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For the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment 337 Soldiers Killed during the Normandy Campaign

A 508th Researcher made me realize I'd never put this online.
 

508th Prcht Inf KIA

Name

Rank

ASN

Company

Date of Casualty

Type of Death

Location of Death

 

Abbott, Edgar R.

First Lieutenant

0-1298300

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/17/1944

KIA

Looking for a OP, with Warren Brown, gave him the rest of his fruit bar, and said let me go first, killed by sniper

 

Arico, Anthony

Private

12123149

Hq Co 2nd Bn

7/5/1944

DOW

 

 

Babjak, Andrew

Private

31334689

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Bair, Charles E.

Private

35424193

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Baker, Sherman L.

Private

39851698

Co F

7/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Baldwin, Charles K.

Sergeant

14165778

Co D

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Bartholomew, Ellsworth E.

Technician 5th Grade

6560620

Hq & Hq Co

6/17/1944

DOW

Went out hunting Germans. Was found severley wounded by tree with two dead Germans at his feet.

 

Basile, Seraphin J.

Private

36820880

Co A

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Batcheller, Herbert F.

Lieutenant Colonel

0-19939

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Shot in head

 

Bateman, James D.

Private

35628144

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/15/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Battiste, Nicholas

Private

33553350

Co A

6/8/1944

KIA

 

 

Baysinger, Sylvester J.

Technician 5th Grade

33401316

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Beers, Donald E.

Staff Sergeant

35045241

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Belair, Raymond C.

Private

39195406

Co H

7/4/1944

DOW

Killed by machine gun fire in the attack on La Daudirie

 

Bell, Bruce E.

First Lieutenant

0-1286062

Co C

6/6/1944

KIA

South of the Douve in the Etienville area, Killed in a hedgerow by machine pistol fire

 

Belmontes, Arthur F.

Private

39268035

Co H

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Bennett, Frank A.

Private

13105764

Co F

6/8/1944

KIA

 

 

Benson, Robert W.

Private First Class

39195388

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed at roadblock at base of Hill 30

 

Benton, Dan R.

Private

6941082

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/15/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Billington, Orren W.

Private First Class

38281981

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed by Friendly Fire after going out relieve himself

 

Birow, Steve

Private First Class

35605183

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/22/1944

KIA

 

 

Bitterman, Edward

Private First Class

39406229

Co I

6/10/1944

KIA

 

 

Blackmon, Ben D.

Private First Class

35564338

Co C

7/15/1944

KIA

 

 

Bolin, Raymond H.

Private First Class

11998332

Co E

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Borzain, Thomas B.

Private

11072613

Co C

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Bowen, Francis N.

Private

32648434

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/15/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Brand, Robert S.

Staff Sergeant

12093458

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Breen, John A.

Captain

0-1295656

Hq & Hq Co

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Brewer, Forrest V.

Corporal

34024679

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed on the west bank of the Merderet by La Fiere by machinegun fire

 

Brogan, Harold J.

Staff Sergeant

39319141

Co B

7/4/1944

DOW

Killed at night, stood up in his hole and gutshot

 

Brown, Charles N.

Private

36860051

Co I

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Brown, Robert G.

Corporal

39190279

Co B

6/14/1944

KIA

Killed in Lt. Gate Opening, Lt. Smith told May to get him out, but hit right in the shirt pocket

 

Bryant, Elmer T.

Private

14125214

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

Bryant was killed at compound in an L shaped slit trench German Captain missing his right had.

 

Buchanan, Bill C.

Private

37457555

Hq & Hq Co

7/3/1944

KIA

Killed by a sniper while standing next to Bill Bladen in the attack on Hill 131

 

Bundy, Joe

Sergeant

6663064

Co H

6/9/1944

KIA

Shot in the head

 

Burns, Paul F.

Private First Class

6393167

Co C

6/11/1944

KIA

Killed in the La Hays du Puits area by machine gun fire

 

Butcher, William H.

Private First Class

35741214

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/18/1944

KIA

 

 

Butler, Charles E.

