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Personnel Service Units in Europe
US Army, Europe
Looking for more information from military/civilian personnel assigned to or associated with the U.S. Army in Germany from 1945 to 1989. If you have any stories or thoughts on the subject, please contact me.

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5th Personnel Gp
7th Personnel Gp
21st Personnel Gp



22nd P&A Bn (V Corps)
38th P&A Bn (VII Corps)
90th P&A Bn (21st SUPCOM)
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(LIST IS NOT COMPLETE)
52nd PSC (Fulda)
69th PSC (Karlsruhe)
176th PSC (Bremerhaven)
177th PSC (Ansbach)
178th PSC (Aschaffenburg)
187th PSC (Mannheim)
189th PSC (Kaiserslautern)
198th PSC (Nellingen)
369th PSC (Frankfurt)
257th PSC (Baumholder)
258th PSC (Wuerzburg)
259th PSC (Bamberg)
261st PSC (Heilbronn)
359th PSC (?)
 378th PSC (Frankfurt)
379th PSC (Heidelberg)
381st PSC (?)
400th PSC (Ansbach)
520th PSC (Bad Kreuznach)
569th PSC (Nurnberg)
574th PSC (Hanau)
575th PSC (Darmstadt)
History

Type Personnel Service Company in Theater Army, FM 12-2 June 1965
Mid-1960s
(Source: FM 12-2, Adjutant General Operations in the Field Army, June 1965; STATION LIST 30 June 1967)
PSC UNITS IN 7th ARMY (1967):

UNIT DESIGNATION

DUTY STATION COMMENTS
198th Pers Svc Co (Type B) Panzer Kaserne, Böblingen attached to HQ 7th Army Support Command
569th Pers Svc Co (Type B) Flak Kaserne, Ludwigsburg attached to 3rd Support Brigade
574th Pers Svc Co (Type B) Hutier Kaserne, Hanau attached to 2nd Support Brigade
575th Pers Svc Co (Type B) Taylor Barracks, Mannheim attached to 1st Support Brigade
   
1982

Personnel Service Support in USAREUR, 1982
(Source: SOLDIER SUPPORT JOURNAL, JUL-AUG 1982)
The authors of the article provide information on the role of personnel service units in the VII Corps (Moehringen) and the 8th Infantry Division (Bad Kreuznach) areas.

Tha real names of VII Corps' two subordinate combat divisions mentioned in the artile are obviously NOT "1st Airborne Division" and "3rd Intelligence Division," but the 1st Armored Division (Ansbach) and 3rd Infantry Division (Wuerzburg). And the 419th PSC is also fictitious, as is Relly Kaserne.

Military Personnel Office in USAREUR, 1982
(Source: SOLDIER SUPPORT JOURNAL, JUL-AUG 1982)
The article explains the role of the military personnel office in USAREUR
THEATER PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATION UNITS - 1980s

22nd P & A Bn

38th P & A Bn

90th P & A Bn

(Source: STATION LIST, June 1987)
PERSONNEL SERVICES UNITS IN THEATER (June 1987):

UNIT DESIGNATION

DUTY STATION HIGHER HQS
HHD, 22nd P&A Bn Frankfurt V Corps
HHD, 38th P&A Bn Nellingen VII Corps
HHD, 90th P&A Bn Kaiserslautern 21st SUPCOM
69th Pers Svc Co Karlsruhe 90th P&A Bn
176th Pers Svc Co Bremerhaven 90th P&A Bn
177th Pers Svc Co Ansbach 1st Armd Div
178th Pers Svc Co Aschaffenburg 7th Personnel Gp
187th Pers Svc Co Mannheim 90th P&A Bn
189th Pers Svc Co Kaiserslautern 90th P&A Bn
198th Pers Svc Co Nellingen 38th P&A Bn
257th Pers Svc Co Baumholder 22nd P&A Bn
258th Pers Svc Co Würzburg 3rd Inf Div (Mech)
259th Pers Svc Co Bamberg 1st Armd Div
261st Pers Svc Co Heilbronn 38th P&A Bn
369th Pers Svc Co Frankfurt 3rd Armd Div
378th Pers Svc Co (former Frankfurt RPC) Frankfurt 22nd P&A Bn
379th Pers Svc Co Heidelberg 90th P&A Bn
400th Pers Svc Co Ansbach ?
520th Pers Svc Co Bad Kreuznach 8th Inf Div (Mech)
569th Pers Svc Co Augsburg 38th P&A Bn
574th Pers Svc Co Hanau 22nd P&A Bn
575th Pers Svc Co Darmstadt 22nd P&A Bn
     
510th Pers Svc Co Vicenza, Italy SETAF
If you have more information on the history or organization of Peronnel and Administration Battalions in Europe, please contact me.
22nd Personnel & Administration Battalion
(Source: US Army Center of Military History website)

The 22nd Personnel & Administration Battalion was activated on 16 May 1980 in Frankfurt.

