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508th PIR Regimental Pocket Patch

508th PIR WW II
Medal of Honor Recipient

1st Sgt Leonard Funk







Distinguished Service Cross Recipients
Cpl Walter J Bednarz














Silver Star Recipients
T/5 Donald R Adams
Sgt Warren F Albrecht
Pfc Charles F Andrews
Cpl Robert L Atherton
Pvt Sherman E Axline
Pfc Joseph J Baiek
1/Sgt Roy T Bennett
Cpl Clarence U Berry
Pfc Louis Boitano
Sgt Joseph H Boone
Pfc Hoyt B Boyd
Cpl Murray B Bridges








The 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Roll of Honor A - B


 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank Unit Location Date   Status Cemetery

Ackerman Harry F Pvt R/Hq Belgium 1/8/45 BS/DOW H-C
Adams Donald R T/5 Med/C Holland 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS/BS USA/MN
Akins Hugh J Cpl R/HQ Holland 10/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MAR
Albright John L Pfc Belgium 1/28/45 USA/MI
Alfonso Jafet Pfc Co B Holland 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS/MIA MAR WOM
Alfrey Howard J Pvt Co H Belgium 12/27/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures H-C
Alva Fidel Pvt Co F Holland 9/18/44 USA/OH
Alvarez Manuel L Pvt Co A Holland 9/20/44 USA/CA
Anderson Eugene E Pvt Co A Holland 9/30/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NE
Anderson Merlin B Pvt Belgium 1/22/45 DOW/England USA/WI
Angeloff Carl A Jr Pvt Co B Holland 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ARD
Anhut Charles R Pvt Co G Holland 9/21/44 DOW USA/MI
Apodaca Juan O Pvt Co F Holland 10/19/44 USA/NM
Appleby Gene J Pvt Co A Holland 9/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS MAR WOM
Arico Anthony Pvt Hq 2 Normandy 7/5/44 DOW NOR
Arnold Robert L Jr Pvt Hq 2 Belgium 12/23/44 USA/IN
Askren William V Pvt Co B Holland 9/21/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MIA MAR WOM
Atherton Roger L Cpl Co H Holland 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS MAR
Axline Sherman E Pvt Co H Holland 9/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS MAR
Babjak Andrew
Pvt Hq 1 Normandy 6/6/44 NOR
Bacher Willard Pfc Sv Co Holland 10/13/44 USA/PA
Bain Robert J Pfc Hq 3 Belgium 1/20/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/WI
Bair Charles E Pvt Co A Normandy 6/6/44 USA/OH
Baker Sherman L Pvt Co F Normandy 7/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/AR
Bako Lewis P Pvt RHQ Belgium 12/27/44 USA/PA
Baldwin Charles K Sgt Co D Normandy 6/14/44 NOR
Barron George E Pfc Co A Holland 9/19/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MAR
Bartholomew Ellsworth E T/5 RHQ Normandy 6/17/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/DE
Basile Seraphin J Pvt Co A Normandy 6/23/44 NOR
Bateman James D Pvt Hq 1 Normandy 6/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Bates George J Pvt Co C Belgium 2/14/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures PH(OLC) H-C
Battiste Nicholas V Pvt Co A Normandy 6/8/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MD
Bayne Walter S Pfc Co G Holland 9/21/44 USA/MS
Baysinger Sylvester T/5 Sv Co Normandy 6/6/44 NOR
Bazeldis Andrew F Pvt Co E Holland 11/10/44 USA/OH
Becker Warren W Sgt Co I Holland 10/20/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/IL
Beckwith Edward R Jr Pvt Co C Holland 10/26/44 Died as POW USA/WI
Bednarz Walter J Cpl Hq 3 Holland 9/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DSC USA/MA
Beers Donald E S/Sgt Hq 3 Normandy 6/12/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Belair Raymond C Pvt Co H Normandy 7/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/WA
Bellesfield Ralph P Pvt Co A Holland 9/17/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/PA
Belmontes Arthur F Pvt RHQ Normandy 6/17/44 USA/CA
Benedict Francis L S/Sgt R/HQ Holland 9/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS(OLC) MAR WOM
Bennett Frank A Pvt Co F Normandy 6/8/44 NOR
Benson Kenneth O Sgt Co H Holland 9/21/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MN
Benson Robert W Pfc Co H Normandy 6/7/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Benton Daniel R Pvt Hq 1 Normandy 6/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/PA
Bergstrom Carl W Pfc Co D Holland 9/17/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MAR
Billings Clarence N Sgt Co D Belgium 12/30/44 USA/OH
Billington Orren W Pfc Co F Normandy 6/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Birow Steve Pfc Hq 1 Normandy 6/22/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Bitterman Edward Pfc Co I Normandy 6/14/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/CA
Bizefski Joseph P Pvt Co G Belgium 12/27/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
Blackman Ben D Pfc Co C Normandy 7/15/44 USA/IN
Bledsoe Cecil W Pvt Co H Holland 9/21/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS USA/GA
Bohus William Pvt Co G Normandy 10/11/44 POW/Czech LOR
Bolin Raymond H Pfc Co H Normandy 6/7/44 Fr Fire BR
Bolin Rudolph E Sgt Hq 1 Holland 9/21/44 PH (OLC) MAR
Bollier Sherwood H Cpl Hq 2 Holland 10/2/44 USA/NY
Borzain Thomas B Pvt Co B Normandy 7/3/44 USA/CT
Bottoroff Francis I Pfc Hq 1 Frankfurt 10/11/45 KODY LOR
Botz William M Pvt Hq 2 Holland 9/18/44 PH(OLC) USA/NY
Bowen Francis N Pvt Med Normandy 6/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Bown Evan O Pvt Co G Belgium 1/7/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/UT
Boyce Emmett L Pvt Co B Belgium 12/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/VA
Brand Robert S S/Sgt Hq 2 Normandy 6/7/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Brewer Forrest V Pvt Hq 1 Normandy 6/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/FL
Brewer Robert R S/Sgt Co A Belgium 2/8/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS/MIA MAR WOM
Brightsman Gerald Pfc Co F Holland 9/19/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures PH(OLC) MAR
Brogan Harold J S/Sgt Co B Normandy 7/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  DOW NOR
Brown Charles N Pvt Co I Normandy 7/5/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MI
Brown Edward B Pvt Co C Holland 9/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/AK
Brown Guy D Sgt Belgium 2/11/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/NY
Brown Robert G Cpl Co B Normandy 6/14/44 NOR
Brunck Robert C Pvt Co I Holland 10/1/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  MAR
Bryant Elmer T Pvt Co B Normandy 6/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Buchanan Bill C Pvt R/HQ Normandy 6/25/44 USA/WY
Buchholz Elgin D Pvt Co G Belgium 1/12/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  H-C
Bundy Joe S/Sgt Co H Normandy 6/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  NOR
Burak Frank H Pfc Co E Belgium 1/31/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NJ
Burleson Joe W Pvt Co B Holland 10/1/44 USA/CA
Burns Paul F Sgt Co H Normandy 7/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NC
Butcher William H Pfc Hq 2 Normandy 6/18/44 Arlington
Butler Charles E Pvt Hq 3 Normandy 7/4/44 NOR
Byrne Donald F Pvt Co G Holland 9/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/CA
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books
R E L A T E D   B O O K S