Private

33121444

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Byrne, Joseph A.

Private

32801540

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/17/1944

KIA

Killed by wreckage of Hamblin aircraft near Le Feirage

 

Carpenter, Alva L.

Sergeant

11085271

Hq Co 1st Bn

 

KIA

 

 

Carpenter, Edwin F.

Private First Class

32383145

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Carriere, Raymond

Private

32798489

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Carroll, John E.

Private

32549589

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Chamberlin, John R.

Private First Class

12199842

Co D

6/9/1944

KIA

 

 

Chambers, Jack M.

Sergeant

15338638

Co D

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Chaney, Lloyd W.

Corporal

38229866

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Chipman, Roy

Sergeant

16087804

Co F

7/6/1944

KIA

Shot by a sniper, bullet behind left ear on Hill 95

 

Choate, George L.

Private First Class

36737029

Co D

6/21/1944

KIA

 

 

Coffman, Lloyd O.

Private First Class

38300749

Co E

6/7/1944

KIA

Captured, killed by straffing

 

Conrad, Raymond L.

First Sergeant

35017469

Co I

7/5/1944

KIA

Killed by sniper on Hill 95

 

Cook, Mack G.

Second Lieutenant

0-496744

Co F

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Cook, Nesmer

Corporal

15335237

Hq & Hq Co

6/10/1944

KIA

 

 

Coon, Raymond J.

Private First Class

35345440

Co G

7/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Cooper, Ewell T.

Private

18078638

Co B

 

 

 

 

Cornbread, Donald

Private

39412863

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned in flooded area

 

Couch, Wayne E.

Corporal

14085473

Co G

6/15/1944

KIA

Killed by Mortar Shell, fell between DePaulis just had retrieved F/Sgt.'s body. They were cleaning the F/Sgt Tommy Gun

 

Creary, Hal M.

Captain

0-452375

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Cross, Thomas G.

Sergeant

37191385

Hq & Hq Co

 

 

 

 

Croteau, Rene A.

Private First Class

11107445

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed in a foxfole during an artillery barage

 

Crouch, Robert E.

Private First Class

35561853

Co B

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Crutcher, Douglas R.

Private

38300747

Co E

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Czepinski, Edward J.

Second Lieutenant

0-1297848

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Daly, John J.

First Lieutenant

0-1289700

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed in the attack on Hill 95

 

Daly, Murray E.

Private First Class

15334241

Co D

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Damico, Pat

Private

19050268

Hq Co 3rd Bn

 

 

 

 

Daum, John A.

Private

36816479

Co B

6/8/1944

KIA

Premonition of death, from Day 1 he would be killed. Going over a knoll, killed by a sniper

 

Davis, George C.

Second Lieutenant

0-1298833

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

DOW

Shot in Stomach, taken to a German Aid Station where the Doctor said there was nothing they could do for him. He was laid outside to die.

 

DeBeer, Edwin

Private

6863039

Co I

7/5/1944

KIA

Killed by sniper on Hill 95

 

Deem, Harry B.

Private First Class

19177338

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed at roadblock at base of Hill 30

 

DeLoach, Bryant C.

Corporal

19178892

Co H

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed by machine gun fire in the attack on La Daudirie

 

DePaulis, Columbo Jr.

Sergeant

35589969

Co G

6/14/1944

KIA

Killed by Mortar Shell, fell between Couch just had retrieved F/Sgts. body. They were cleaning the F/Sgt Tommy Gun

 

Dixon, Jack S.

Technician 5th Grade

34457084

Co D

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Draeger, Arthur F.

Corporal

18161583

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/21/1944

KIA

 

 

Driscoll, John J.

Private

11052745

Co B

 

KIA

 

 

Ducote, Clifton S.

Private First Class

38260691

Co E

6/13/1944

KIA

The attack on Baupte

 

Eckman, Richard E.

Sergeant

13093399

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Ellifrit, James H.

Sergeant

18188177

Co C

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed near Guetteville

 

Evert, John P.