(The 22nd P&A Bn was inactivated on 15 Sept 1990 in Germany.)

1989
(Source: Blackhorse Magazine, Sept 1989)
ORGANIZATION (1989):

UNIT DESIGNATION

DUTY STATION COMMENTS
HHD, 22nd P&A Bn Frankfurt
52nd Pers Svc Co Fulda  
257th Pers Svc Co Wiesbaden
378th Pers Svc Co Frankfurt
574th Pers Svc Co Hanau
575th Pers Svc Co Darmstadt
38th Personnel & Administration Battalion
1982
(Source: JOBBER, Special Issue, August 1982)

The 38th Personnel & Administration Battalion was activated on 15 Jan 1973 as part of VII Corps Support Command.

On July 27 1976, the battalion became a separate unit under direct operational control of VII Corps.

MISSION: to provide personnel service support to all military personnel and their families in southern Germany (VII Corps AOR); and to furnish administrative service support, enlisted personnel management support and SIDPERS support to non-divisional units in VII Corps.

(The 38th P&A Bn was inactivated on 15 Sept 1990 in Germany.)

 
1987
(Source: Stuttgart Citizen, July 6 1987)
ORGANIZATION (1987):

UNIT DESIGNATION

DUTY STATION COMMENTS
HHD, 38th P&A Bn Nellingen Bks, Nellingen
198th Pers Svc Co Robinson Bks, Stuttgart  
261st Pers Svc Co Wharton Bks, Heilbronn
569th Pers Svc Co Reese Bks, Augsburg
90th Personnel & Administration Battalion
1978
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, July 7, 1978)

In July 1978, the 21st SUPCOM Personnel & Administration Battalion at Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, was redesignated as the 90th P&A Battalion. Concurrent with the activation of the 90th, its five subordinate personnel services companies were also activated. (The five companies were formed from the former regional personnel centers that were operated by the 21st SUPCOM.)

CO of the battalion is Lt Col William E. Duey, former commander of the 21st SUPCOM P&A Bn.
ORGANIZATION (1978):

UNIT DESIGNATION

DUTY STATION COMMENTS
HHD, 90th P&A Bn Daenner Ksn, Kaiserslautern
69th Pers Svc Co Karlsruhe  
176th Pers Svc Co Bremerhaven
187th Pers Svc Co Mannheim
189th Pers Svc Co Kaiserslautern
379th Pers Svc Co Heidelberg
176th Personnel Service Company
 
1977
(Source: Email from Peter Hodges)
In the summer of 1977 when the 90th P&A Bn was being established, the 176th Personnel Service Company was reactivated to support the Brigade+ size unit (out of Ft Hood) that was being permanently assigned to the former British Army of the Rhine geographical area (northern Germany) (Webmaster's note: this brigade was originally known as Brigade 75.)

New infrastructure was built in Garlstedt to house and support this forward operating element. I was selected by the BN Commander, LTC Bill Duey, to be the first unit commander of the 176th PSC since its deactivation in WWII. I commanded this unit for a little over two years, relinguishing command in January 1980.

Within the battalion, my unit was the only company to pass all Inspector General inspections and all PERMAS (personnel records, files, etc. technical inspections), both of which were on an “unannounced” basis.

My follow-on assignment was to the Office of the Adjutant General of the Army, where I served as the Assistant Executive Officer for MG James Pennington, the 50th Adjutant General of the Army.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
There was already in place a small personnel detachment that had been placed under the 187th PSC in Mannheim (because it was the closest 21st SUPCOM personnel unit). This small element was physically located on Carls Schurz Kaserne in Bremerhaven.

With the activation of the 176th PSC, additional soldiers arrived over the summer and fall of 1977 to get to full strength as a TO&E unit and we stayed at the Bremerhaven location.

In addition to the 2nd AD (Fwd) element, we supported units that were stationed in the Netherlands and Belgium (FA & ADA warhead custodial units). The 176th supported approximately 26,000 soldiers and dependents when all units came to full strength.

