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511th PIR Crest
(above picture)
511th PIR Patch










11th Airborne WW II
Medal of Honor Recipients

Pvt Elmer E Fryar
Pfc Manuel Perez Jr






























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The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Service Company - Regimental Headquarters - Trooper Pictures


Service Company
T/5 Alfred A Crowell BS Para Maint(Source: B Jeffries)

T/5 Alfred A Crowell
511th PIR Srvc Co
Bronze Star Recipient

Pfc Herman W Eubank Jr BS (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Herman W Eubank Jr
511th PIR Srvc Co
Bronze Star Recipient

Cpl George A Pike

Cpl George A Pike
511th PIR
Srv/G Co


Pvt Lloyd St Clair (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Lloyd St Clair
511th PIR
Service Company

Capt Abraham H Snyder  SS/BS(OLC)

Capt Abraham H Snyder
511th PIR
CO Service Co (SS/BS/OLC)



Regimental Headquarters (RHQ)
Pvt Warren R Hibbard - RHQ 511th PIR

Pvt Warren R Hibbard
511th PIR RHQ
KIA 13 Dec 1944

Pvt Melvin B Levy - RHQ 511th PIR

Pvt Melvin B Levy
511th PIR RHQ
KODY 18 Dec 1944

Pfc Deane E Marks - Company Hq 511th PIR - Bronze Star Recipient

Pfc Deane E Marks
511th PIR
RHQ


Pfc Newell D Morgan - RHQ 511th PIR

Pfc Newell D Morgan
511th PIR RHQ
KIA 12 Dec 1944

Pfc Henry Padro - RHQ - 511th PIR

Pfc Henry Padro
511th PIR RHQ
KIA 15 Mar 1945

T/4 Rod E Serling - RHQ 511th PIR - Bronze Star Recipient - Radioman

T/4 Rod E Serling
511th PIR RHQ
1st Squad/1st Platoon (BS)


1/Lt Preston D Carter - RHQ - 511th PIR

1/Lt Preston D Carter
511th PIR RHQ
KIA 6 Feb 1945

1/Lt Merkel Varner - RHQ - 511th PIR Silver Star Recipient

1/Lt Merkel Varner
511th PIR RHQ
MIA 27 Nov 44 (SS/BS)

Maj Arthur L Moseley Silver Star Recipient - Air Medal/PH (Courtesy of B Jeffries)

Maj Arthur L Moseley
511th PIR RHQ
KIA 16 Feb 1945 (SS)


Col Orin D Haugen - Silver Star Recipient - 511th Commanding Officer

Col Orin D Haugen
511th PIR CO/RHQ
DOW 25 Feb 1945 (SS)



Regimental Medical Detachment (RMD)
Pfc Lowell A Beck (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Lowell A Beck
511th PIR Med
KIA 16 Feb 1945

T/5 James G Felion (BS)

T/5 James G Felion
511th PIR Med
KIA 21 Dec 1944 (BS)

Pvt Jack Mc Grath - Med - 511th PIR (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Jack Mc Grath
511th PIR Med
Los Banos Raid


Pvt Robert J Moffett - Med - 511th PIR Silver Star Recipient

Pvt Robert J Moffett
511th PIR Med
KIA 16 Dec 1944 (SS)

T/3 John (Jack) D Shoup (Source: B Jeffries)

T/3 John D Shoup
511th PIR Med
Combat Medical Badge

T/4 William W Verlander (BS/PH(OLC))

T/4 William W Verlander
511th PIR Med
KIA 15 Feb 1945 (BS)


Capt Matthew Platt - Hq 2 - 511th PIR

Capt Matthew Platt
511th PIR Med
2nd Battalion



Other - (Company Unknown)
1/Lt Robert R Johnson - Platoon Leader 511th PIR

1/Lt Robert R Johnson
511th PIR
Platoon Leader

1/Lt Thomas F Kennelley - Platoon Leader 511th PIR

1/Lt Thomas F Kennelley
511th PIR
Platoon Leader

S/Sgt Theodore E Johnson 511th PIR Honor Guard (Source: B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Theodore E Johnson
511th PIR
Honor Guard


S/Sgt Eldon E Loud

S/Sgt Eldon E.Loud
541st/511th PIR
Bronze Stars (2)

Pfc Clifford M Ross - Bronze Star Reipient (Source: B Jeffries)

Pfc Clifford M Ross
511th PIR
Bronze Star Reipient

S/Sgt Adrian D Sinsel (Source: B Jeffries)

S/Sgt Adrian D Sinsel
511th PIR
Company Unknown


Pvt Edward C Weaver (Source: B Jeffries)

Pvt Edward C Weaver
511th PIR
KIA 8 Feb 1945

Pvt Edward J Baumgarten

Pvt Edward J Baumgarten
511th PIR
Company Unknown






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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