Private First Class

36706836

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Fabuz, Raymond S.

Private First Class

32134639

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

His body was retrieved from southeast of Le Feirage

 

Farmer, William H.

Sergeant

33519462

Co H

7/8/1944

KIA

 

 

Fateley, Glenn A.

Private

39464491

Co I

6/23/1944

KIA

Killed by machinegun fire

 

Field, Edward K.

Private

12200690

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed setting up a CP

 

Flanders, Francis E.

Captain

0-1283572

Co F

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Focht, Edward J.

Private First Class

33142276

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Foster, Kenneth D.

Private

39536592

Co C

7/2/1944

KIA

Foster was hit in the back on top of a hedgerow and no one could get to him. Foster laid there screaming for help for quite a while before dying.

 

Gainer, Virgel

Private First Class

15323147

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed while decending from plane

 

Gardner, Emory C.

Private First Class

13136882

Co G

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Garza, Francisco

Private First Class

18098251

Co D

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Gaydos, Emery W.

Private

15333473

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/23/1944

KIA

Jumped without his chute, committed suicide

 

George, Maurice T.

Private First Class

18133080

Co B

6/18/1944

KIA

 

 

Gerald, Robert S.

First Sergeant

6667600

Co B

6/8/1944

KIA

Killed in his harness

 

Gillespie, Fred E.

First Lieutenant

0-436334

Co F

6/6/1944

 

Machine Gun while on patrol

 

Grabbe, Victor

First Lieutenant

0-444005

Co H

6/26/1944

DOW

Hill 131 shrapnel in lung

 

Green, Bennett M.

Private First Class

37395589

Co B

6/6/1944

 

Killed by shot to the head during the attack on La Fiere Manoir

 

Green, Cumer

Private

20923250

Hq & Hq Co

6/19/1944

KIA

 

 

Greene, Chester J.

Private

38300193

Co E

6/6/1944

DOW

La Fiere Manoir shot in the head

 

Grissom, Max J.

Private First Class

18167156

Co C

8/9/1944

 

 

 

Guist, William G.

Private

35561507

Co C

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Gunter, Jack

Corporal

18090151

Co B

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Gutman, William

Sergeant

32538851

Co C

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Hall, Charlie L.

Private

14140065

Co C

6/6/1944

FOD

Southwest of the town of Regigneville.

 

Hall, James W., Jr.

Technician 5th Grade

18005671

Hq & Hq Co

6/10/1944

KIA

Died of Wounds

 

Hamilton, Elbert F.

Second Lieutenant

0-495561

Co D

7/5/1944

DOW

 

 

Hare, Gene T.

Private

16143980

Co F

6/17/1944

DOW

 

 

Harrelson, Walter W.

Private First Class

19186141

Co H

6/23/1944

KIA

Killed at Preot, attacking with Porcella Via Fontaine crossing waist high stream close to village jumping over wall, helping each other. Next to Porcella firing his rifle next to his ear. He fell back and gave the sign to get out, hit by mortar shell blew him back into the river.

 

Harrold, Joseph J.

Private First Class

15338533

Co F

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed by Sniper

 

Harvey, Wayne K.

Captain

0-25264

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed on Hill 30 after being relieved of command with Hq Co 2nd Bn.

 

Haste, William K.

Private

37454107

Co F

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Hattrick, James R.

Private

34591767

Co I

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Heinz, Albert L.

Private

13178358

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Helton, Delbert A.

Sergeant

35673232

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Henry, David A.

Staff Sergeant

18135510

Hq Co 1st Bn

8/3/1944

DOW

Wounded while spotting for the Mortar Platoon, hit by mortar fire, wouned in legs and back. Taken to his foxhole then eveacuated to the UK where he died of his wounds.

 

Higgins, Harry S.

Private

14165448

Hq Co 1st Bn

7/11/1944

KIA

Killed by artillery fire, body found without watch and jump jacket among a group of dead paratroopers

 

Hill, Morton W.

