504th PIR WW II
Medal
of Honor Recipient
Pvt John R.Towle
504th PIR WW II
Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
Major Robert B Acheson
LTC Julian A Cook
Capt Harry J Cummings
Major Don B Dunham
1/Lt Roy M Hanna
LTC Willard E Harrison
2/Lt Bernard E Karnap
1/Lt James R Kiernan
1/Lt James Megellas
Col Reuben H Tucker
Silver Star Recipients
1/Lt Harold C Allen
1/Lt James R Allmand Jr
2/Lt George A Amos
1/Lt Chester Anderson
2/Lt Ralph S Bird
1/Lt Reneau G Breard
1/Lt Robert C Blankenship
Capt T Moffatt Burriss
1/Lt Virgil F Carmichael
1/Lt Robert S Currier
2/Lt Edward C Digan
1/Lt Ross I Donnelly
1/Lt Charles A Drew
1/Lt Hanz K Druener
Capt Charles W Duncan
1/Lt James E Dunn
2/Lt Wayne M Fetters
1/Lt Hanford A Files
1/Lt Joseph S Forestal Jr
1/Lt Harry J Frear
LTC Leslie F Freeman
2/Lt Don E Graeber
1/Lt Richard R Hallock
2/Lt Leonard Harmon Jr
1/Lt Richard A Harris
LTC Willard E Harrison
Capt Thomas C Helgeson
2/Lt James C Hesson
2/Lt Wayne Hockett
1/Lt George A Johnson
2/Lt Bernard E Karnap
Capt Henry B Keep
1/Lt Howard A Kemble
1/Lt Edward W Kennedy
Capt Delbert A Kuehl
1/Lt Richard G LaRiviera
2/Lt Hugh R Manes
2/Lt Maurice Marcus
Capt Edson R Mattice
1/Lt Stuart McCash
1/Lt James Megellas
1/Lt Martin E Middleton
Capt Albert Milloy
2/Lt Paul M Nance
Capt Herbert H Norman
Capt John Pease
Maj John S Lekson
2/Lt William D Sachse
1/Lt John E Schaeffer
Capt Hyman D Shapiro
1/Lt Edward J Sims
2/Lt Richard A Smith
Capt William J Sweet
1/Lt John S Thompson
Col Reuben H Tucker
Capt Walter S Van Poyck
Capt George J Watts
LTC Edward N Wellems
LTC Warren Williams Jr
2/Lt William G Yepsen
R E L A T E D
R E S O U R C E S
The 82nd Airborne (CMH) Center for Military History
Sicily (CMH)
Salerno(CMH)
Naples Foggia (CMH)
Anzio (CMH)
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The 504th
Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor Officers
| LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Status |
Cemetery |
| Bartley |
Jack |
M |
|
Capt |
Serv |
Belgium |
12/21/44 |
 |
H-C |
| Beall |
William |
R |
|
Major |
Hq 3 |
Italy |
9/24/43 |
BS |
S-R |
| Beld |
James |
B |
|
2/Lt |
Hq-Hq |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
S-R |
| Breathwit |
James |
G |
|
2/Lt |
Co G |
Italy |
12/14/43 |
|
S-R |
| Briggs |
Richard |
H |
|
2/Lt |
Co I |
Sicily |
7/10/43 |
BS/MIA |
S-R WOM |
| Busby |
Harry |
F |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Holland |
9/20/44 |
PH(OLC) |
MAR |
| Cannizzaro |
Francis |
R |
|
1/Lt |
Med |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
MIA |
S-R WOM |
| Cline |
George |
W |
II |
1/Lt |
Co G |
Sicily |
7/10/43 |
BS/MIA |
S-R WOM |
| Cohen |
Eugene |
R |
|
1/Lt |
Serv |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
USA/NY |
| Collins |
Patrick |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co C |
Belgium |
12/31/44 |
PH (OLC) |
H-C |
| Crochet |
Milton |
J |
|
1/Lt |
Co B |
Anzio |
1/25/44 |
BS |
USA/LA |
| Crockett |
G |
P |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Belgium |
2/2/45 |
BS |
USA/OK |
| Cummings |
Harry |
J |
|
Capt |
Serv |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
DSC |
USA/NY |
| Currier |
Robert |
S |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Holland |
9/21/44 |
SS |
USA/DE |
| Danneman |
Otis |
A |
|
Capt |
Serv |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
S-R |
| Digan |
Edward |
C |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Sicily |
7/13/43 |
SS |
USA/NY |
| Dunavant |
Henry |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/30/45 |
|
USA/NC |
| Dunham |
Don |
B |
|
Major |
Hq-Hq |
Italy |
9/17/43 |
DSC |
USA/CA |
| Ferrill |
Willis |
J |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Anzio |
