Regnier, Eugene Arthur.

Regnier, Eugene Arthur, born 22-12-1893 in Concordia, Kansas, was a career army officer who enlisted in June, 1917 and retired as a Brigadier General in 1946. Regnier served in France during World War I, and as a liaison officer with the insular government of the Philippines (1928-1929). As a liaison officer with the U.S. Department of State, from 1929 to 1932, Eugine Regnier attended disarmament conferences and was assigned to the office of the secretary of state. He commanded a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, 1933, served as a Calvary officer from 1933 until 1940, and then served as an aide to the U.S. Secretary of War in the Office of the Chief of Staff. Regnier, a career army officer, was a friend of Secretary of War, Henry Lewis Stimson, having served as Stimson’s aide during his tenure as Governor-General of the Philippines, secretary of state, and secretary of war from 1940 to 1941.Regnier also served as a combat commander in the European theater of operations. From 19421 he was the Commanding Officer 91^st Reconaissance Squadron. The 91^st  Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron was detached from the Wing at McGuire AFB and placed under operational control of the Far East Air Force. On 15-11-1950, at Johnson AB, Japan the 91^st SRS absorbed the personnel and resources of the 31^st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron. The squadron moved to Yokota AB, Japan, 19-12-1950. From December 1942 temporary as Commanding Officer 6^th Armoured Regiment. Became the Commanding Officer Combat Command B 6^th Armoured Division, nickname “Super Sixth” , until 27-06-1945, under 2* Major General, General Robert Walker Grow. On 23-12-1944, the division was ordered north of Metz to take part in the Battle of the Bulge,  and took over a sector along the south bank of the Sauer. The 6^th was heavily engaged in the battle for Bastogne,  finally driving the enemy back across the Our River into Germany by late January 1945. The division was deactivated on 18-12-1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Casualty figures for the 6^th Armored Division, European theater of operations, total battle casualties: 4.670 and total deaths in battle, 993.

Death and burial ground of Regnier, Eugene Arthur.

Then Regnier became Director of Research & Development Division of Army Service Forces until March 1946 and retired in July 1954 from the service. Eugene died in Carlsbad, California, on 07-12-1956, age 62 and is buried on Ford Roscrans National Cemetery, in San Diego, Section O.

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