Private

20946259

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed by Machine Pistol outside of village of Beuzeville-la-Bastille

 

Hillman, Albert B.

Private

15338770

Hq & Hq Co

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Hoehler, Frank N.

Private

11070039

Co I

 

KIA

 

 

Hopkins, Randell W.

Private First Class

35469857

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

House, Jetti

Private First Class

35593816

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Hritzko, Andrew H.

Technician 5th Grade

13093520

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Huggins, Robert D.

First Lieutenant

0-1011074

Co E

6/16/1944

KIA

 

 

Hunt, Earl F.

Private

39856102

Co B

 

KIA

 

 

Hyatt, Morris R.

Private

34395364

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Jahn, Robert F.

Private

20231227

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Jampetero, John J.

First Lieutenant

0-1289738

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Jaynes, Herman L.

Private First Class

35423315

Co E

7/3/1944

KIA

Killed while crossing a field in Normandy during an attack

 

Jirinec, Francis M.

Private

35422613

Co D

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Johnson, Clifford E.

Private First Class

38280202

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Johnson, Donald J.

First Lieutenant

0-1288062

Hq & Hq Co

6/7/1944

KIA

Executed by Germans at the bottom of Hill 30 in an Aid Station

 

Jones, Carl W.

Private First Class

37518141

Co E

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Jones, James C.

Private

34646282

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Judefind, John J.

Sergeant

13154794

Co H

8/8/1944

DOW

Wounded in POW Straffiing on June 7, died of wounds on August 8, 1944.

 

Juris, Charles W.

Private

36296611

Co B

6/14/1944

KIA

Baupte

 

Kellum, Jessie M.

Corporal

34428852

Co F

7/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Kincaid, Glenn

Private First Class

35667200

Co F

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

King, Edward F.

Captain

0-1283624

Hq & Hq Co

6/11/1944

DOW

Died in the Hosptial in the England after being evacuated.

 

King, Ernest J.

Corporal

6903117

Co F

6/6/1944

DOW

Pathfinder who was shot shortly after landing.

 

Kirsch, James

Private

13057873

Hq Co 1st Bn

7/11/1944

KIA

 

 

Koczan, William

Private

32938087

Co B

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

Koziel, Daniel F.

Private First Class

36284636

Co I

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Kulwicki, Richard S.

Private

33425300

Co F

6/13/1944

KIA

Killed by riflefire in the attack on Baupte

 

Labate, Augustus D.

Private First Class

32100578

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Hell's Half Acre by a German Machine Pistol

 

Lancaster, Eugene C.

Private

34336459

Co C

7/1/1944

KIA

Buried by the French

 

Lane, John E.

Private

12151114

Co C

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Lantry, Charles T.

Private First Class

16087490

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Lapham, Orville W.

Private

31311393

Co F

6/9/1944

KIA

 

 

LaPlante, Harold E.

Private First Class

11105197

Co A

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Latimer, Lewis W.

Corporal

38300231

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

Bayoneted after landing on rooftop

 

Laurelli, Louis J.

Corporal

13153068

Hq & Hq Co

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Layne, Lewis W., Jr.

Private

33641934

Co C

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

Lazzaro, Joseph C.

Staff Sergeant

32100755

Co F

6/15/1944

KIA

 

 

Lehman, Paul E.

Second Lieutenant

0-1317804

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/4/1944

KIA

With Col. Mendez on Hill 131 hit and killed by machinegun fire

 

Lekarczyk, Matthew J.

Private

31378171

Co F

 

KIA

 

 

Levanda, Benjamin J.

Corporal

13025529

Co E

7/3/1944

KIA

Hill 131, head split open by mortar round

 

Lilly, Gordon M.

Sergeant

39260738

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed in Chute

 

Lindsey, John E.

Private

35055122

Co C

6/8/1944

KIA

 

 

Lockerby, Gordon J. W.

Private

32571360

Co D

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Lockwood, William

Private

39701739

Co F

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed by friendly fire

 

Lohman, Robert W.

