U.S.Airborne

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Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
Capt Frederick B Atto
Sgt John A Rich
S/Sgt Allan L Wright











Attached Units - The U.S. Airborne during World War II
1st Special Service Force (FSSF)
Roll of Honor K - Z


 LastName FirstName MI Tle Rank CO/Reg  Location Date    Status Cemetery

Kenna John A Pvt 2/2 So France 10/27/44    RHO (US)
Kerr Roberty M Pvt 3/3 Mt Majo IT 1/8/44   DOW/SS S-R (US)
Keyes John F Sgt 6/1 Cassino 12/5/43 ITALY (C)
King Reynold J T/4 4/1 So France 8/15/44   DSC USA/NY (US)
Kleinik Floyd K Pvt Sv Co Anzio 2/18/44   MIA S-R (US)
Knapp Leroy S Sgt 3/2 Italy 6/2/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS S-R (US)
Kolapack Henry Cpl 3/2 Holland 4/2/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  Groesbeek (C)
Kuehl Orrin F Pvt 1/3 So France 10/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  RHO (US)
Kuhlman Frederick L Pvt 3/1 Radicosa 1/14/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/IN (US)
Ladd Walter L T/4 1/1 So France 8/27/1944   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/OH (US)
Landy Herbert W T/4 1/3 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/RI (US)
Lanzi John Sgt 3/3 Anzio 2/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA USA/NJ (US)
Laporte John H Pvt 4/3 Anzio 2/3/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Larson Rudolph M T/4 6/2 Anzio 1/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Laughren J H Sgt 5/3 Italy 1/13/44 ITALY (C)
Lavallee Roger R Pvt 1/2 Italy 6/2/44 ITALY (C)
Lawrence Edwin H Sgt 6/1 Italy 5/30/44 USA/MO (US)
Lay Robert F Pvt 2/3 Italy 5/4/44 S-R (US)
Lazarski Egnacy J Pfc 5/3 Italy 5/23/44 USA/CT (US)
Leamons Albert C Pvt Sv Co Italy 5/24/44   DOW USA/AK (US)
Ledford William A S/Sgt 5/1 Italy 12/25/43 S-R (US)
Lee James E Pvt 3/3 France 11/1/44   DOW USA/NJ (US)
Leibli Larn V Pfc 2/2 Rome 5/27/44 USA/MN (US)
Lindsay George F Sgt 3/2 Italy 3/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW ITALY (C)
Lynch Merle M T/4 4/2 Anzio 2/12/44   MIA/BS S-R (US)
Lyons Clarence W Pvt 2/3 Holland 6/16/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures DODY HOLTEN (C)
Mac Donald Bernard S/Sgt 1/3 Anzio 2/16/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Mac Donald Donald Pvt 1/1 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Mac Iver Jack Sgt 1/1 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Madson Clarence Pvt 2/1 Italy 6/2/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Maki William A Pvt 3/1 Italy 5/23/44
Mann Rexford C Pvt 1/1 So France 9/7/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  FRANCE (C)
Mann William T Sgt 5/1 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Marks Thomas E 1/Sgt Hq/2 Italy 5/30/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Martin David J Sgt 2/3 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Martin Edwin C Pvt 2/3 Italy 3/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Mateja Frank T/4 2/3 Italy 1/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Mattila Elmer Sgt 5/1 Italy 5/29/44   DOW USA/WA (US)
Mays Bernard Pvt 2/3 Anzio 5/24/44 USA/KY (US)
McCabe James J Pvt 2/1 Italy 2/7/44   DOW S-R (US)
McCarthy Herman W Pvt 6/2 Italy 6/2/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
McCarty William T Jr S/Sgt 1/1 Italy 12/24/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
McDonald Edward L S/Sgt 4/2 Artena 5/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures BS USA/TX (US)
McDonald Edward M Jr Pfc 5/3 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/PA (US)
McDonald Theodore M Pvt 4/1 So France 9/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA RHO (US)
McDow Elzie S/Sgt 2/1 Italy 4/27/44   MIA USA/LA (US)
