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Charlie Battery - Hardheim

Archives And Official U.S. Army Personnel Rosters - 1970 - 1983



This area of the web site is the repository of all documents pertinent to the history of Charlie Battery collected from a variety of sources such as village archives, soldier stories and document collections, created documents of appreciation, official U.S. Army Personnel Records, etc.

This web site really began to gather momentum in the Kleingartach Section when I realized I could obtain the official U.S. Army Personnel Rosters for the time I was stationed at Charlie Battery from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Those rosters helped me reconstruct that time period so I could be as accurate as possible in this presentation.

I had intended to just scan the pages of each roster, but most of copies I received were not of scan quality. So I decided to recreate the DA Form 305-5 in my Adobe InDesign Desktop publishing program then filled in the tables.

It was actually an interesting and challenging exercise, and I do state on each page of the form that it is a recreation intended only to present a sense of the time period only, with no other intentions.

The original forms were all white paper, however, for the sake of viewing ease I inserted a subtle “every other line tone”, which I think makes it easier to read across the rather long lines of data. It also gives the form a bit of a more contemporary computer form look.

It took me 4 days to enter the complete rosters data, and it was a burn out, but I wanted a document that everyone could view with clarity and ease. I then turned each semi-annual document into a PDF file so that, by using the magnification tool, everyone can easily view the data.

I could only acquire rosters for my time period only. And it would be great if those interested would take it up themselves to contact Vet Recs to get rosters for their time periods. Those who came to the site subsequent to my time, and want their time of service rosters added to our Charlie Battery Historical Record, let me know and I'll tell you how to get them.


Actung: To view the PDF's the icons below link to, you need to have the Adobe Reader application installed on your system. It's a cross platform program, PC, Linux, or Mac, and it is totally free. Our web site makes frequent use of the PDF format because it is so versatile, so I suggest acquiring it. Just click on the “Get Adobe Reader” Icon and it will take you to the web page where you can start the download process.

Once there scroll down a bit and click the “Download” button to begin the process. Be patient, it takes a moment for the process to get started. It may ask you if you want to save the file or install it. Choose “install”, and it will do everything automatically. When Adobe Reader is installed just click once on any of the icons below and the file will open for viewing.





Charlie Battery Official U.S. Army Personnel Rosters

January & July 1970 - January & July 1983


                                                







Charlie Battery Official Archives

We are happy to present what we hope to be an ever expanding Hardheim Archives page. It's just the first step, but that's how the journey begins.

We encourage all of you guys to contributed any kind of document(s) or information/stories that would enhance the Battery's historical archives.

No matter how seemingly insignificant it might seem to you, others might find it interesting and jog other's memories as to what they might have.

So check you attics and closets and the deep recesses of your minds, and open those boxes of past memories and liberate your artifacts.





3rd 71st
Ashtray Souvenir


Hardheim Photo
Roster - 1971