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Blocking Kampfruppe Peiper
|
The 504th
Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roster Company - B (Partial) - 1st Battalion
| LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
ASN No. |
Pltn |
Status |
Medals |
Comment |
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| Alientos |
A |
M |
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Pvt |
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| Amendola |
David |
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Pfc |
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PH BS |
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| Amer |
Glynn |
F |
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Pvt |
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| Ault |
Raymond |
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Pvt |
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| Bagwell |
J |
H |
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Pfc |
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| Barton |
John |
L |
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Sgt |
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| Battisti |
Charles |
W |
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2/Lt |
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| Bauer |
Emil |
E |
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Pfc |
37671142 |
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KIA |
PH |
Cheneux |
| Bebrauskis |
Stanislaw |
S |
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Pvt |
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| Belfoy |
Frank |
W |
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Pvt |
39197124 |
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KIA |
SS,PH |
Anzio |
| Benson |
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| Bird |
Ralph |
S |
Jr |
2/Lt |
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SS |
Boxing Mgr |
| Bishop |
J |
B |
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S/Sgt |
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| Blankenship |
S |
W |
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Pvt |
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| Blazina |
Lawrence |
F |
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Sgt |
33403904 |
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KIA |
SS,PH |
Heumen |
| Bonning |
William |
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S/Sgt |
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3rd |
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| Boyd |
James |
M |
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| Breeding |
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| Brooks |
E |
W |
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| Bruner |
Francis |
J |
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Pvt |
39018849 |
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KIA |
PH |
Italy |
| Burnett |
Onie |
A |
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T/4 |
6666256 |
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KIA |
PH |
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| Burns |
J |
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| Burton |
John |
C |
III |
S/Sgt |
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SS |
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| Cantelmo |
Jake |
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Pfc |
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| Carvelli |
Robert |
E |
Jr |
Sgt |
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3rd |
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| Castagno |
Amadeo |
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1/Sgt |
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| Chamberlain |
Demart |
Carl |
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Cpl |
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tfr 334th/1/ATF |
| Chapman |
Carroll |
F |
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| Chesbrough |
Leon |
L |
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| Chilcutt |
Landon |
M |
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Cpl |
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3rd |
POW |
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| Clardy |
W |
W |
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Pvt |
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| Clay |
William |
L |
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Pfc |
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PF |
| Cleary |
Francis |
J |
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Cpl |
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| Clemenshaw |
Harold |
E |
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| Clements |
Edwin |
M |
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| Cloyd |
Ernest |
L |
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Pvt |
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BS |
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| Cocozza |
Jack |
L |
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S/Sgt |
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| Comin |
Clark |
M |
Jr |
Pfc |
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| Comstock |
Ira |
K |
Jr |
Cpl |
13056058 |
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KIA |
PH |
Sicily |
| Cook |
J |
F |
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Pvt |
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| Corey |
A |
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Pvt |
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| Costner |
Dee |
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| Courtney |
Marvin |
R |
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Pfc |
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| Cox |
Lee |
W |
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Sgt |
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| Craft |
B |
V |
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Pvt |
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| Crochet |
Milton |
J |
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1/Lt |
01283033 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Crockett |
T |
J |
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Pvt |
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POW |
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Stalag 2B |
| Currier |
D |
R |