McLachlan Donald J S/Sgt 5/3 Italy 2/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Mc Leer Gerard J T/4 2/2 Italy 5/21/44 USA/NY (US)
Mc Masters Daniel C Pvt Hq/3 Italy 5/23/44 ITALY (C)
Mc Meekin Charles Jr Pvt 3/3 Italy 2/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS S-R (US)
Mc Nally Orrin Sgt 6/3 Italy 1/9/44 S-R (US)
Michaels Paul H Pfc 5/3 Italy 1/5/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/OH (US)
Mills Charles E Sgt 5/2 2/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA Groesbeek (C)
Mills Earl T/4 3/1 Italy 1/11/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  Arlington (US)
Mills Rosier L Jr Pvt 3/3 Italy 2/18/44   DOW S-R (US)
Mitchell E T Jr Pfc 1/1 Anzio 4/29/44 USA/KS (US)
Mitchell Ernest V Pvt 3/1 Italy 5/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW ITALY (C)
Mitchell John H Pfc Sv Co Italy 5/23/44   PH(OLC) S-R (US)
Molesworth Harry O Pvt 5/3 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Montgomery Frederick F Sgt 4/2 Italy 2/18/44   MIA S-R (US)
Moore Donald H Pvt 5/2 Anzio 5/28/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Moore Harry J Pvt 6/3 France 10/26/44 RHO (US)
Moser John P Pvt 5/2 Italy 2/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ARD (US)
Murdie Nicholas S/Sgt 5/1 Italy 2/5/44   DOW/POW ITALY (C)
Murphy F A Pvt 3/1 Italy 5/29/44 S-R (US)
Murray Thomas R Jr Pvt 5/2 Italy 12/4/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/IN (US)
Murray William E S/Sgt 6/2 6/4/44 USA/IL (US)
Mustard James E T/4 6/2 2/18/44   DOW USA/IA (US)
Nelson George E Jr Sgt 3/1 Italy 5/30/44 USA/WI (US)
Nelson Robert S Pvt Hq1/1 Italy 12/25/43 S-R (US)
Newman John N S/Sgt 4/1 Anzio 5/25/44 USA/OK (US)
Nielson Merrel L Pvt 1/2 Italy 2/20/44 S-R (US)
Nixon George Pvt 2/1 So France 8/16/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  RHO (US)
Ogle John C Pvt 3/3 Anzio 2/16/44 USA/OH (US)
Orvis Wilbert H Pvt 1/1 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Ott Arthur E Pfc 1/1 Italy 5/27/44   DOW/DR USA/WI (US)
Overton Robert P Pvt 2/3 Italy 2/16/44 USA/IA (US)
Page Clyde F T/5 Sv Co Italy 4/1/44 S-R (US)
Palmer Arthur G Sgt 3/1 Italy 1/13/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Paradis Laval J Pvt 6/2 Italy 12/7/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Parks Edward S Sgt 4/3 Italy 4/20/44   DOW USA/MD (US)
Parrington Kenneth A Sgt 6/1 Italy 12/8/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Patenaude Eugene F T/5 Hq/3 France 10/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NY (US)
Peet John G Pfc 3/1 Italy 5/10/44   [DR4C] USA/MO (US)
Peterson Edwin Sgt 5/2 Italy 2/7/44    ITALY (C)
Phillips Earl D Sgt 5/1 Italy 12/3/43   MIA ITALY (C)
Phillips Lorine E Sgt 5/1 Italy 12/25/43 USA/OR (US)
Phillips Milton P Sgt 6/2 Italy 12/4/43 USA/WA (US)
Piazza Philip M T/4 6/3 6/1/44 USA/NY (US)
Pike James Sgt 4/1 Italy 12/24/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Pinciak John A T/4 4/3 France 11/6/44 USA/NJ (US)
Poe Robert J Jr Pvt 3/3 Italy 5/25/44 USA/AL (US)
Pollender Paul E M Pvt 5/1 So France 8/30/44 FRANCE (C)
Potenza Thomas C Sgt 6/2 France 11/2/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW FRANCE (C)
Presnall William F T/5 1/1 Italy 12/24/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/TX (US)
Prestwich Charles H Pvt 6/2 Italy 6/7/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW ITALY (C)
Purcell Charles J Pvt 1/2 Anzio 5/23/44 USA/NY (US)
Purvis Ray E Sgt 5/2 Italy 5/1/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MO (US)
Rader Samuel L T/4 1/2 So France 9/12/44 USA/NY (US)
Ranger Jack Sgt 4/2 Italy 3/21/44    ITALY (C)
Reddy Stephen B Pvt 2/1 Italy 5/10/44 ITALY (C)
Reed Emmett J Pvt 4/3 So France 9/9/44 USA/KY (US)