Ambrose, Stephen E D-DAY June 6,1944: The Climatic Battle of WW II. 6/93, Simon & Shuster ISBN: 0671673343
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)  Arnhem 1944: Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993 96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Black, Wallace B.& Blashfield, Jean F. Battle of the Bulge (World War II 50th Anniversary Series). Crestwood House, 48 pp May,1993 ISBN: 0896865681
Blair, Jr, Clay Ridgeway's Paratroopers: The American Airborne in WW II. New York: Doubleday, 1985 588 p. ISBN: 0385278888
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Crutchfield, Winston S  Pathfinder: A conversation with Buck Hilton and other historical documents about Native American veterans  CreateSpace, 180 pp, Aug 2009 ISBN: 1448679559
D'Este, Carlo  Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
De Trez, Michel  American Paratrooper Helmets: Mediterranean & European Theater of Operations  June, 2010, Histoire & Collections, 272 p. ISBN: 2352501415
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
Falerios, Kenton J.  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
Francois, Dominique 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Red Devils Heimdal (Aug 2003), 120 p. ISBN: 2840481723
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Giard, Régis & Frédéric Blais Helmets of the ETO: A Historical & Technical Guide Histoire & Collections (Jan 2008), 216 p. ISBN: 2352500621
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin ISBN: 0718305213
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
Nigl, Dr Alfred J & Charles A Nigl  Silent Wings - Savage Death Santa Ana, CA: Graphic Publishing, Dec 3,2007. 288 p. ISBN: 1882824318
Nordyke , Phil All American All the Way: Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II Zenith Press, April 2005. 880 pgs ISBN: 0760322015
Nordyke , Phil The All Americans in World War II: A Photographic History of the 82nd Airborne Division at War Zenith Press, May 2006. 192 pgs ISBN: 0760326177
Nordyke , Phil Four Stars of Valor: The Combat History of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II Zenith Press, November 2006. 480 pgs ISBN: 0760326649
Ryan, Cornelius  A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
Turnbull, Peter I Maintain The Right: The 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion in WW II Authorhouse, Oct 31,2005. 204 p. ISBN: 1420871447
Van Lunteren, Frank The Battle of Bridges: The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Operation Market Garden Casemate, June 1,2014. 336 p. ISBN: 1612002323
Wildman, John B All Americans 82nd Airborne. Meadowlands Militaria, 6/83 ISBN:091 208 1007
The Center of Military History The War in the Mediterranean: A WWII Pictorial History Brasseys, Inc., 465 p. ISBN:1574881302



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