Second Lieutenant

0-1323012

Co I

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Lokan, Herbert F.

Private

12133159

Co F

6/13/1944

KIA

Killed by shrapnel forehead

 

Loomis, Hollis

Private First Class

35588462

Co G

7/5/1944

DOW

 

 

Lott, Thomas L.

Private

32488854

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed at roadblock at base of Hill 30

 

Ludwig, William T.

Private First Class

36121380

Co E

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Lux, Alexis M.

Private

13154623

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/16/1944

KIA

 

 

Luzaich, Nick

Private First Class

36299790

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Lynn, Myron L.

Private First Class

35398395

Hq Co 1st Bn

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

MacDonald, Fred G.

Private First Class

31279098

Co E

 

 

 

 

Mackey, Frank E.

Private

13112375

Co D

6/7/1944

KIA

Executed by Germans at the bottom of Hill 30

 

Majers, Olen W.

Private First Class

19178924

Co G

6/20/1944

DOW

Pretot killed by artillery shell, after being wounded at the Company CP. He had been taken off the line.

 

Malone, Edsel A.

Private

37107072

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Maloney, William F.

Corporal

11100135

Co B

6/7/1944

KIA

Monk Landed in the flooded area by hill 30, killed by riflefire

 

Manfredi, Joseph W.

Private

32769867

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Mangus, Legrand T.

Private

20949524

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

 

KIA

 

Martin, Arnold H.

Private First Class

37088153

Co H

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Martin, Robert B.

Private First Class

35671963

Co I

 

KIA

 

 

Maternowski, Ignatius P.

Captain

0-480972

Hq & Hq Co

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed after borrowing Captain Graham's M-1 and stating I'm off to do the Lord's work

 

Matheson, Walter H.

Private First Class

31013825

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Mathias, Robert P.

First Lieutenant

0-1294692

Co E

6/6/1944

KIA

Wounded in door of plane, died on the way down

 

Matthews, Arthur F.

Corporal

20423292

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Matthews, Marion E.

Private

20401814

Co A

7/4/1944

KIA

Died of head wound

 

Matyskella, Donald F.

Private First Class

35421504

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

McCann, Russell G.

Private

33574460

Co F

 

 

 

 

McCombs, John

Private

39530200

Co F

7/1/1944

DOW

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

McCoy, Robert R.

Private

15338527

Co E

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

McCoy, Walter J.

Private

14164413

Co D

7/5/1944

DOI

 

 

McCulley, Wade

Private

35804740

Co D

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

McGary, Charles E.

Private First Class

35536211

Co D

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

McGuire, John J.

Private

12180391

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

60 yards from the La Fiere Manoir during the first attack by a shot to the head

 

McKim, Roy A.

Private

18161593

Co E

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

McKnight, William T.

Private First Class

13124538

Hq & Hq Co

6/11/1944

KIA

 

 

Meadows, Benjamin F.

Second Lieutenant

0-1318700

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/22/1944

KIA

 

 

Meads, Luther B.

Private

34457004

Co A

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed on the Jump

 

Medford, William A.

Sergeant

34380920

Co H

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed in the attack on Hill 95

 

Mello, Henry

Private First Class

19185661

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Meloy, Carl E.

Private First Class

34200623

Hq & Hq Co

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Mertz, Elmer

Private

36664855

Co E

6/13/1944

KIA

Died Of Heart Attack

 

Miller, David P.

Private First Class

19135571

Co F

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Molina, Julian

Private

36560310

Co C

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

Montgomery, Robert L.

Sergeant

16075636

Co F

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Moore, Clyde K., Jr.

Private First Class

14028103

Co E

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Moore, George M.

Technician 5th Grade

34474841

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Morgan, Robert A.

Private

38321791

Co E

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Morris, Covert J.

Private

33437851

Co C

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

Morris, Elwood

Private

36258128

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned in flooded area

 

Moser, Frank W.

Private First Class

32912084

Co D

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Moses, Melvin A.

Sergeant

38280379

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Muenster, William H.