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Pvt |
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| Curtis |
Kenneth |
R |
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S/Sgt |
6560963 |
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KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Cuthrow |
Charles |
S |
Jr |
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| Cutrer |
C |
V |
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Pfc |
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| Da Giau |
Beppino |
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| Dadasovich |
William |
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Pfc |
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| Daly |
Peter |
J |
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Pvt |
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| Daniszewski |
S |
J |
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Pfc |
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| Decker |
Edwin |
E |
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Pfc |
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3rd |
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PH |
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| DeCourcy |
John |
W |
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Pfc |
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PF |
| De Gau |
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| DelGrippo |
Daniel |
T |
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Pfc |
13123738 |
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DSC PH |
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| Dellay |
W |
P |
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Pvt |
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| Delzgorski |
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| Dillard |
A |
C |
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Pfc |
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| Disaroon |
J |
H |
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Pvt |
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| Dobrychlop |
Valentine |
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Pfc |
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PF |
| Donasaut |
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| Donivent |
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| Driole |
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| Driver |
Buster |
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Pfc |
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| Dudley |
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| Duke |
Harris |
V |
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| Dunke |
Herman |
E |
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| Dunn |
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| Dustin |
Shelton |
W |
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Sgt |
11027924 |
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DSC |
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| Dziezgowski |
Michael |
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Pvt |
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POW |
|
Holland |
| Egbert |
Olen |
L |
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| Eggrie |
Joseph |
A |
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| Elkins |
J |
C |
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Pvt |
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| Ellis |
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| Embry |
James |
K |
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| Endsley |
Edward |
W |
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Pvt |
6297375 |
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BS |
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| Erfourth |
Robert |
L |
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| Estrada |
Trinidad |
V |
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| Fadely |
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| Faggianni |
Doc |
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| Fallon |
Francis |
B |
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| Farmer |
Ernest |
R |
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| Farrier |
Clyde |
A |
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Sgt |
39380352 |
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SS |
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| Favreau |
Arthur |
H |
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| Fecskovics |
John |
T |
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| Fegan |
Amos |
P |
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Pvt |
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| Florey |
Harold |
E |
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S/Sgt |
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| Forein |
Donald |
W |
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Sgt |
36730750 |
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KIA |
PH |
Heumen-sniper |
| Fox |
Larry |
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Pvt |
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| Funk |
J |
L |
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| Gallo |
Angelo |
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Pvt |
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3rd |
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| Gensel |
Ralph |
C |
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| Gerke |
Julius |
F |
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Cpl |
38074872 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Giblett |
Walter |
S |
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| Goddard |
E |
E |
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| Golabriski |
A |
J |
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| Gonzales |
F |
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| Gordon |
W |
A |
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| Gorsuch |
R |
H |
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| Graham |
Paul |
D |
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| Grainger |
Fred |
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Pvt |
32596628 |
Med |
KIA |
BS, PH |
Heumen |
| Grant |
William |
J |
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| Gray |
William |
L |
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Pfc |
14030502 |
|
KIA |
BS PH |
Normandy-PF |
| Graziani |
Horace |
