 1918, transferred to Company M, 29th Engineers to discharge, service at Somme Defensive, service with American Expeditionary Forces 14 August 1918-6 July 1919, honorable discharge 14 July 1919.

Letters: April 19, 1918; October 11, 1918; November 1, 1918; February 14, 1919; June 6, 1918

Irvin Johnson Company B

Brett great grandson of Ervin Johnson
writes ...

Hello, I recently came across your site and am very happy to have discovered it! My family and I just recently found out that my Great Grandfather Irvin (Ervin) Johnson served with this unit in Company B during World War 1 and we have been trying to gather more information on this unit.
  I went through some of your pictures and found the roster of the unit and was very happy to have discovered his name listed there. I was curious if you might have any further information on this unit that may not be up on your website? Do you happen to have a casualty list by any chance? According to some family stories, he was wounded by gas while over there and suffered some injuries to his head and face.
 Unfortunately he died in an accident in 1946 and his only child still living was only 6 at the time and she said they never talked about the war or what he did. The only thing they had and passed down was one photograph of him in the Army, his pocket watch he used over there, and the flag that covered his casket at his funeral. Unfortunately none of his uniforms or awards etc. have survived as far as we know.
We have been trying our hardest to figure out if in fact he was wounded and what his unit did over there. If you do happen to have anything else, we would be extremely interested in learning anything further. Thank you for creating such a great site to share and learn more information about these soldiers and their unit! It is really amazing to see such interest and so much information that has been preserved. If you would like the photograph of my Great Grandfather for your site, just let me know. Thanks again,