Reynolds Charles F Sgt 2/1 Italy 2/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Rhoads Vinton D Pvt 1/1 Italy 12/24/43 S-R (US)
Rice John J Pvt 5/1 Anzio 3/21/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MN (US)
Richardson Garnet C S/Sgt 3/2 Italy 2/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Richardson Harry K Pvt 4/2 Italy 12/4/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Richer Kenneth W Sgt 5/2 Italy 5/30/44   DOW S-R (US)
Rigby Don A Pvt 1/3 Nice 9/28/44   DOW USA/UT (US)
Robinson George J Sgt 6/2 Italy 2/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Rodeheaver Harrison G Pvt 3/1 Italy 12/6/43 USA/WV (US)
Roderick Robert S S/Sgt 1/1 Italy 1/14/44   SS USA/TX (US)
Ross John F Pvt 1/1 Italy 12/10/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW ITALY (C)
Rounds Patrick E T/4 2/1 Italy 2/15/44 USA/NY (US)
Roziere Lionel R Sgt 2/1 Anzio 5/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures POW ITALY (C)
Ruark Walter D Jr Cpl 4/2 France 10/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  RHO (US)
Russell Lawrence H Pvt 4/1 4/9/44   BS/PH(OLC) ARD (US)
Ryan Michae; J Pvt 4/1 Italy 5/28/44 ITALY (C)
Saathoff W E T/5 Sv Co Anzio 4/7/44   DOW S-R (US)
Sabean Harold G Sgt 3/2 Holland 4/15/45   Photo on Trooper Pictures  HOLTEN (C)
Sabourin J P Cpl 2/2 Italy 3/7/44 ITALY (C)
Sanders Albert S Pvt 5/3 Italy 6/1/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures [DR4] USA/TX (US)
Sanders Owen B Jr Pvt 3/1 Italy 5/22/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures [DR] S-R (US)
Sandifer Travis W Pvt 2/1 Italy 12/6/43 USA/LA (US)
Sceremko Michael Pvt 4/3 Italy 2/20/44 S-R (US)
Schmidt Floyd S Sgt 6/2 So France 8/27/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  FRANCE (C)
Schmidt Harold G Pvt 1/2 So France 8/15/44 RHO (US)
Schneider Jerome R Jr Sgt 6/2 Italy 12/5/43 S-R (US)
Schofield James D Pvt 4/3 Italy 3/13/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Scholl Gordon B Jr Pvt 3/3 Italy 5/31/44   DOW S-R (US)
Schultz Theodore T T/4 2/2 Anzio 2/9/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/CT (US)
Schumm Arthur L 1/Sgt 1/2 Anzio 2/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/CA (US)
Schwartz Vincent G Pvt Sv Co Italy 2/18/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA/BS S-R (US)
Serrick Daniel S/Sgt 2/1 Italy 5/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures SS ITALY (C)
Sheppard Russell Pvt 3/3 Italy 5/25/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Shook Paul T Pvt 4/1 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/IL (US)
Slatumas Stanley S/Sgt 6/3 Italy 12/4/43 USA/NH (US)
Slaughter Wilbert T/4 5/2 Italy 2/17/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/IN (US)
Smith Gordon A Pvt 2/2 Italy 12/6/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA ITALY (C)
Smith George H T/4 1/1 Italy 12/24/43 USA/IL (US)
Sorber Henry A Sgt 3/1 Italy 5/30/44   PH(OLC) S-R (US)
Springer John W Pvt 5/2 Lazio 2/20/44   MIA S-R (US)
Starr Hugh R T/5 Sv Co So France 8/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/OH (US)
Steffke Lester M Sgt 1/3 Italy 6/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MI (US)
Stewart Richard A T/4 5/2 Italy 12/5/43 USA/MO (US)
Stockton Paul L Pvt 4/1 Italy 12/24/43 USA/CA (US)
Storey H J Pvt 3/3 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Sullenger Leopold B T/4 6/1 Italy 2/8/44 USA/OK (US)
Suotaila Sulo R Pvt 1/2 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Swank Glenn W Pfc Sv Co So France 10/6/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  RHO (US)
Tighe Edward J Pvt 2/2 Italy 5/21/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/NY (US)
Tomasoski Frank J T/4 3/1 So France 8/20/44   DOW USA/IL (US)
Tomory Andrew Jr Sgt 5/1 Italy 5/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/MI (US)