Private First Class

17069340

Co C

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Mundy, Craig L.

Corporal

34436659

Co G

 

 

 

 

Murray, James J.

Private First Class

32218303

Co F

6/16/1944

KIA

 

 

Murray, Maynard F.

Private First Class

33647516

Co H

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Murray, Roy W.

First Lieutenant

0-1286689

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/8/1944

KIA

Killed while running plasma from Hill 30

 

Myers, James L.

Sergeant

35739859

Co A

6/6/1944

DOW

Killed by machine pistol fire, DOW a short time later

 

Nadeau, Joseph G.C.

Private

11097685

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Nash, Thomas W.

Private First Class

35628893

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed by sniper

 

Nassaney, Edward C.

Private First Class

11096331

Co D

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Newton, Fred W.

Private

18135301

Co C

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Nicholson, Ralph W.

Private

17169343

Co G

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed in the air when his land mine exploded when hit by ground fire

 

Nicolei, Frank J.

Technician 4th Grade

16067959

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Niemiec, Francis E.

Private

11106369

Co F

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Norkunas, Anthony J.

Technician 4th Grade

33140306

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Ostoich, Omar S.

Private

39571990

Co G

6/16/1944

FOD

Dissapeared on Patrol on June 15th outside of Coigny, France

 

Owen, James M.

Private

34407374

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Owens, Paul E.

Private

14125217

Co B

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Ozbolt, Howard

Private

34448686

Co E

6/26/1944

KIA

 

 

Pace, Sam P.

Corporal

35522571

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Pavlich, John

Private

33274154

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Pawlings, Henry S.

Private

32745415

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Pence, Marion L.

Private

16123909

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Perrone, James P.

Technician 5th Grade

33163171

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Peterson, Everan J.

Private

39909843

Co F

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Peterson, James

Private

39197287

Co D

6/9/1944

KIA

 

 

Petros, George

Corporal

12192562

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed crossing a grain field in front of Hill 95 by machine gun fire

 

Piatt, William A.

Private

35561711

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Pierson, Billie J.

Sergeant

17123334

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Plaskur, Rudy C.

Private First Class

15323109

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Polasky, Edward

Private First Class

11107459

Co H

7/3/1944

KIA

Shot through side went into heart on Hill 131

 

Poole, Colbert C.

Private

34781892

Co D

7/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Prieto, Ramon V.

Private First Class

39684389

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

By hill 30 by power pole sitting at base stomach open to maggots

 

Promer, Herman N.

Private

36807997

Co A

6/7/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Quaid, James L.

First Lieutenant

0-451679

Co H

6/23/1944

KIA

Killed by machinegun fire

 

Ramesa, Victor

Private

12152546

Hq Co 2nd Bn

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Ranabauer, Howard B.

Private

35101915

Hq & Hq Co

6/15/1944

KIA

Died of Wounds

 

Replogle, Gerald B.

Corporal

13084717

Co A

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Riccitelli, Frank J.

Private

32040793

Co C

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Richardson, Carlton E.

Private

31062040

Co A

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Rivas, Johnnie M.

Private

38270660

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Roberts, Gladwin L.

Private

17150907

Co G

6/12/1944

KIA

Killed by shell, head wound. Lameroux looked up and saw his helmet hanging from the tree above him with the blood and brains dripping out.

 

Roberts, Harold E.

Staff Sergeant

6972854

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Rollins, Danzel C.

Private

15377130

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed by rifle fire, opposite end of hedgrow from Robert Smith next to the road, truck pulled up in the road, he hollered at truck and he was shot at night.

 

Rosenthal, Ned D.

Private

6763545

Hq Co 1st Bn

7/11/1944

KIA

 

 

Rotterman, Fred G.

Private First Class

20230067

Co G

6/22/1944

KIA

 

 

Ruddy, Gerard A.

Captain

0-1298765

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Ryan, John E.

Private First Class

15382231

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Rzasa, Steve L.

