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511th PIR Patch










11th Airborne WW II
Medal of Honor Recipients

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Pfc Manuel Perez Jr






























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The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion - Trooper Pictures

Company A
Sgt Pat Berardi - Company A 511th PIR - DSC Recipient (Source: Eric Berardi)

Sgt Pat Berardi
511th PIR Co A
DOW 27 Apr 1945 (DSC)

Sgt Cecil L Carter (Source: B Jeffries

Sgt Cecil L Carter
511th PIR Co A
1st Battalion

S/Sgt Charles E Cox - Company A 511th PIR (Courtesy : b Jeffries)

S/Sgt Charles E Cox
511th PIR Co A
Silver Star Recipient


T/5 Donald R Dinger (Source: Dan Dinger

T/5 Donald R Dinger
511th PIR
Company A

Pvt Robert H Dobbs (Source:B Jeffries)

Pvt Robert H Dobbs
511th PIR Co A
Bronze Star Recipient

Pvt Kevin A Foley (Source:B Jeffries)

Pvt Kevin A Foley
511th PIR
Company A


1/Sgt Oliver M Lewis - Company A 511th PIR (Courtesy of his daughter: Shelley Felt)

1/Sgt Oliver M Lewis
511th PIR Co A
PH (OLC)

Pfc Manuel Perez Jr - Medal of Honor Recipient - 3rd Platoon

Pfc Manuel Perez Jr
511th PIR Co A (MOH)
KIA 14 Mar 1945

Pvt Albert M Singleton - Company A 511th PIR

Pvt Albert M Singleton
511th PIR Co A
DOW 12 Dec 1944


Pvt John B Sopko - Company A 511th PIR

Pvt John B Sopko
511th PIR
Company A

1/Lt Theodore G Baughn - Company A 511th PIR

1/Lt Theodore G Baughn
511th PIR Co A
3rd Platoon Leader



Company B
Sgt John T Blansit - Company B 511th PIR (BS/PH) (Source: B Jeffries)

Sgt John T Blansit
511th PIR Co B
Bronze Star Recipient

Pfc James E Chenoweth - Company B 511th PIR

Pfc James E Chenoweth
511th PIR Co B
KIA 16 Dec 1944

T/5 Lee R Davis - Company B 511th PIR (PH) (Source: B Jeffries)

T/5 Lee R Davis
511th PIR
Company B


Pfc William G Drasher - Company B 511th PIR

Pfc William G Drasher
511th PIR Co B
KIA 17 Dec 1944

Pvt Lawrence E DuBay - Company B 511th PIR

Pvt Lawrence E DuBay
511th PIR Co B
DOW 19 Dec 1944

Cpl Glen L Fox - Company B 511th PIR

Cpl Glen L Fox
511th PIR Co B
KIA 13 Feb 1945


Pfc Richard W Martin - Company B 511th PIR

Pfc Richard W Martin
511th PIR Co B
KIA 15 Feb 1945 (BS)

Pfc Alfred F Mc Dowell Jr - Company B 511th PIR (PH) (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Alfred F Mc Dowell Jr
511th PIR
Company B

Pfc Kenneth M Pitman - Company B 511th PIR

Pfc Kenneth M Pitman
511th PIR Co B
KIA 20 Dec 1944 (BS)


Pfc Ray Waldrop Jr (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Ray Waldrop Jr
511th PIR Co B
1st Battalion

1/Lt Charles L Hayden - 5 Bronze Stars

1/Lt Charles L Hayden
511th PIR
Company B (BS)

1/Lt John Ringler

1/Lt John Ringler
511th PIR
Company B



Company C
Pfc John W Byrum - Company C 511th PIR

Pfc John W Byrum
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 April 1945

Pfc Rosario P (Zotty) Caltabiano - Company C 511th PIR (Courtesy of his cousin: Michael Dadko)

Pfc Rosario P Caltabiano
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Nov 1944

Pfc John D Futch Jr - Company C 511th PIR

Pfc John D Futch Jr
511th PIR Co C
DOW 5 Feb 1945


T/Sgt Eldon W Henry - Company C 511th PIR

T/Sgt Eldon W Henry
511th PIR Co C
DOW 7 Dec 1944

Pfc Jessie J Highfield - Company C 511th PIR (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Jessie J Highfield
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Nov 1944

S/Sgt Francis J Jarrell - Company C 511th PIR

S/Sgt Francis J Jarrell
511th PIR Co C
MIA 27 Nov 1944 (BS)


Cpl Henry A Kusmierczyk - Company C 511th PIR

Cpl Henry A Kusmierczyk
511th PIR
Company C

Pvt Mike Marcos - Company C 511th PIR Silver Star Recipient

Pvt Mike Marcos
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Apr 1945 (SS)

Sgt Edward McCaughey - Company C 511th PIR (Courtesy of his grandson: Shaun McCaughey)

