The 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

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Medal of Honor Recipient

Cpl Paul B Huff

Distinguished Service Cross Recipients

Capt Carlos C Alden
Sgt Mike Baranek
Capt Roy E Baze
T/Sgt Carl R Clegg
Cpl Boggs G Collins
Pfc Leslie B Davis
Pvt Edwin C Hicks
Capt William W Moir
1/Lt Henry F Rouse
Capt Harry J Stone

Silver Star Recipients

Capt Carlos C Alden
Pvt Harold E Austin
Sgt Kelly C Bath
Pvt Hubert I Beatty
T/4 Eugene C Beckner
Pvt George Bell
Pfc Joseph R Blackwood
Pfc William R Bowers
Pfc Ralph L Burrell Jr
Cpl Elmer T Cardwell
Cpl Ray Carr
Pvt Loren E Chambers
Cpl Russell E Cook
Pvt Harry R Crane
Pvt Manley L Crumley
1/Lt Jack Darden
Sgt Francis A Dean
T/4 Theodore J Fina
Pvt Richard D Fisco
Sgt Abel N Flores
S/Sgt George G Fontanesi
T/Sgt John V Forni
Pvt Armarante C Garcia
Pvt Wesley E Gonderson
1/Lt Richard Grabow
T/Sgt Everett J Hall
Pvt Joseph Hoben
Cpl William J Holtz
Sgt Guy W Jeanes
1/Lt William G Kautz
1/Sgt William H King
Pvt Henry D Klisiewicz
Sgt Robert E League
Cpl Joseph W Lee
2/Lt Hoyt R Livingston
Pvt Joseph T Martin
S/Sgt Wilbur D Martin
Pvt Don L Maxson
1/Lt Justin T McCarthy
Sgt Walter L McCook
1/Lt Charles H McKinney
2/Lt Wayne A McMaster
T/5 Victor A Osburn
Cpl Milo P Peck
Pvt Hyman M Perlo
T/5 Alfred C Petzold
Sgt Frank Pfluger
T/Sgt Walter C Pope
Sgt John E Pumphrey
1/Lt Harry W Pritchett Jr
Cpl Travis J Russell
Pfc Charles W Robert
Capt Herbert Rose
Cpl Travis J Russell
2/Lt Robert L Sammons
1/Lt Kenneth R Shaker
Pvt Wilson Simons
T/4 James F Singleton
Cpl Frank M Speer
Sgt Gerald K Tilney
Pvt Alvin L Trumbull
T/Sgt John S Webster
T/4 Paul V Wilson
Sgt Dillard T Winkler
Capt William P Yarborough

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Pfc Houston C Akins 509th PIB Co A KIA 19 Feb 1944	Pfc Joseph R Blackwood 509th PIB Co A Silver Star Recipient	Pvt David G Bloyd 509th PIB Co A KIA 21 Aug 1944

Pvt Charles H Hopper 508/509th PIB Co A Bronze Star (508A)	Cpl Paul B Huff 509th PIB (MOH) Company A	Pfc Charles H Doyle Jr 509th PIB Co A Gingerbread Man

Pfc R. Q. Lester 509th PIB Co A KIA 20 Feb 1945	Cpl Lewis N Lindsey 509th PIB Co A KIA 15 Aug 1944	Pfc William A Rogge 509th PIB Co A KIA 23 Aug 1944

Pfc John M Van Ess Jr 509th PIB Co A KIA 31 Dec 1944	1/lt Dan A DeLeo 509th PIB Company A	1/lt Joseph J Winsko 509th PIB Co A KIA 21 Feb 1944

Capt Ernest T. Siegel 509th PIB Co A Commanding Officer

Pvt Ira J Butler 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Pfc Frank Campos 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Sgt Oscar F Crevelling 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)

S/Sgt Robert B David 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Pvt Larry J Ducote 509th PIB Co B KIA 25 Aug 1944	Pvt Charles E Flament 509th PIB Co B KIA 20 Oct 1944