Private First Class

36625142

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/20/1944

KIA

Shot in the head

 

Saccone, Thomas P.

Private First Class

32788128

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned in flooded area

 

Saunders, Edgar T.

Technician 5th Grade

14084053

Co C

7/26/1944

KIA

 

 

Scheanwald, Robert J.

Sergeant

15329337

Co B

6/30/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in Besneville

 

Schmeltzer, Harry W.

Private First Class

36714064

Co D

6/10/1944

KIA

 

 

Scholz, Donald R.

Private First Class

36295448

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Schroder, Leroy M.

Private

39310502

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/12/1944

KIA

 

 

Schwartz, Norbert J.

Second Lieutenant

0-1288129

Co B

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Scorce, Edward R.

Private

12181502

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

 

Killed while trying to rescue Heacock

 

Scroggins, Weldon D.

Private

38421603

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Scudder, William S.

Second Lieutenant

0-1316975

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Semenich, Nicholas

Private First Class

13153227

Hq & Hq Co

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Shankey, Joseph I., Jr.

First Lieutenant

0-443939

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Shavitch, Eugene R.

First Lieutenant

0-1283855

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Shaw, Harry W.

Private First Class

11110820

Co G

6/25/1944

KIA

 

 

Sheehan, Vincent L.

First Lieutenant

0-1298303

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/20/1944

KIA

 

 

Shelar, Thomas H.

Private

14030197

Co H

6/20/1944

DOW

 

 

Shipley, Eugene P.

Technical Sergeant

33576509

Co H

7/3/1944

KIA

Hill 131

 

Short, Wendel M.

Corporal

38282702

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Showalter, Elmer W.

Private

20729789

Co E

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Simonds, George W.

Captain

0-1284410

Hq Co 2nd Bn

7/5/1944

KIA

Hit by mortar fire that covered his back

 

Sims, Arnold J.

Private

6387771

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Slane, Francis J.

Private

13098723

Co B

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Smith, Earl J.

First Sergeant

6836094

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Smith, John T.

Private

13027301

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/14/1944

KIA

175:852

 

Smith, Millard R.

Private

14126323

Co H

6/6/1944

KIA

Died in jump between Chef du Pont and Hill 30 in Flooded Area

 

Smith, Paul D.

Private First Class

34599552

Co G

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Smith, Richard W.

Staff Sergeant

35563331

Co E

6/13/1944

KIA

 

 

Smith, Talbert A.

First Lieutenant

0-328511

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Snee, Arthur F.

Second Lieutenant

0-1287254

Co F

6/6/1944

KIA

Killed crossing the Merderet

 

Snovak, Lawrence J.

Technician 5th Grade

33134196

Hq & Hq Co

6/10/1944

KIA

Died of Wounds at 175:852

 

Sobezyk, Adam F.

Private

36659819

Co F

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Sprinkle, Jack L.

Private

33536207

Co F

7/5/1944

DOW

 

 

Stassola, James P.

Private First Class

11100317

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Stauffer, James B.

Private

33756596

Co F

7/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Stockberger, Maurice J.

Private

15329459

Co B

6/18/1944

KIA

 

 

Stout, Travis W.

Private First Class

38300225

Co D

6/24/1944

KIA

Germans had American Machine Gun stuck head up to say quit firing

 

Stull, Elmer R.

Second Lieutenant

0-1294928

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Stutt, Robert L.

Corporal

17069455

Co B

7/1/1944

KIA

 

 

Svendsen, Theodore O.

Private First Class

39182930

Co H

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed in the attack on Hill 95

 

Swan, Charles R.

Private

18004897

Co E

6/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Tanner, Richard G.

Private First Class

11122471

Co H

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed by machine gun fire in the attack on La Daudirie

 

Taylor, Lorenzo A.

Private First Class

12166472

Co D

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Teahan, Martin J.

Private

12155370

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/23/1944

KIA

 

 

Teller, Charles S.

Private

14084043

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed crossing field

 

Terhune, Roland E.

Corporal

12078226

Co I

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Tiarks, Werner C.

