392 Engineer General Service Regiment Detachment stayed at Stover, Devonshire on 29 april 1944

The 392 Engineer General Service Regiment Detachment is one of the units on the UK Station List made by Mr. Grinton. This and other records on Back to Normandy was compiled from Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, Kingdom Station List, and dated September 1944.
(-) minus sign behind unit name indicates that part of the unit was elsewhere.
Counties are mentioned as the so called pre-1974 British counties. The map co-ordinates are automatically made with Google Maps. If you have more accurate location, photos, stories or links, please sent your information to Back to Normandy. The unit is also know as member of the US Army, Army Air Force. In this period, around this date of 29 april 1944 the 392 Engineer General Service Regiment Detachment were here in Stover, Devonshire.

The original station list was obtained from the National Archives Records Administration (NARA) at College Park, Maryland. The NARA describe it as HQ/ETO Station List, 4/30/44 and reference Box 15, 270/48/32/2. In the European and Mediterranean theater the US Army had 3.5 million troops there. About 1.7 million were combat troops and around 700.000 were service troops along with 592.000 army air force troops and the rest were replacements, patients, overhead and staff. The correct count of support- and line troops in this context is difficult.
This unit, the 392 Engineer General Service Regiment Detachment, contained Black or African-American troops. African Americans served bravely and with distinction in every theater of World War II, while simultaneously struggling for their own Civil rights from -the worlds- greatest democracy. Although the United States Armed Forces were officially segregated until 1948, WWII laid the foundation for post-war integration of the military. In 1941 fewer than 4,000 African Americans were serving in the military and only twelve African Americans had become officers. By 1945, more than 1.2 million African Americans would be serving in uniform on the Home Front, in Europe, and the Pacific (including thousands of African American women in the Women’s auxiliaries).

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Aidan Hatherley

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Hello, can anybody help me.. My great grandfather was a mixed race American GI. Supposedly he was in the 392nd Engineer General Service Regiment because my gr grandma lived near a segregated regiment and my grandma's dad was half black so it makes sense he would of been in that regiment.

My Gr grandad seems very difficult to find, his name apparently is Danny Parker. However I believe he is adopted because of his mother being white. His mother seems to be from Texas but my family believe that he was from New Jersey so that's what is making me think he is adopted. I believe his mother potentially got rid of him and a Parker family took him in from up north or maybe New Jersey is just where he was deployed from, which would add up because my other great grandfather was from Georgia but he was also deployed from New Jersey.

Anyway his mother was born in 1905 so he had to be born around 1922 - 1927 however my dad believes he was born in 1910 - 1912 which can't be true as his mother was born in 1905, his dad would of been born around the same time, maybe his father was born around then I don't know but I don't believe my gr grandad was born then unless he lied about his age.

Me and my grandma has tried DNA tests, records, I even went to the place that he was stationed and nothing I couldn't find anything. All DNA proved is that my grandma was at least 1/4 African. I got in contact with Rosa's descendants and they didn't know anything about a mixed race child. There was a few African American matches but not much luck.
However I did find an African American match who was 3/4 African and 1/4 European and he matched me at about 113cM. This match matches Rosa's descendants and the African side so he is definitely related to my gr grandad however I have had no reply for a few months now. His name is Cameron Cluff. He could be the grandson or great grandson of my gr grandad.

Going back to my gr grandfather I really want to put a face to a name and finally make sense of who my great grandfather is.
One thing I found interesting is that his mother Rosa seemed to of gotten married in New York or at least around there in 1922 which not only is a long way from home but it's close to New Jersey and it doesn't make much sense as to why she would go so far to get married when she had family back in Texas unless she was trying to get rid of a child by leaving it up north. Her family were farmers so it isn't like she was that wealthy either.

Danny (Daniel?) Parker
1910??
New Jersey

African American Father:
Name Unknown
born around 1905 - 1910
Polk County, Texas?

Caucasian American Mother:
Rosa Lee Todd
1905 - 1975
Polk County, Texas