Pfc Johnnie C Ford 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	T/5 Marvin R Gillman 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Cpl Samuel U Grant III 509th PIB Co B KIA 20 Jan 1945

Pvt Clyde P Hayes 509th PIB Co B KIA 29 Feb 1944	Pfc George P Hemsworth 509th PIB Co B KIA 25 Aug 1944	Sgt Emanuel C House 509th PIB Co B KIA 10 Feb 1944

Pfc Arthur E Lundquist 509th PIB Co B KIA 25 Aug 1944	Pfc Wallace D McClurg 509th PIB B Co Company B	Pvt Philip K Nachefski 509th PIB Co B KIA 20 Jan 1945

Pfc Justus F Patrick 509th PIB Company B	Cpl Milo P Peck 509th PIB B Co Silver Star Recipient	Pvt Thomas W Pennebaker 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)

Sgt James M Pile 509th PIB B Co Company B	Pvt Alfred Pipino Jr 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Pfc Leon V Potter 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)

Pvt John E Roediger 509th PIB Co B KIA 30 Dec 1944	Pfc George P Ruder Jr 509th PIB Co B KIA 20 Jan 1945	T/4 Paul V Wilson 509th PIB Co B/E Silver Star Recipient

Capt Ralph R Miller Jr 509th PIB Co B MIA 15 Aug 1944 (BS)	Pfc Joseph L Zadlo 509th PIB Co B KIA 25 Aug 1944	Capt Leslie D Winship 509th PIB Co B KIA 20 Jan 1945

Sgt Jack Berger 509th PIB Company C	Pvt C. G. Boyd 509th PIB Co C KIA 15 Sept 1944	Cpl Boggs G Collins 509th PIB Co C DSC Recipient

T/4 Roger Derringer 509th PIB Company C	M/Sgt Leonard R Haller 509th PIB Co C KIA 19 Aug 1944	Pfc Carroll E Herndon 509th PIB Co C KIA 28 Dec 1944

Pfc Andrew F Lijewski Jr 509th PIB Co C KIA 21 Jan 1945	S/Sgt William F Withem 509th PIB Co C KIA 28 Dec 1944	Capt William W Moir 509th/503th PIB C Co Surgeon - DSC/BS

Pfc Charles D Boisvert 509th PIB Company D	Pfc Milford L Dugan 509th PIB Co D KIA 11 Nov 1943	Pfc Robert L Mayle 509th PIB Co D KIA 25 Nov 1943

Cpl Edwin M Stapleton 509th PIB Co D KIA 29 Feb 1944	1/Lt Robert W Parker 509th PIB Co D KIA 15 Sept 1943	Capt Charles W Howland 509th PIB Co D MIA 17 Jan 1945 (BS)

Pfc William Ross Bowers 509th PIB Co E/B Silver Star Recipient	Pvt Ira L Brookins 509th/503 PIB Co E KIA 8 Nov 1942	Pfc Rex L Dye 509th PIB Company E/B

Pfc Wesley E Gunderson 509th/503 PIB Co E KIA 11 Nov 1943	Sgt Charles W Hood Jr 509th/503 PIB Co E DOW 7 Feb 1944	Pvt John T MacKall 509th/503 PIB Co E DOW 12 Nov 1942

Pfc Stanley E Palaha 509th PIB Co E KIA 10 Nov 1943	Cpl William Price 509th PIB Company E	2/Lt Dave C Kunkle 509th/503 PIB Co E KIA 8 Nov 1942

1/Lt Charles W Kurtz 509th/503 PIB Co E KODY 24 Oct 1943

Pvt Joseph A Bernardo 509th/503 PIB Co F KIA 3 Nov 1942	T/5 Robert D Daves 509th PIB Co F KIA 23 Nov 1943	S/Sgt Raymond J Donovan 509th PIB Co F/C Bronze Star Recipient