Tourangeau Wallace A Pvt 1/3 Italy 5/28/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Traxler David R Pvt 4/2 Italy 6/2/44 ITALY (C)
Upchurch Willard M S/Sgt 2/3 Italy 1/11/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  USA/TN (US)
Veitenheimer Clayton F Sgt 6/2 Italy 2/24/44 ITALY (C)
Vickers Charles E T/4 6/2 France 10/7/44 USA/AL (US)
Vinson Napoleon B Pvt Sv Co Italy 5/30/44 USA/TX (US)
Violette Jean M Cpl 6/1 Italy 12/12/43   DOW ITALY (C)
Wade Daniel Pvt 1/2 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Walden John C S/Sgt 5/3 Anzio 2/26/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW USA/TX (US)
Waldrum Cecil C Pvt 4/3 Lazio 2/16/44 USA/TX (US)
Walkmeister John L Sgt Hq/1 So France 8/16/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA RHO (US)
Wall Alexander Cpl 3/3 Italy 5/23/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Wall Edward J Jr T/4 Hq1/2 France 10/25/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures DOW RHO (US)
Walsh Harold G Pvt 5/3 Italy 5/24/44   DOW USA/PA (US)
Weide Richard B Sgt 6/1 Italy 5/23/44 S-R (US)
Weldon Luther P Pvt 1/2 Italy 5/21/44   MIA ITALY (C)
Wesolowski Andrew J T/4 2/2 Anzio 5/21/44 USA/IL (US)
West Cecil W Sgt 3/2 Italy 12/8/43 USA/ID (US)
White Harley L T/5 Mtn France 10/9/44 USA/MO (US)
Wibben Nicholas J S/Sgt 2/2 Italy 12/7/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures MIA S-R (US)
Wickstrom Henry W Sgt 2/1 Italy 5/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Wilcox Glenn J Pvt 4/2 Italy 5/30/44 USA/MO (US)
Williams A T/4 4/2 12/5/43
Williams Chester J Jr T/4 6/3 Italy 1/7/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Williams J Pfc 5/1 5/27/44
Wilson Albert R Pvt 4/3 Italy 5/30/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Wilson George Pvt 5/3 Italy 5/23/44 USA/TN (US)
Wilson Harry M Pvt 5/1 Italy 12/3/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Wilson Lester A S/Sgt 2/2 Italy 1/27/44 S-R (US)
Wilson Roy Sgt 5/1 Italy 12/25/43   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Wisniewski Charles S Pvt 1/3 Italy 5/28/44 USA/IL (US)
Wittbrodt Raymond S T/4 6/3 Italy 5/29/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Wocalewski William M Sgt 5/2 Italy 12/5/43 ITALY (US)
Wood Fred J Jr Pvt 2/2 Anzio 5/23/44 S-R (US)
Wray W J Sgt 5/2 12/4/43
Wright Francis B Pvt Hq fe Italy 1/15/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  ITALY (C)
Wright Stephen J Pvt 1/2 So France 9/13/44 FRANCE (C)
Wudarcki Roman B S/Sgt Mtn Italy 5/24/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Yancey Donald F Pvt 3/1 Italy 1/14/44 USA/MO (US)
Zebley John F T/4 2/1 Italy 5/23/44 USA/MT (US)
Zekkey Joseph Pvt 6/3 Italy 5/24/44 S-R (US)
Zier Jacob T/4 4/3 Italy 1/4/44   Photo on Trooper Pictures  S-R (US)
Zobel Herbert F T/4 6/1 Italy 12/6/43   DOW S-R (US)


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THE ORIGINAL LIST IS from the book
        BY ROBERT D BURHANS
THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE









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
Breuer, William B Geronimo! American Paratroopers in WWII. New York: St. Martin Press, 1989 621 p. ISBN: 0-312-03350-8
Breuer, William B Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of the South of France. Presidio Press, Sept 1987 261 p. ISBN: 0891413073
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
De Trez, Michel  First Airborne Task Force: Pictorial History of the Allied Paratroopers in the Invasion of Southern France 7/98, D-Day Pub, 500 p. ISBN: 2960017625
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
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
Yardley, Doyle R  Home Was Never Like This. Yardley Enterprises, Aug, 2002, 312 p. ISBN:0971743908


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