Larger PSC’s called for a Major as its unit commander (e.g., the 187th in Mannheim). The 176th PSC called for a CPT commander, and I reported directly to the 90th P&A Battalion.

In the European theater, each PSC commander also received a “letter report” from the community commander in which the PSC physically resided. In my case, the community commander was the 2nd AD (Fwd) CG (BG Anderson). This additional document became part of the official OER rating and placed in your permanent records with the actual OER.

Hope this additional information helps.
 
1981
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, April 23 1981)
Commanding officer of the 176th Personnel Service Co is Capt Curtis A. Deloath.

Personnel strength of the unit is currently 49 soldiers.
 
1988
(Source: PORT REPORTER, November 1988)
The 176th PSC is located in Building #2 at Carl Schurz Kaserne in Bremerhaven.

The peacetime mission of the company is to provide personnel support, such as processing ID cards, passports and promotion orders, to all non-2nd Armored Division (Fwd) units throughout the Norddeutschland Military Community. The company maintains approximately 2500 personnel records.

In wartime, though, the mission changes. In wartime the company becomes a replacement processing station, processing in new troops to replace casualties.

As a combat service support unit the 176th is also responsible for its own defense. During periodic ARTEP (Army Training and Evaluation Program) exercises, the unit is evaluated on both phases of its wartime mission - the tactical phase and the unit's personnel specialities.
178th Personnel Service Company
Research Request
 
1. Location of 178th PSC
Requester: Webmaster
Subject: Where on Jaeger Kaserne (building number, if possible) was the 178th PSC located? (Sie können auch auf deutsch antworten.)
Contact: webmaster
 
Aschaffenburg Regional Personnel Center
 
 
 
3rd Infantry Division (Mech)
 
1983
(Source: ASCHAFFENBURG FORUM, June 8, 1983)

178th PSC, Aschaffenburg (Webmaster's collection)
7th Personnel Group
 
 
 
5th Personnel Group
 
1992
(Source: ASCHAFFENBURG FORUM, July 31, 1992)

4 pages of articles on the 178th PSC (Webmaster's collection)
 
(Source: ASCHAFFENBURG FORUM, August 12, 1992)

Inactivation ceremony for the 178th PSC (Webmaster's collection)
(Click on the image to view a hi res copy)
198th Personnel Service Company
 
1972
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, Feb. 26, 1972)
The 198th Personnel Service Company and several other VII COSCOM units have been moved from Panzer Kaserne, Boeblingen, to Nellingen Kaserne to make room for two 1st Inf Div (Fwd) battalions that are being moved out of Augsburg.
 
1979
(Source: Email from Rick Nolan)
I don't know if you recall these assigned post companies or not. We handled everyones DEROS dates and 201 files for VII Corps.

I was assigned to the 196th PSC which was commanded by Major Charles Ray.

Our company had 5 composite teams located between Schwabish Gmund, and Ludwigsburg.

I enlisted in 1979 and wouldn't sign up until they guaranteed my assignment to this company. Thank goodness I got it.

There were as many females as men, we never went to the field, drove in dirt, or had manditory Physical Training. The guy that told me it was the best duty assignment in the military was DEAD RIGHT.

Lt. General Julius Beckton was VII Corps commanding officer at the time. He came and inspected our barracks and said it was not acceptable for us to have (separate) barracks simply to hold female or males in living quarters. He gave us 72 hours to make each barracks capable of housing both male and females together (blocking off urinals and putting signs and locks on the showers) in his units.

In his infamous words, "I see nothing in front of me but a sea of Green, and that Green isn't male nor is it female, it is Soldier."
259th Personnel Service Company

Location of the 259th PSC on Warner Barracks, Bamberg (John Fontaine)
1986
(Source: Email from John A. Fontaine)
Please Update List: 259th Pers. Svc. Co. Bamberg, Germany (higher headquarters: 1st Armored Divison)

I was assigned to the unit from March 1986 to March 1988.

Additionally, I was stationed both at Nellingen and Goeppingen Germany, assigned to 198th Per Svc. Co. (38th P & A Bn.) from March 1988 to May 1990.