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Pfc |
13058152 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Gregory |
Howard |
L |
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| Griffin |
H |
D |
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| Griffin |
Sammie |
R |
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Pfc |
34372187 |
|
KIA |
PH |
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| Griffin |
T |
W |
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| Grimes |
John |
C |
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| Ground |
Gerald |
P |
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T/5 |
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POW |
|
Stalag 7A |
| Guthrow |
C |
S |
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| Guttry |
Carlos |
B |
Jr |
Cpl |
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BS PH(OLC) |
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| Hale |
John |
P |
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| Hall |
George |
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Cpl |
13?036904 |
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BS |
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| Hall |
Ralph |
C |
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| Hardee |
I |
W |
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| Harmon |
R |
L |
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| Harris |
M |
O |
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| Harrison |
W |
E |
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| Hart |
Leo |
E |
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| Hartup |
Charles |
P |
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| Helgeson |
Thomas |
C |
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Capt |
0-1283770 |
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SS, BS |
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| Herring |
Joe |
P |
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| Hesselberg |
Meyer |
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Pfc |
33140720 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Italy |
| Hesson |
James |
C |
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1/Lt |
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| Hertzler |
Buck |
D |
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| Hill |
J |
B |
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| Hizenski |
Anthony |
A |
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Pfc |
13055885 |
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CIB PH |
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| Hogan |
John |
T |
Jr |
Pvt |
14200497 |
1st |
|
BS,PH |
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| Holland |
Hilton |
M |
|
Cpl |
34331467 |
|
DOW |
SS, PH |
Belgium |
| Holliday |
Thomas |
R |
Jr |
1/Sgt |
35730259 |
1st |
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BS |
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| Hollinger |
S |
W |
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| Holmstock |
Morris |
M |
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| Hoover |
Buland |
B |
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T/5 |
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| Hoover |
Melvin |
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Pfc |
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| Horn |
Henry |
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Pfc |
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POW |
|
Stalag 7A |
| Howard |
Edward |
L |
|
Pfc |
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| Hudson |
Nelson |
F |
|
T/Sgt |
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CIB PH |
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| Hustava |
John |
P |
|
Cpl |
36483271 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Groesbeek |
| Hyde |
Charles |
J |
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Pfc |
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BS |
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| Iaquinto |
Carmine |
S |
|
Pvt |
|
3rd |
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| Isbel |
Melvin |
D |
|
S/Sgt |
15338603 |
1st |
|
BS |
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| Ivey |
James |
K |
|
Sgt |
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| Ivey |
Victor |
C |
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S/Sgt |
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| Jandran |
William |
H |
|
T/4 |
20109264 |
|
KIA |
PH |
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| Jenchowski |
Ray |
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Pvt |
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| Johnson |
Bruce |
R |
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Pvt |
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| Johnson |
F |
W |
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| Johnson |
Hugh |
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| Johnson |
Iver |
E |
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| Jones |
W |
S |
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| Justice |
J |
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| Kane |
George |
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| Kellogg |
John |
W |
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Sgt |
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POW |
|
Stalag 3C |
| Kent |
F |
J |
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| Klee |
Henry |
J |
|
Cpl |
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CIB SS PH |
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| Klepacz |
Emil |
E |
|
Sgt |
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| Kline |
William |
B |
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| Komar |
Michael |
J |
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Pvt |
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KIA |
CIB PH |
Anzio |
| Langford |
F |
W |
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| Lechleitner |
Albert |
E |
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| Lee |
Henry |
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| Lee |
Lloyd |
W |
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| Lehnig |
Alfred |
H |
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| Leporati |
Joseph |
P |
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Pvt |
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| Logan |