Cpl Leo C Inglesby 509th PIB Company F	Pvt Ocko F Leonard 509th PIB Co F KIA 20 Sept 1944	Pfc Rex D Sexton 509th PIB Co F KIA 19 Aug 1944

S/Sgt Jesse A Silva 509th PIB Co F KIA 2 Feb 1944	Sgt Harvey S Sutherland 509th PIB Co F Bronze Star Recipient

Pvt Norman P Smith 509th PIB Hq 2 Battalion	Pfc Sam Y Wong 509th PIB Hq 2 Stalag 2B - POW	Pvt Alphonse A Zoucha 509th PIB Hq 2 Bronze Star Recipient

T/4 Johnny G Aleck 509th PIB Hq Company	Pvt Allen H Bence 509th PIB Hq Company	Sgt Herbert W Carls 509th PIB HHC Demolition Platoon

T/5 Walter A Cherry 509th PIB HHC KIA 15 Sept 43	Pfc Ray Conklin 509th PIB Hq Co Bronze Star	S/Sgt Robert Bob Corey 509th PIB Hq Company

T/4 Nick De Gaeta 509th PIB Hq Co Bronze Star	Pfc Frank L Durand 509th PIB HHC	Pfc Roy E Gerdes 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 2 Feb 1944

Pvt Michael E Grimes 509th PIB Hq Co POW - Avellino	T/4 Theodore J Fina 509th PIB Hq Co Silver Star	Pfc Ralph V Hirales 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 25 Aug 1944

Pvt Don L Maxson 509th PIB Hq Co Silver Star	Pfc Edward A Peterson 509th PIB HHC Demolition Specialist	T/5 Lee W Polson 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 23 Aug 1944

Pvt James M Pyles 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 29 Feb 1944	T/5 Joseph R Rambin 509th PIB Hq Company	S/Sgt Arthur W Von Essen 509th PIB Hq Co 3rd Zouaves Reg Badge

1/Lt Lee M Webb 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 22 Aug 1944	1/Lt Hubert J Fiander 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 21 Aug 1944	1/Lt Richard J Grabow 509th PIB Hq Co KIA 27 Jan 1944 (SS)

Capt Carlos C Alden 509th PIB Hq Co Surgeon - DSC/SS	Pfc Clarence N Bergeman 509th PIB Hq Med KIA 24 Aug 1944	Capt Roy E Baze 509th PIB Hq Med KIA 22 Aug 1944 (DSC)

Maj John N Apperson 509th PIB Hq 1 XO KIA 24 Aug 1944	Pvt Stanley J Abramczyk 509th PIB 2nd Btn KIA 01 Dec 1943	Pfc Alvin Zandell 509th PIB 2nd Btn DODY 01 Dec 1943

T/5 Charles H Audet 509th PIB Hq 2 Bronze Star Recipient	Pvt James M Broadway 509th PIB Hq 2 2nd Battalion	Sgt James W Collins 509th PIB Hq 2 2nd Battalion
Sgt Guy W Jeanes 509th PIB Hq 2 Silver Star	1/Lt William G Kautz 509th PIB Hq 2 KIA 27 Jan 1944 (SS)	Sgt Joseph W Lee 509th PIB 2nd Btn Silver Star

Sgt Wilson Simons 509th PIB 2nd Btn Silver Star	Cpl John P Young 509th PIB KIA Belgium	Pfc Noel W Allison 509th PIB Company Unknown

T/4 Walter J Eide 509th PIB Company Unknown	Pvt James S Fabri 509th PIB Company Unknown	Pfc David L Maitland Jr 509th PIB Company Unknown

1/Sgt Lester C McLaney 509th PIB Parachute Test Platoon	Sgt Samuel G Thomas 509th PIB Company Unknown	1/Lt John J Klish 509th PIB Bronze Star (OLC)

Capt Henry C Tipton 509th PIB Hq Co - S-4	Col Doyle R Yardley 509th PIB - POW Commanding Officer	Lt Col William P Yarborough 509th PIB-1stABTF Commanding Officer (SS)