(above picture)506th PIR Patch
101st Airborne WW II
Medal
of Honor Recipients
Lt Col
Robert G Cole
Pfc
Joe E. Mann
506th PIR WW II
Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
Capt Walter Amerman
1/Lt Elton E Brooks
Lt Col John S Maloney
Capt Tilden S McGee
Lt Col Lloyd E Patch
Capt Knut H Raudstein
Capt Charles J Santasiero
Lt Col William L Turner
Maj Richard D Winters
2/Lt Donald E Zahn
Silver Star Recipients
1/Lt Anthony N Borrelli
1/Lt Lynn D Compton
1/Lt Harold F Cramer
Capt Albert M Hassenzahl
Maj Oliver M Horton
Lt Col James L LaPrade(2)
Maj William H Leach
Capt Edward A Peters
Capt Bernard J Ryan
Capt Bruno E Schroeder
Col Robert F Sink (2)
Capt Ronald C Speirs
Lt Frank R Stanfield
Lt Col Robert L Strayer
1/Lt Wayne E Winans
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The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor Officers
| LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Status |
Cemetery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Barling |
Linton |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
Holland |
10/6/44 |
 BS |
USA/MA |
| Beatty |
Kenneth |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co C |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Blaum |
Paul |
E |
|
2/Lt |
Hq 2 |
Holland |
10/6/44 |
DOW |
USA/NY |
| Bolte |
Rudolph |
E |
|
1/Lt |
Co H |
Holland |
9/18/44 |
BS |
MAR |
| Carter |
Harold |
B |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Holland |
10/6/44 |
BS/MIA |
MAR WOM |
| Chambliss |
Turner |
M |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Co G |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
BS |
USA/DC |
| Colt |
Freeling |
T |
|
1/Lt |
Co F |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Cramer |
Harold |
F |
|
1/Lt |
RHQ |
Holland |
9/20/44 |
SS |
USA/NY |
| Diel |
James |
L |
|
2/Lt |
Co E-A |
Holland |
9/19/44 |
|
MAR |
| Fenton |
Lyle |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co D |
Belgium |
1/18/45 |
DOW |
USA/ND |
| Fitzpatrick |
Lawrence |
M |
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
Hagenau |
2/16/45 |
BS |
EP |
| Frye |
Warren |
H |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Holland |
9/25/44 |
PH(OLC) |
MAR |
| Gibbs |
Fred |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co G |
Holland |
9/18/44 |
|
MAR |
| Grant |
George |
S |
|
Maj |
Hq 3 |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Gross |
Jerre |
|
|
Capt |
Co D |
Normandy |
6/8/44 |
|
NOR |
| Gunther |
Walter |
J |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Co D |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Hall |
Russell |
E |
|
1/Lt |
hq 2-F |
Holland |
9/23/44 |
PH(OLC) |
MAR |
| Hill |
Andrew |
F |
|
WO JG |
Hq-F |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
BS |
NOR |
| Holstun |
James |
Drayto |
III |
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Horton |
Oliver |
M |
|
Maj |
CO 3 |
Holland |
10/5/44 |
SS |
MAR |
| Howard |
Gerald |
V |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Co I |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
BS |
NOR |
| Kessler |
Roy |
M |
|
Capt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/15/45 |
BS(OLC) |
LUX |
| Kiley |
John |
W |
|
Capt |
Co I |
Holland |
9/18/44 |
BS |
MAR |
| Knight |
Jerome |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Co I |
Belgium |
12/20/44 |
BS |
LUX |
| Knott |
Eugene |
P |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Co A |
Normandy |
6/13/44 |
|
USA/AR |
| LaPrade |
James |
L |
|
Lt Col |
Hq 1 |
Belgium |
12/19/44 |
(2)SS |
|
| Lavenson |
George |
|
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Normandy |
7/26/44 |
BS/MIA |
CAM WOM |
| Leach |
William |
|
|
Maj |
RHQ |
Germany |
4/13/45 |
SS |
USA/IL |
| Littell |
Howard |
D |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Normandy |
6/7/44 |
|
USA/NJ |
| Mac Dowell |
Carl |
B |
|
1/Lt |
Co F |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
PH(OLC) |
LUX |
| Machen |
Robert |
C |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
NOR |
| Mathews |
Robert |
L |
|
2/Lt |
Co E |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
USA/KS |
| Meehan |
Thomas |
T |
III |
1/Lt |
Co E |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
USA/PA |
| Mellen |
Charles |
W |
|
2/Lt |
RHQ |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
USA/NJ |
| Moore |
James |
H |
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Holland |
9/18/44 |
|
MAR |
| Pennell |
Robert |
M |
Jr |
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Holland |
9/25/44 |
|
USA/ME |
| Peters |
Edward |
A |
|
Capt |
RHQ |
Normandy |
6/9/44 |
SS |
NOR |
| Retan |
George |
O |
|
2/Lt |
Co I-A |
Holland |
9/17/44 |
BS/PH (OLC) |
MAR |
| Rock |
Harold |
R |
|
Capt |
Srv |
Germany |
5/5/45 |
|
LOR |
| Schmitz |
Raymond |
G |
|
1/Lt |
Co E |
Holland |
9/22/44 |
|
MAR |
| Seibel |
Thomas |
J |
|
2/Lt |
Co C |
Holland |
9/17/44 |
|
MAR |
| Semon |
Charles |
H |
|
