Bumper Numbers on my M35A2

[Martin T.]

Can anyone help me decode this please.
29-116-I D-16

 

[snowtrac nome]

29 bn 116 infantry delta company 16th in order of march

 

[CARNAC]

It is actually the 29th Infantry Division and the 116th Infantry Regiment is part of the Virginia National Guard. They would be either the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Battalion of the 116th. It's a unit with an exceptional lineage and I'm proud to say I was a member of it a long time ago. D is Delta Company. Contrary to a lot of belief, the number after that is not the order of march. D Company doesn't even have 18 vehicles because it is a light unit (or it was when they had M35A2 trucks). It's purely an administrative number. At battalion level it normally corresponds to the staff section number....S1 personnel, S2 intell, S3 operations and so on. There is a lengthy older thread I did up on all this..so search is your friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)