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Note: * Howard never married Juanita McRae. * Occupations: Saw Miller, Lumberman, surveyor.
* 1910 Shelby Co TN, Memphis, 963 4th Ave, age 1 year 2 months TN MS MS. Name shown as Howard E. Bonds.
* 1920 Tishomingo Co MS, Bay Springs, age 11 MS MS MS, with mother & siblings. * 1930 Winston Co AL, Double Springs, age 20 TN TN TN, single, living in household of Tom & Bertha Perry. He was shown as a nephew. Living with them was a Leoma Bonds, age 17 TN TN TN, shown as a niece of Tom.
* Honor roll in 5th grade at Golden, MS Public School, along with sister, Carmon.
* 1931: NEWS ITEM: BOY KILLED IN WRECK. Two others Hurt as Truck Careens From Road: Lexington, MS, July 29: Theron Seago, 14, is dead; Howard Bonds, another boy, is badly hurt, and a negro, Thelmer Montgomery, had his right leg broken in the overturning of a truck in Northern Holmes County, near Emeory, this morning. The Driver, N. L. Moore (Noah Lester Moore), uncle of the dead boy, escaped without any injuries. The party was enroute to rob a bee tree in Carroll County, when the driver lost control of the car, plunging the machine into a side road. Young Seago was caught under the spinning truck. The victim had been making his home with Moore the past year, where he was aiding his uncle in the sawmill business in Carroll County. The body will be sent to Iuka for interment.
* 1940 Winston Co AL, Motes, age 30 MS, with wife & children. Laborer at sawmill. 6th grade education. Census showed he was living in Lexington MS on Jun 1 1935. Census showed he had earned $400 in the year 1939.
* Howard Reid Bonds in the U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Race: White Birth Date: 24 Jan 1909 Birth Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA Residence: Double Springs, Winston, Alabama, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Weight: 138 Complexion: Dark Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 ft 6 1/2 in Next of Kin: Dora Elizabeth Bonds Relationship: Wife
* Inducted in Army at Ft. McClellan, AL. 15 Nov 1943, as Rifleman 745. Serial Number 34-818-797. Company "B". 114th Infantry, Euporean Theatre (Southern France, 1944). Wounded 8 Dec 1944 in Nancy, France Came home 9 Mar 1945. Discharged at Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, GA 10 Sep 1945. Decorations & Citations: European African Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon. Bronze Battle Star. Good Conduct Ribbon Purple Heart, General Order #9, 9 Feb 1945 * Total Length of Service: (Left US 1 July 1944; arrived home 9 Mar 1945. US---1 year, 1 month, 18 days Foreign Service--- 8 months, 8 days.
* Howard Bonds in the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Gender: Male Birth Date: 24 Jan 1909 Death Date: 17 Feb 1991 Cause of Death: Natural SSN: 417096132 Branch 1: ARMY Enlistment Date 1: 15 Nov 1943 Release Date 1: 10 Sep 1945
* HOWARD BONDS ARMY SERVICE AS RELATED BY WIFE, DORA ELIZABETH.