Private First Class

16134478

Co E

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Tomory, Albert D.

Private

15323287

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/14/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Tooley, Ralph

Private First Class

15336693

Co B

7/17/1944

KIA

 

 

Torpie, William J.

Technician 5th Grade

11054534

Co C

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Trammell, William S.

Private First Class

34393101

Hq Co 1st Bn

7/1/1944

 

 

 

Tremblay, Frank A.

Private

31280194

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Trevino, Candelario S.

Private

18126727

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

 

 

Turner, Walter V.

Private

14171118

Co F

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Ulrich, William L.

Staff Sergeant

34406378

Co E

7/4/1944

KIA

Shot in head crossing a field

 

Union, Robert E.

Private First Class

34403917

Co A

6/6/1944

KIA

On patrol as scouts, Union turned back to smile at Clyde Smith and was shot dead

 

Urbanski, John W.

Private

32029264

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/19/1944

KIA

 

 

VanMeter, Walter E.

Corporal

35485089

Co G

6/20/1944

FOD

Pretot, shot through lung

 

VanRiper, Hugh Jr.

Private

33417618

Co D

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Vashon, Arthur L.

Technician 5th Grade

16109409

Co H

7/4/1944

KIA

Killed in the attack on Hill 95

 

Walling, Donald E.

Private

36514226

Co A

6/15/1944

KIA

 

 

Weaver, Robert H.

Private

12191476

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

Relived from duty, caught in an open field, mortar rounds

 

Webster, Alton H.

Private First Class

11084114

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

Chest Wound, had to be left behind in the area of Picauville

 

Wenzel, Marcel A.

First Sergeant

19185815

Co G

6/9/1944

KIA

Killed on Patrol on Point, shot jumping over wall

 

Wheeler, Jack R.

Private First Class

34475431

Co G

7/7/1944

FOD

LCVP hit a mine while being transported back to the UK.

 

Wilbur, Harold

Private First Class

32383998

Co H

6/14/1944

KIA

 

 

Williams, Earl D.

Staff Sergeant

39245541

Co H

6/7/1944

KIA

Killed at roadblock at base of Hill 30

 

Williams, Gene H.

Second Lieutenant

0-437821

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/20/1944

KIA

Killed in the attack on Pretot

 

Williamson, John H.

Technician 4th Grade

15323312

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Wilson, Earl T.

Private First Class

11100763

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/15/1944

KIA

 

 

Winger, Paul H.

Private First Class

35586595

Co E

7/3/1944

KIA

 

 

Wininger, Donald W.

Private

16112026

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Winkler, Herbert S.

Private

12123562

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

 

 

 

Wood, Donald J.

Private First Class

12050015

Hq Co 3rd Bn

6/7/1944

KIA

POW Strafing in the village of Le Mesnil-Vigot, France

 

Woods, Porter F.

Private

38509136

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

Drowned on Jump

 

Wycuff, Albert M.

Private

15323264

Hq Co 1st Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Wysocki, Joseph B.

Private First Class

32406393

Co H

8/14/1944

DOW

 

 

Yackulic, John A.

Private

32559506

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

 

 

Yoon, Donald

Private First Class

14161395

Co F

7/3/1944

KIA

Killed by mortar shot

 

Yost, Francis J.

Staff Sergeant

32592780

Co I

7/4/1944

KIA

Top off head blown off on July 4th during attack on hill 95

 

Youngblood, Claude M.

Private First Class

34358350

Hq Co 2nd Bn

6/6/1944

KIA

 

 

Zelinsky, Bernard J.

Sergeant

13058031

Hq Co 3rd Bn

7/5/1944

KIA

 

 

Zervos, Thomas

Private

32699487

Co I

7/5/1944

DOW

 

 

Zimmerman, Harry E.

Private First Class

35603772

Co B

6/8/1944

 

 

 

Zwyers, Robert W.

Private

15333992

Co C

6/6/1944

FOD

Sainte Nille, left bleeding badly with severe leg wounds

 

 

 

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