One of my husband's cousins, William J. Schneider, was KIA during WWII. I want to create a military category for him (I checked and couldn't find one; right now I just have him under the generic WWII Army Air Forces category), but I'm pretty clueless regarding military organization, so I'm not sure where it should go or how it should be set up. I know he served in the 853rd Aviation Engineer Battalion of the United States Army Air Forces (unknown company). Their main duty was to build runways for the 20th Air Force in India, but over half of the battalion (including William) died when the ship they were on, the HMT Rohna, was hit by a bomb and sank off the coast of Albania.
Here's a website where I found a lot of information about them: http://www.853rdengineerbattalion.org
Here are my questions:
- What would be the proper name for the category? "853rd Aviation Engineer Battalion, United States Army Air Forces, World War II"?
- What subcategory of the USAAF would it go under? The examples they give under the help section on the USAAF category page are for air commands, air divisions, air forces, air wings, and air groups. Would it go under one of these or a new one entirely?
- If a new one, what would that one be called?
I will also add that if you know the answers to these questions and know how it should be set up, I promise that I will not be offended in the slightest if you create the category(ies) for me and attach it to the profile...
ETA: I just noticed that there's also the United States Army Corps of Engineers, World War II. Do they go under that, instead? I thought it was the USAAF because of the word "Aviation," but now I'm thinking it might be this category instead? I'm so clueless with this...