Harry |
B |
Jr |
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| Lowe |
James |
R |
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1/Sgt |
|
2nd |
|
PH(OLC) |
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| Lynn |
William |
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| Mack |
David |
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| Magrath |
William |
W |
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1/Lt |
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| Mann |
Paul |
V |
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S/Sgt |
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| Marcus |
Maurice |
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2/Lt |
0-1312693 |
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SS |
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| Matthews |
Arthur |
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Pfc |
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| Mc Dowell |
Jack |
E |
|
Cpl |
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| Mc Laughlin |
John |
W |
|
Pvt |
32115959 |
|
KIA |
PH |
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| McManus |
James |
E |
|
Pfc |
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POW |
|
Stalag 7A |
| Moorehead |
Edmund |
Q |
|
Sgt |
14079988 |
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BS |
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| Morris |
Charles |
W |
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| Murphy |
Ernest |
P |
|
1/Lt |
0-1703042 |
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BS |
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| Murphy |
Jerry |
M |
|
Pvt |
19088355 |
3rd |
KIA |
PH |
Heumen |
| Nau |
Charles |
E |
|
Cpl |
13145277 |
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DSC |
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| Nelson |
Hudson |
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| Nersesian |
Murad |
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| O'Dell |
Lewis |
H |
|
S/Sgt |
15090281 |
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BS |
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| Pankoff |
Stephen |
J |
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| Panquet |
Henry |
P |
|
S/Sgt |
36159242 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Italy |
| Papale |
Emilio |
J |
|
Pfc |
31278934 |
3rd |
DOW |
PH |
Nijmegen |
| Parker |
G |
A |
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| Parker |
Willard |
E |
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| Piroc |
John |
J |
|
Sgt |
13053651 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Italy |
| Plaisted |
Norman |
H |
Sr |
Sgt |
13053651 |
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|
CIB PH(OLC) |
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| Randles |
John |
M |
|
1/Lt |
0-400400 |
|
|
BS |
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| Redburn |
Sydney |
J |
|
Pvt |
35250157 |
|
KIA |
PH |
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| Reilly |
James |
F |
|
2/Lt |
01392942 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Rupp |
James |
W |
|
Cpl |
13048633 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Italy |
| Russell |
C |
L |
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| Santalucia |
G |
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| Santillo |
Frank |
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|
Pvt |
32613830 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Sawyer |
Robert |
F |
|
Pfc |
31417646 |
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| Scalican |
John |
J |
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| Scally |
J |
V |
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| Scamihorn |
John |
E |
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|
| Scheuering |
W |
J |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Schmidt |
Theodore |
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Schutt |
Edward |
J |
Jr |
Pvt |
12167683 |
|
KIA |
PH(2OLC) |
Heumen-Lockbridge |
| Scinto |
Phil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Seifert |
Richard |
B |
|
Pvt |
33111017 |
|
DOW |
PH |
Anzio |
| Sentell |
Fred |
H |
|
Pvt |
34381745 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Sestric |
Robert |
J |
|
|
|
|
|
PH (OLC) |
|
| Shaifer |
Edward |
F |
Jr |
1/Lt |
0-26343 |
|
|
BS |
|
| Shipton |
Bernard |
C |
|
Pvt |
12055219 |
|
|
BS |
|
| Sims |
Joseph |
A |
|
Pvt |
|
2nd |
|
|
|
| Smith |
B |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Smith |
Harry |
N |
|
Sgt |
38463230 |
|
|
BS |
|
| Smith |
Richard |
A |
|
2/Lt |
01703072 |
|
KIA |
SS PH |
|
| Soltis |
George |
E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Spitz |
Robert |
L |
|
1/Lt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Stern |
Robert |
F |
|
Cpl |
19177387 |
|
|
BS |
|
| Stimpson |
Lawrence |
W |
|
Sgt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Taliaferro |
George |
F |
|
1/Lt |
0-451995 |
|
|
BS |
|
| Wagner |
Herman |
C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Walden |
Robert |
E |
|
T/Sgt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Walsh |
William |
P |
|
S/Sgt |
16007135 |
|
|
DSC |
|
| Whyler |
Paul |
B |
|
Pfc |
39527057 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Williams |
Clarence |
B |
Jr |
S/Sgt |
34514830 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Holland |
| Williams |
Edward |
|
|
Pfc |
|
|
|
|
|
| Winglar |
Adrian |
B |
|
Pvt |
36407081 |
|
KIA |
PH |
Anzio |
| Wolfe |
Hubert |
H |
|
Pfc |
|
2nd |
|
|
|
| Woodhead |
I |
H |
|
Pvt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zapalski |
Daniel |
J |
|
1/Lt |
|
|
|
|
|
| Zdancewicz |
Anthony |
|
|
Pvt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LEGEND |
|
BS - Bronze Star |
KODY - Killed on Duty |
PLTN - Platoon |
|
CAPT - Captain |
LT COL - Lieutenant Colonel |
POW - Prisoner of War |
|
COL - Colonel |
1/LT - First Lieutenant |
SGT - Sergeant |
|
DODY - Died on Duty |
2/LT- Second Lieutenant |
S/SGT - Staff Sergeant |
|
DOI - Died of Injuries |
MAJ - Major |
1/SGT - First Sergeant |
|
DOW - Died of Wounds |
MIA - Missing in Action |
SS - Silver Star |
|
DSC - Distinguished Service Cross |
MOH - Medal of Honor |
T/SGT - Technician Sergeant |
|
JWO - Junior Warrant Officer |
PFC - Private First Class |
T/4 - Technician 4th Class |
|
KIA - Killed in Action |
PH - Purple Heart |
T/5 - Technician 5th Class |
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