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'''John Louis Englander''' (1919&ndash;2007) was a United States Army Technician Third Grade who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 18]].
'''[[Englander, John Louis (0555160)|John Louis Englander]]''' (1919–2007) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 18 and served with IPW Team 185.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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On 9 December 1942, he was naturalized at Fort Smith, AR. On 24 June 1944, Special Order 151 specified that 40 IPW teams are to be transferred to Camp Myles Standish, Taunton, MA for transshipment overseas via Boston POE. Worked as stock clerk and typist.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Also 32170568 T/3
* Also 32170568 T/3
* OCR (83%) of `968424883179433.jpg` (Military Intelligence Training Center, discharge) — dated 16 June 1944.


== Gallery ==
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== Technical record ==
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== Timeline ==
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* Born 8 October 1919 in Augsburg, Germany.
* 9 December 1942 — Naturalized at Fort Smith, AR.
* 18 June 1944 — Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN 0555160) at Camp Ritchie.
* Division: (Grombacher, Erhard, Neuwirth and Pappenheimer) were part of.
* Graduated Class 18 (German Document examiner).
* the 101st AB Division.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2015-06-21 (1 post)
* [[:File:968424883179433.jpg|OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 968424883179433.jpg]]
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of John Louis Englander for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Englander, John Louis for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: JOHN ENGLANDER.doc)