Thank you for the website and the opportunity to supply updates.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The "community" barracks, at the time, housed most of the small support units on post. It was a co-ed barracks, male and females shared different floors.
378th Personnel Service Company
 
Frankfurt Regional Personnel Center
 

Kennedy Kaserne where personnel of RPC-FKT (among other units) were billeted.
The Abrams Bldg would be behind the photographer. (John Fontaine via Roger Marino)
1976
(Source: Email from Roger Marino, RPC-Frankfurt, 1975-79)
If I remember correctly, the 21st Replacement Det inprocessing personnel were relocated from Gutleut to Kennedy Kaserne.

During the time of their move, I was assigned at the Frankfurt Regional Personnel Center (RPC-FKT) behind the O'Club and next to the V Corps helipad.

Our barracks was the Kennedy Kaserne (a 5-story building) that was built in the early 1960s on the corner of Eschersheimer Landstrasse and Bremer Strasse. (Kennedy Kaserne was located about 400 yards at a 60 degree bearing from the front door of the Abrams building to Kennedy, calculated via Google Eagle and its "Ruler" tool.)

I had a friend (SP4 Washbourn) who was stationed with the 21st as an assignment clerk and he stayed in Kennedy Kaserne after their move from Gutleut Kaserne.

I was a Frankfurt resident from 1966 - 1979 as a military/civilian brat, then active duty and then military spouse. I was attached to FKT MIL COM - AER/Red Cross (in the old dental clinic building) from Oct 82- Dec 83 pending the outcome of compassionate reassignment request.

As for other units billeted at Kennedy, some of the women from RPC-FKT were billeted on the 2nd floor. Iirc the whole 2nd floor was female. I'm thinking 18th Finance had people (both male and female) in Kennedy. I believe there was also an ASA unit billeted there.

ASA had a piece of "property" adjacent to the eastern end of the Abrams building that was fenced in. I believe it also extended a bit behind the Abrams building.

  I know of the fence because after a buddy and I got caught in the 1 Jun 1976 Baader-Meinhof/RAF bomb blast we jumped out a window (glass was already gone) and landed on the northern side of the building and we were fenced in. We jumped because in those days and prior years, where there was one, there was usually a 2nd bomb too.

Since we were fenced in, an older gentleman with a red cross pin on his khaki uniform, along with a full colonel insignia on his collar, helped us back into the building.

As we exited out the back door, the Terrace Club had a bomb go off too, sending glass and building parts up into the air from what we saw.

I reported to my office at RPC and my NCOIC had our unit mail clerk rush me to 97th General Hospital emergency room. I'm attaching the NY Times news clipping from their 2 Jun 1976 newspaper. The clip was provided to me a few years ago by the NY Times. It provides some numbers and breakdown of people injured from the bombings. 




Click on the thumbnail on the left for a higher resolution copy of the article.
 
378th Personnel Services Company
 
569th Personnel Service Company
Ludwigsburg
1970

Plans for movement of 569th PSC to Nurnberg, 1970 (AHEC)

Webmaster Note: in studying STATION LISTS for that period, it looks like the following moves were actually made:
2nd Bn, 14th FA (155mm SP), Merrell Barracks, Nurnberg, was moved to Pinder Barracks, Zirndorf
2nd Msl Bn, 16th FA (HJ), Pinder Barracks, Zirndorf, was moved to Merrell Barracks, Nurnberg
84th Engineer Company, Merrell Barracks, Nurnberg, was moved to Warner Barracks, Bamberg

3rd Bn, 17th FA (8in SP), Merrell Barracks, remained at that station.
 
Nurnberg Regional Personnel Center
1975

569th Personnel Service Company AHR 1975 (AHEC)
574th Personnel Service Company
 
1974

574th Personnel Service Company AHR 1974 (AHEC)
 
575th Personnel Service Company
1967
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, March 13, 1967)

The 575th Personnel Services Company, Mannheim, was formed in January 1966 and given the mission of maintaining all of the personnel records for 1st Support Brigade. Currently, the company is in the process of assuming responsibility for all of the personnel records of the 57th Ord Bde also. This will bring the number of records handled by the company to more than 11,000 (approx. 7,000 belonging to 1st Spt Bde; and approx 5,000 to the 57th). The 575th will add an additional 34 personnel to handle the additional work load.

Basic responsibilities of the 575th include handling assignments and reassignments; processing officer and enlisted men's records, including pay, classification and reclassification, flagging actions and applications for leaves, ID cards, OCS, discharges, marriages, and other personnel actions.

1988
(Source: ABOUT TOWN, March 3, 1988)

ABOUT TOWN, March 3 1988
Detailed article on the 575th Personnel Services Company in Darmstadt.
 
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