504th PIR WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient
Pvt John R.Towle
Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
Major Robert B Acheson
Major Julian Cook
Pfc Daniel T Del Grippo
Major Don B Durham
Sgt Shelton W Dustin
Cpl John Grenado
Pvt Thomas S Gugliuzza
1/Lt Roy M Hanna
Maj Willard Harrison
Pfc Raymond S Holsti
Pvt Shelby R Hord
Cpl Joseph Jusek
2/Lt Bernard E Karnap
1/Lt James R Kiernan
Pfc Joseph M Koss
Pfc William G Lanseadel
Major John S.Lekson
1/Lt James Megallas
Pvt Walter J Muszynski
Cpl Charles E Nau
Pvt Leonard Opper
S/Sgt Thomas L Rodgers
Colonel Rueben Tucker
S/Sgt William P Walsh
Silver Star Recipients
Pvt Howard Albert
1/Lt Chester Anderson
Pfc T H Bachenheimer
2/Lt Ralph S Bird
Pvt Maurice Bledsoe
Pfc William C Boyle
1/Lt Reneau G Breard
Cpl Daren R Broadhead
Captain T. Moffatt Burriss
S/Sgt Ross S Carter
S/Sgt Louis P. Damore
T/4 Rockwell R Easton
2/Lt Wayne M Fetters
1/Lt Hanford A Files
Pfc Philip J Foley
LTC Leslie G Freeman
2/Lt Henry S Furst
Pfc Frank E Gould
Pfc Abraham Gurley
Capt Thomas C Hegelson
2/Lt Wayne Hockett
S/Sgt William C Kossman
Capt.Delbert A.Kuehl
Major John S.Lekson
Pvt Eddie H Livingston
Pvt Albert L Lodge
1/Lt James Megallas (OLC)
Sgt Thomas McCarthy
Sgt Harold W Piper
M/Sgt William L Reed
2/Lt William D Sachse
1/Lt John E Schaeffer
T/Sgt Elmer R Scheffler
S/Sgt Marion Shagdai
S/Sgt William Thurman
PFC Benjamin P Walker
Captain George J Watts
S/Sgt William H White
2/Lt William G Yepsen
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Battle of the Bridges
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Blocking Kampfruppe Peiper
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Birth of a Regiment
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The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
 Service Company & Regimental Headquarters - Trooper Pictures
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Service Company |
S/Sgt Gilbert E Bonno
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 03 Oct 44 |
Pvt Rodney V Buchman
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 26 Dec 44 |
T/5 John C Catiller
504th PIR
Service Company |
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Pfc William T Frame
504th PIR
Service Company |
T/5 Jack D Fulmer
504th PIR Serv Co
KODY 30 May 45 |
Pvt Loy E Hallman
504th PIR Serv Co
DOW 26 Mar 44 |
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Pfc Harvey H Herbert
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 13 Nov 44 |
Sgt John T O'Brien
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 11 July 43 |
T/4 Gene Powers Jr
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 17 July 43 |
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S/Sgt George F Rolla
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 22 Jan 44 |
Pvt Harold E Stalkfleet
504th PIR
Service Company |
Pfc Edgar D Stephens
504th PIR
Service Company |
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Pvt William C Thomas Jr
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 10 Mar 44 |
S/Sgt Wa Fui Lee
504th PIR
Parachute Rigger |
 CWO John A Ward
504th PIR
Parachute Rigger |
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Capt Jack M Bartley
504th PIR Serv Co
KIA 21 Dec 44 |
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Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) |
T/5 Jack Andreas
504th PIR Hq-Hq
MIA 11 July 1943 (BS) |
 Pfc Elbert S Barnett
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Demolition Section |
 2/Lt Ralph S Bird
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Boxing Manager (SS) |
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T/4 William E Chapman
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 11 July 1943 |
Cpl Robert R Cheatham
504th PIR Hq-Hq
DOW 08 Apr 1945 |
Pvt Arthur E Collins
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 28 July 1943 |
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Pvt Russell K Dixon
504th PIR Hq-Hq
MIA 11 July 1943 (BS) |
 Cpl Lee B Eastman
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 7 April 1945 |
 Pfc David K Finney
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Communications Section |
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2/Lt Henry S Furst
504th PIR Hq-Hq
BattleField Com (SS) |
T/5 Wilmer K Hart
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Bronze Star Recipient |
Pvt Stanley F Kawa
504th PIR
Hq-Hq |
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Pfc Donald R Krueger
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Light Machine Gunner |
Pfc Quentin T Newhart
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 28 Jan 1944 |
Pfc Olcott C Smith
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Scout |
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Pfc William Zeller
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 7 Apr 1945 |
 Cpl Thomas Zouzas
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Regimental S-2 |
2/Lt Harold M Gutterman
504th PIR Hq-Hq
KIA 14 Nov 1943 |
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1/Lt Donald M Crooks
504th PIR Hq-Hq
RECON Platoon |
Capt Louis A Hauptfleisch
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-1 (BS) |
Capt Edson Mattice
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-1 |
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Maj.William Addison
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-4 |
 Maj. Mack C Shelly
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-3 |
Capt.Delbert A. Kuehl
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Chaplain (SS) |
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Capt Forrest E Richter
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-1 |
Maj. Fordyce Gorham
504th PIR Hq-Hq
S-2 |
Maj Don B Dunham
504th PIR S-3
KIA 17 Sept 1943 DSC |
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LTC W.R.Williams
504th PIR Hq-Hq
Executive Officer |
LTC Leslie G Freeman
504th PIR XO
Silver Star Recipient |
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Regimental Medical Detachment (RMD) |
 Maj Ivan J Roggen
504th PIR
Regimental Surgeon |
 1/Lt Francis R Cannizzaro
504th PIR Medic
MIA 11 July 1943 |
Pvt William A Bruckert Jr
504th PIR Medic
DOW 08 Nov 1943 |
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S/Sgt Guy Colley
504th PIR
Medic (BS) |
Sgt Claus Deutschmann
504th PIR Medic
Medic - RHQ |
Pvt Fred Grainger
504th PIR Medic
KIA 17 Sept 1944 |
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Sgt Gerald D Shaw
504th PIR Medic
Pathfinder |
Pvt Anthony J Trimarchi
504th PIR Medic
KIA 14 Dec 1943 |
Pfc Benjamin P Walker
504th PIR Medic
KIA 02 Feb 1945 (SS) |
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Other - (Company Unknown) |
 2/Lt Almon W Morton
504th PIR
Company unknown |
 Pfc Lenard A Engle
504th PIR
Company unknown |
 Pfc Thomas F Frank
504th PIR
DODY 31 Aug 45 |
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Sgt Frank L Robinson
504th PIR
POW/43-45 Stalag 3B |
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Give Me Something I Can't Do: The History of the 82nd Military Police Company, WW 1 to Iraq
Nov 2007, Authorhouse, 192 p ISBN: 1434337197
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Our Salvation : The 504th PIR Legendary Fight At Altavilla ISBN: 0692781676
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Amazon Apr 7, 2021. 186 p. ISBN-13 : 979-8734584361
Nigl, Dr Alfred J & Charles A Nigl
Silent Wings - Savage Death Santa Ana, CA: Graphic Publishing, Dec 3,2007. 288 p. ISBN: 1882824318
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We Wore Jump Boots and Baggy Pants Willow House, 1977. 118 p. ISBN: 0912450150
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