Helmer Swenholt - Chonology of Life Events

Chonology of Life Events

• June 28, 1886 Born in Wittenberg, Shawano Co, WI
• September 4, 1917 Appointed Captain, Engineer Service, ORC (Officer Reserve Corp)
• December 28, 1917 Entered on active duty for assignment at Camp Campbell, Virginia; assigned as a Student Engineer, ROTC, at Camp Lee, VA with duties as camp instructor.
• April, 1918 Attached to 44th Engineers and served as Company Commander at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Virginia, and Camp Merritt, New Jersey
• April 19, 1918 Married Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Virginia Williams.
• August, 1918 Left United States for foreign service in France, England, and Russia.
• August, 1919 Stationed in Washington, D.C., in the Office of the Chief of Engineers.
• October, 1919 Served as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
• April, 1920 Instructor in bridges and hydrographic surveying and as Camp Officer at Camp A.A. Humphreys (Fort Belvoir), VA
• September, 1920 Assigned Assistant Professor, Military Science and Tactics and Officer in charge of the Engineers Unit, ROTC, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.
• July, 1921 Assumed Command of the Engineers Unit at West Virginia University.
• June, 1923 Company Officer at ROTC Camp, Camp Meade, Maryland.
• September, 1923 Attended Engineers School at Fort Humphrey, Virginia.
• June, 1924 Assigned duty in Charge of Supply in Company, Instructor in Engineering, and Mess Officer at Camp Knox, Kentucky.
• July, 1924 Instructor, 113th Engineers, with Indiana National Guard at Gary, IN
• July, 1928 Military Assistant in charge of survey and investigation, Bonnet Carré Spillway and also Assistant to Officer in charge of design at the New Orleans River District, New Orleans, LA.
• September, 1930 Served as Company Commander of Company E, 11th Engineers, at Corozal, in Panama Canal Department, Canal Zone.
• September, 1932 Company Commander of 1st Engineers at Fort Dupont, Delaware and Camp Dix, New Jersey.
• July, 1933 Commanded 1224th Company, CCC, at Clarkia, Idaho, Fort Dupont, Delaware, Camp Lewes, Delaware, and Camp Dix, N.J.
• June, 1934 Company Commander, Construction at Camp Dix, N.J.
• December, 1934 Company Commander, Ordinary Garrison Training at Fort Dupont, Delaware.
• September, 1935 Assigned Company Commander, Company A, 29th Engineers, stationed at Fort Stevens, Oregon and Fort Berry, California
• September, 1938 Assigned Executive Assistant on River and Harbor duty and District Engineer in charge of all work on the Missouri River, and stationed at Omaha, Nebraska.
• May, 1942 Commanded the 332nd Engineer Regiment, Camp Clairborne, LA and saw overseas duty in Europe.
• July, 1942 Colonel Swenholt left the United States for foreign service and was Stationed in England, France and served as Regimental Commander of the 332nd Engineer General Service Regiment.
• November, 1945 Assigned to Office, Chief of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
• May 8, 1952 Died in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.