Sgt Edward McCaughey
511th PIR
Company C


Pfc  Larry A Mc New - Company C 511th PIR

Pfc Larry A Mc New
511th PIR Co C
KIA 16 Dec 1944

S/Sgt Michael G Olivetti - Company C 511th PIR

S/Sgt Michael G Olivetti
511th PIR Co C
DOW 27 Nov 1944

Pvt Harry J Pickering - Company C 511th PIR

Pvt Harry J Pickering
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Nov 1944


Cpl Roy E Tennison - Company C 511th PIR (Courtesy: B Jeffries)

Cpl Roy E Tennison
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Nov 1944

Sgt James Walters - Company C 511th PIR Bronze Star and Purple Heart (Courtesy of his daughter: Julia Singles)

Sgt James Walters
511th PIR Co C
Bronze Star

1/Lt Joe C Phelan - Company C 511th PIR Silver Star Recipient

1/Lt Joe C Phelan
511th PIR Co C
KIA 27 Nov 1944 (SS)


Maj William Elliot [Bud} Whaley Jr - Company C 511th PIR (Courtesy of his daughter: Louise -Whaley- Horton)

Maj William E Whaley Jr
511th PIR
Company C

Maj Thomas A Mesereau - Company C 511th PIR

Maj Thomas A Mesereau
511th PIR
Company C (SS)



Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (HQ 1)
Pfc Carl J Bolas

Pfc Carl J Bolas
511th PIR Hq 1
DOW 5 Feb 1945

Pfc Carmine A Cicchetti

Pfc Carmine A Cicchetti
511th PIR Hq 1
KIA 13 Dec 1944

T/Sgt Sylvio V D'Avanzo

T/Sgt Sylvio V D'Avanzo
511th PIR Hq 1
DOW 8 Feb 1945


Pvt William J Ewing Jr (Courtesy of Toni Fansler)

Pvt William J Ewing Jr
511th PIR Hq 1
DOW 15 Feb 1945

Pvt Billy Jerome Horn (Courtesy of Lee Johnson)

Pvt Billy Jerome Horn
511th PIR
Company Hq 1

T/5 Kenneth D Penrod (Source: B Jeffries)

T/5 Kenneth D Penrod
511th PIR
Company Hq 1


Pfc Clyde L Rosen

Pfc Clyde L Rosen
511th PIR
Company Hq 1

Pvt LeRoy John Wilson

Pvt LeRoy John Wilson
511th PIR
Company Hq 1

2/Lt Thomas F Egan III - Hq 1 - 511th PIR

2/Lt Thomas F Egan III
511th PIR Hq 1
KIA 17 Feb 1945


1/Lt Arthur B McLaughlin - Hq 1 - 511th PIR

1/Lt Arthur B McLaughlin
511th PIR Hq 1
KIA 3 Dec 1944

MCol Ernest H La Flamme - Btn C 511th PIR

Col Ernest H La Flamme
511th PIR Hq 1
1st Btn CO (SS)




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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
Archer, Clark Paratroopers Odyssey : A History of the 517th Parachute Combat Team. 266p., 1985, ISBN: 0961601507
Astor, Gerald 'Battling Buzzards': The Odyssey of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team 1943-1945. 338p., 7/93, Donald I Fine Pub, ISBN: 0440236932
Badsey , Stephen & Chandler, David G (Editor)  Arnhem 1944: Operation "Market Garden" (Campaign No.24) 1993 96p. ISBN: 1855323028
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Brooks, Victor Hell is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific-Saipan to Guam, June-August 1944. Da Capo Press, (Sept 2005) 384 p. ISBN: 0306813696
Davis, Donald A Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. New York: St. Martin Press, (March, 2005) 400 p. ISBN: 0-312-30906-6
D'Este, Carlo  Patton: A Genius for War 1024 pp ISBN: 0060927623
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
Devlin, Gerard S  Paratrooper! St Martin's Press, (P) c1976 ISBN: 0312596529
Gassend, Jean-Loup Operation Dragoon: Autopsy of a Battle: The Allied Liberation of the French Riviera August-September 1944 Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. (May 28, 2014), 560 p. ISBN: 076434580X
Gavin, James M.  On to Berlin : Battles of an Airborne Commander, 1943-1946 ISBN: 0670525170
Golden, Lewis Echoes From Arnhem Penguin ISBN: 0718305213
Hicks, Anne The Last Fighting General: The Biography of Robert Tryon Frederick Schiffer Pub Ltd, 320pp, ISBN: 0764324306
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
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Beyond Valor  Free Press, 2001, 384 p. ISBN: 0684873842
O'Donnell, Patrick K. Into the Rising Sun: In Their Own Words, World War II's Pacific Veterans Reveal the Heart of Combat  Free Press, 3/13/2002, 320 p. ISBN: 0743214803
Ryan, Cornelius  A Bridge Too Far 670p. ISBN: 0684803305
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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