Army serial # 34-818-797; Private Infantry Combat, Company "B", 114th Infantry. Injured in France--European Theatre, Dec. 8 1944. He was hidden by a family until he could be turned over to U.S. Military for medical attention. Sharpnal in back, almost paralyzed him. Hospitaled in New York once he was brought back to U.S.; then transferred to Jackson, Mississippi. In hospital for nearly a year. Had to wear a brace supporting his body from chest to hips for many years. **************************************************
* Infantry Divisions 44th Infantry Division 44th Infantry DivisionNickname: None recorded. Shoulder Patch: A circular patch containing two Arabic 4s, back to back. The 4s are of blue, on a field of orange and the entire patch has a blue border. The colors are those of the House of Nassau, under which the Dutch settled what is now New York and New Jersey. . Slogan; "Prepared in All Things. . Division Song: "The 44th Division Marching Song" by Lt. Albert D, Fallows. AGD. . Source of Division: National Guard units from New York and New Jersey. . Training: Activated: Sept., 1940, Port Dix, N. J, Maneuvers: Carolinas. In Jan., 1942, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, then Port Lewis, Washington. From Feb. to April, 1944, maneuvers in Louisiana, then Camp Phillips, Kansas Left this country Sept., 1944, for ETO. . Commanding Generals: Maj. Gen. Clifford R. Powell, Sept., 1940, to Aug., 1941; Maj. Gen. James I. Muir, Aug., 1941, to Aug., 1944; Maj. Gen. Robert L. Spragins, Aug., 1944, to Jan.. 1945; Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, Jan., 1945, to present. . Component Units: As of Sept., 1944) 71st, 114th and 324th Infantry Regiments; 157th (M), 158th, 217th and 220th (L) FA Battalions Higher Command: (combat) Seventh Army. . Awards: 2nd Battalion of the 114th INFANTRY Regiment (HOWARD BONDS UNIT) awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for action north of Schalbeck, France, Nov. 25, 1944. Combat Highlights: The 44th first went into the line in an area east of Luneville, France, took part in the Seventh Army drive to secure the Vosges passes. Six days after being in combat the division held back a counterattack by German forces. By mid-November the 44th had broken through the Vosges Mountains along with the 2nd French Armored Division. During this period the 2nd Battalion of the 114th Infantry Regiment held ground on a front 4000 yards, wide against a German onslaught with numerically superior tank and Infantry units. The battalion's action probably saved the entire division from elimination as an effective fighting force. On New Year's Day, 1945, the 44th attempted to cross the Saar River 10 miles southeast of Saarbrueken. Six attempts were made, but strong enemy counterattacks beat the crossing back. Eventually the crossing was effected and a penetration made of two miles. During the latter part of Jan., 1945, the division was holding lines below the Saar. During the following months the 44th sped on into Austria. By the end of the war it had occupied large areas of German territory and finally pulled up at Imst, Austria. The 44th Division had 203 days of combat service with the Seventh Army. During that period the Division captured a total of 44,000 prisoners.
* 44th Infantry Division:
On November 17th, 1944 the 44th Infantry Division was fighting in the XV Corps of the U.S. Seventh Army. The 44th Division was operating in the Vosges Mountains and was responsible for the left wing of the 7th U.S. Army. The 44th Division was a unit of the Army National Guard from 1920 to 1945. Upon activation into federal service on 15 September 1940, they trained and finally arrived in the ETO exactly four years later 15 September 1944. They were assigned to XV Corps and attached to 7th Army on 17 October 1944 where first units of the 44th entered combat for the first time. By 24 October the entire Division was in combat. The first command post was located near St-Germain-de-Tournebut, France. and as the 44th moved across the european continent so did HQ from Luneville, to Croismare, Veho, Avricourt, Heming, Sarrebourg, Lixheim, Drulingen, Diemeringen, Montbronn, Siltzheim and Herbitzheim France on the 24th of December 1944. HQ was located in Herbitzheim the longest of any period remaining there until the 25th of March when they setup their first command in Germany's Rhineland region at Munchof. The 44th Division crossed the Rhine River on the 26th. Combat continued for the men through the Baden, Bavaria and Wurttemberg regions of Germany and at the end of hostilities they were in the Tyrol region of Austria. 44th Infantry Division Patch: Arrow 44th Infantry Division, The Bulge and Beyond Commanders: MG James I. Muir MG Robert L. Spragins BG/MG William F. Dean
Units 71st Infantry 114th Infantry (HOWARD BONDS' unit) ************ 324th Infantry 44th Reconnaissance Combat Battalion 63d Engineer Combat Battalion 119th Medical Battalion 44th Division Artillery 156th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 217th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 220th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm Howitzer) 157th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm Howitzer) 744th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company 44th Quartermaster Company 44th Signal Company Military Police Platoon Headquarters Company Campaigns: Northern France Rhineland Central Europe ************************************************************************* * MILITARY RECORD: Name: Howard R Bonds Birth Year: 1909 Race: White, citizen (White) Nativity State or Country: Tennessee State: Alabama County or City: Winston Enlistment Date: 15 Nov 1943 Enlistment State: Alabama Enlistment City: Fort McClellan Branch: No branch assignment Branch Code: No branch assignment Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Civil Occupation: Foreman Or Superintendent, Labor Marital Status: Married
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