Sgt Eldor R Seimers



1st Sergeant Eldor R. Semers
Born: Feb. 1,1917 , Cut Bank, MT,		Died: August 26, 2005, Marshfield, WI
Residence at time of enlistment: Marshfield, WI
Enlisted: , Oct . 15, 1940		Discharged: June 7, 1945
Co. C, 1st Bttn, 128th Regt. 32nd Wis. Nat'l Guard
Other Service Facts	He served in the United States Army during World War II from Oct. 15, 1940, until his honorable discharge as a first sergeant on June 7, 1945. His platoon was the first unit to engage in an offensive attack against the Japanese Imperial Army on Nov. 18, 1942, in Buna, New Guinea.
Buried: Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Marshfield, WI
Relationship: Uncle

Regimental History
32nd Division Wisconsin National Guard		Co. C, 1st Bttn, 128th Regt.
	The Marshfie1d Light Infantry, a provisional company of the Wisconsin National Guard, was organized September 25, 1889. On December 20, 1892, it was assigned as Company D, First Infantry. On March 1, 1894, it was transferred to the Second Infantry as Company A. As such, it volunteered for Spanish-American War service May 12, 1898, and served in Porto Rico under Captain Isaac B. Spencer; mustered out November 16, 1898. It was reorganized as Company A, Second Infantry, December 20, 1898. On June 30, 1916, it was mustered into Federal service for Border duty and served at Camp Wilson, Texas, under Captain Frank Reigel; mustered out February 28, 1917, at Fort Sheridan. On July 15, 1917, Company A responded to the call of the President under Captain Reigel and was drafted into Federal service August 5, 1917. Assigned as Company A, 127th Infantry, it served overseas in all of tue engagements the 32nd Division participated in. On March 11, 1920, the 15th Separate Company was organized at Marshfield, and on April 1, 1921, it was assigned as Company C, 128th Infantry. In May, 1933, the company was on duty in Marshfield in connection with the milk strike and in July, 1934, was on duty at the Kohler strike.

Activated in 1940, it participated in the “Louisiana Maneuvers” and was eventually shipped to Australia and thence to New Guinea where it was the first unit to engage the Japanese Army in the Pacific in the Battle of Buna. Elements of the company continued through the Pacific campaign under Macarthur and returned to Marshfield in the fall of 1945


In Florida on leave a military photographer saw Eldor and asked him to pose for this shot as he looked like a typical GI.