1/23/44 |
|
USA/MI |
| Files |
Hanford |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Holland |
9/17/44 |
 SS |
MAR |
| Foley |
Thomas |
J |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Anzio |
3/19/44 |
|
S-R |
| Gerard |
Gus |
|
|
1/Lt |
Co C |
Anzio |
2/10/44 |
|
LUX |
| Gerle |
Peter |
|
Jr |
2/Lt |
Co H |
Italy |
12/17/43 |
|
USA/PA |
| Gilson |
Frank |
W |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Italy |
12/12/43 |
|
S-R |
| Gutterman |
Harold |
M |
|
2/Lt |
Hq-Hq |
Italy |
11/14/43 |
|
S-R |
| Harris |
Richard |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co F |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
SS |
USA/NJ |
| Henderson |
Hugh |
A |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 2 |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
USA/OK |
| Henderson |
James |
F |
|
2/Lt |
Co D |
Ardennes |
2/21/45 |
DOW |
USA/OK |
| Heneisen |
Robert |
V |
|
2/Lt |
Co F |
Holland |
10/6/44 |
BS |
ARD |
| Hockett |
Wayne |
|
|
2/Lt |
Co D |
Anzio |
1/25/44 |
SS/MIA |
S-R |
| James |
Roy |
L |
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Germany |
2/2/45 |
|
USA/MD |
| Johnson |
Robert |
N |
|
Capt |
Hq 2 |
Italy |
12/16/43 |
BS |
S-R |
| Johnson |
Lawrence |
P |
|
Capt |
Co H |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
BS/MIA |
S-R WOM |
| Kaufman |
Herbert |
C |
|
Capt |
Hq 3 |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
S-R |
| Kemble |
Howard |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Belgium |
12/20/44 |
SS |
USA/NY |
| Kennedy |
Edward |
W |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Holland |
11/1/44 |
SS |
USA/MA |
| Kierstead |
James |
C |
|
2/Lt |
Co G |
Italy |
12/12/43 |
|
USA/NH |
| McOmber |
Marshall |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
S-R |
| Messina |
John |
S |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Sicily |
7/13/43 |
|
S-R |
| Morin |
Earl |
V |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/29/45 |
DOW |
H-C |
| Morrison |
Earl |
F |
|
2/Lt |
Co D |
Italy |
12/18/43 |
DOW |
USA/NY |
| Neilson |
Alexander |
|
|
2/Lt |
Co A |
Anzio |
1/30/44 |
|
USA/CT |
| Nightingale |
Lyle |
|
|
2/Lt |
Co C |
Italy |
11/18/43 |
|
S-R |
| Norman |
Herbert |
H |
|
Capt |
Co E |
Ardennes |
2/8/45 |
SS |
USA/GA |
| Preston |
William |
H |
|
1/Lt |
Co H |
Holland |
9/27/44 |
DOW/BS |
MAR |
| Reilly |
James |
F |
|
2/Lt |
Co B |
Anzio |
1/25/44 |
|
USA/MA |
| Rollins |
Harry |
W |
|
2/Lt |
Co D |
Belgium |
12/26/44 |
BS/POW |
USA/TN |
| Scheibelein |
Edward |
M |
|
2/Lt |
Co F |
Holland |
10/25/44 |
|
MAR |
| Seyebe |
Steve |
|
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
Holland |
9/20/44 |
|
USA/NJ |
| Sharp |
William |
E |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Co E |
Germany |
2/2/45 |
BS(OLC) |
H-C |
| Simmons |
James |
D |
|
1/Lt |
Co F |
Anzio |
2/16/44 |
|
USA/NC |
| Smith |
Richard |
A |
|
2/Lt |
Co B |
Belgium |
12/21/44 |
SS |
USA/OH |
| Snyder |
Charles |
J |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Holland |
9/28/44 |
|
USA/NJ |
| Spooner |
John |
W |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Germany |
4/7/45 |
BS |
MAR |
| Wall |
Ned |
E |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Italy |
9/17/43 |
|
USA/KS |
| Washburn |
Hubert |
H |
|
1/Lt |
Med |
Sicily |
7/11/43 |
|
USA/PA |
| Watts |
George |
J |
|
Capt |
Co G |
Italy |
12/12/43 |
SS/BS |
S-R |
| Wisniewski |
Edward |
T |
|
1/Lt |
Co D |
Holland |
9/26/44 |
DOW |
USA/NY |
| Wright |
Robert |
S |
|
2/Lt |
Co G |
Holland |
11/2/44 |
BS |
USA/CA |
| Yepsen |
William |
G |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Belgium |
12/20/44 |
SS |
H-C |
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