2/Lt |
Co F |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
USA/OR |
| Stanley |
Robert |
I |
Jr |
2/Lt |
Co D |
Belgium |
1/14/45 |
|
H-C |
| Sutherland |
Sherman |
N |
|
2/Lt |
Co G |
Belgium |
12/23/44 |
PH(OLC) |
LUX |
| Thirlkeld |
Charles |
M |
Jr |
2/Lt |
Hq 2 |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
LUX |
| Tinsley |
Roger |
L |
|
2/Lt |
Co I |
Belgium |
1/14/45 |
DOW |
LUX |
| Tuck |
Andrew |
E |
III |
1/Lt |
Co F |
Austria |
7/7/45 |
KODY |
USA/NY |
| Turner |
William |
L |
|
Lt Col |
Hq 1 |
Normandy |
6/7/44 |
DSC/BS |
NOR |
| Van Antwerp |
Harold |
E |
|
Capt |
Co G |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
|
USA/IN |
| Watkins |
Harold |
E |
|
1/Lt |
Co D |
Holland |
9/23/44 |
|
USA/OH |
| Weisenberger |
John |
F |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 3 |
Belgium |
12/20/44 |
DOW |
USA/OH |
| Winans |
Wayne |
E |
|
1/Lt |
Hq 1 |
Holland |
9/20/44 |
SS |
USA/WI |
| Wolverton |
Robert |
L |
|
Lt Col |
Hq 3 |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
LM |
USA/WV |
books
R E L A T E D B O O K S
Alexander, Larry Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers NAL Hardback (April 2005), 320 p. ISBN: 0451215109
Ambrose, Stephen E D-DAY June 6,1944:
The Climatic Battle of WW II. 6/93, Simon & Shuster ISBN: 0671673343
Ambrose, Stephen E Band of Brothers:
E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest.
Simon & Schuster, (June 2001) 336 p. ISBN: 0-743-21638-5
Ambrose, Stephen E Citizen Soldiers:
The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945.
Simon & Schuster, (Nov 1997) 528 p. ISBN: 0-684-81525-7
Badsey, Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)
Arnhem 1944:
Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993
96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Bando, Mark A Avenging Eagles: Forbidden tales of the 101st Airborne in World War 2. Bando Publishing, (2006) 183 p.
ISBN: 0977911705
Bando, Mark A 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Press, (Apr 2001) 156 p.
ISBN: 0760308551
Bando, Mark A Vanguard of the Crusade:
The US 101st Airborne Division in WW II. The Aberjona Press, (June 2003) 320 p.
ISBN: 0971765006
Black, Wallace B.& Blashfield, Jean F. Battle of the Bulge
(World War II 50th Anniversary Series). Crestwood House, 48 pp May,1993 ISBN: 0896865681
Bowen, Robert Fighting With the Screaming Eagles:
With the 101st Airborne from Normandy to Bastogne. Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, (Sept 2001) 256 p. ISBN: 1853674656
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American
Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, (1989) 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Burgett, Donald R Currahee!.
Presidio Press, (Sept 1999) 256 p. ISBN: 0-891-41681-1
Compton, Lt Lynn (Buck) & Marcus Brotherton Call of Duty: My Life Before, During and After the Band of Brothers. Berkley Hardcover, (May 6, 2008) 288 p. ISBN: 0425219704
D'Este, Carlo
Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
De Trez, Michel
American Warriors: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers Prior to Normandy
July, 1998, D-Day Pub, 212 p. ISBN: 2960017609
De Trez, Michel
Cpl Forrest Guth: E Company 506 PIR 101st Airborne Division (WW II American Paratroopers Portrait Series)
March, 2002, D-Day Pub, 56 p. ISBN: 296001765X
De Trez, Michel
Orange is the Color of the Day: Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Holland April, 2004, D-Day Pub, 506 p. ISBN: 2960017633
De Trez, Michel
At the Point of No Return : Pictorial History of the American Paratroopers in the
Invasion of Normandy 7/98, D-Day Pub, 200 p. ISBN: 2960017617
Gardner, Ira & Roger Day Tonight We Die As Men: The untold story of Third Battalion 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from Toccoa to D-Day. Osprey Press, (April 21, 2009) 344 p. ISBN: 1846033225
Gavin, James M.
On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin
ISBN: 0718305213
Killblane, Richard Mc Niece, Jake The Filthy Thirteen: From the Dustbowl to Hitler's Eagles Nest: The 101st Airborne's Most Legendary Squad of Combat Paratroopers
Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, 288 pp May 1, 2003 ISBN: 1932033122
MacDonald, Charles B A Time For
Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Wm Morrow & Co
(P), 720 p. ISBN: 068151574
McKenzie, John
On Time, On Target Novato, CA: Presidio, May 15,2000. 304 p. ISBN: 089 141 714 1
Mehosky, Ivan P The Story of a Soldier. BookSurge, (Aug 2006) 348 pp. ISBN: 1419621491
Post, Robyn, Guarnere, William & Heffron, Edward
Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends
Berkley Hardcover, 10/2/2007. 320 p. ISBN: 0425217280
Ryan, Cornelius
A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Webster, David Kenyon
Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D- Day and the Fall of the Third Reich 352p. ISBN: 0385336497
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