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A large research database covering the U.S. Army Tank Destroyer branch and related service units.
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Preserving service records, unit history, and the names of those who served in a living archive built for family researchers, historians, and serious military study.
A large research database covering the U.S. Army Tank Destroyer branch and related service units.
Built around Tank Destroyer personnel, unit assignments, and service-era reference material.
This is an active working archive, with new names, corrections, and supporting details added on a regular basis.
Entries are transcribed from original materials and preserved even when the underlying record is incomplete.
About the project
This site exists to identify and honor as many men and women as possible who served and trained in the short-lived U.S. Army’s Tank Destroyer branch during World War II.
These soldiers proudly wore the distinctive shoulder insignia of a black cat crushing a tank in its jaws—a symbol of speed, strength, and determination. This site also includes the names of those who served in anti-tank battalions that were later reorganized and redesignated as tank destroyer battalions when the branch was formed.
Tank Destroyers were not tank troops. They were a separate branch created to counter enemy armor, evolving from anti-tank guns and half-tracks to open-top gun vehicles before wartime experience showed that tanks themselves were often the best answer to tanks.
Records include names, rank, enlistment location, unit assignments, company, MOS, army number, and related service notes where available.
This site is not a history of the Tank Destroyer branch. It does not provide background, analysis, or historical context beyond basic dates and locations showing when a soldier was assigned to a particular unit.
For in-depth histories, photographs, biographies, and memorabilia, please visit www.tankdestroyer.net and the other excellent resources available online.
For general information about the Tank Destroyer branch, its history, and its role in World War II, please refer to the Wikipedia page on the U.S. Army Tank Destroyer Units or consult other reputable historical sources.
Many entries have been faithfully transcribed from original material, right or wrong, so the evidence remains available even when it is incomplete or imperfect.
Explore the archive
The site is designed to help descendants and researchers trace service through names, units, MOS codes, ranks, locations, and related reference material.
Search by name, rank, unit, company, MOS, army number, or enlistment details after sign in.
Reference material for ranks, locations, organizations, and the codes that appear only in this archive are not exhaustive master lists.
Source notes, abbreviations, and contextual reference material help decode the records without turning the site into a general history survey.
Researchers and family members can review the project contents, and then contact the archive directly when needed.
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