Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) Recipients
S/Sgt J G Eisensohn Jr
1/Lt Richard W Durkee
Cpl Robert H Hill
Pfc Brian C Hubble
Pfc Milo C Huempfner
Silver Star Recipients
Pvt James T Cleary
1/Lt Richard W Durkee
S/Sgt J G Eisensohn Jr
Pfc Frank Gould
Col Rupert D Graves
2/Lt Richard R Hallock
1/Lt Keith R Harsh
Maj William N Holm
S/Sgt Irving M Jacobs
Cpl Robert E Kabat
Sgt Mearlen G La Mar
S/Sgt Raymond E Little
Capt A A McPheeters Jr
T/5 Wesley A Richard
Sgt Blas T Valdon
S/Sgt E W Van Horssen
Lt Col Wood G Joerg
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551st Parachute Infantry Battalion
Roll of Honor
| LastName |
FirstName |
MI |
Tle |
Rank |
Unit |
Location |
Date |
Status |
Cemetery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Anderson |
Donald |
R |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
 |
USA/PA |
| Anderson |
Robert |
E |
|
Sgt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
PH (OLC) |
H-C |
| Baldwin |
Donald |
H |
|
Cpl |
Med |
Belgium |
2/9/45 |
DOW/505th |
USA/IN |
| Banks |
Ray |
|
|
Cpl |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/OK |
| Banks |
Wilbur |
M |
|
S/Sgt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
DOW |
H-C |
| Beauchaine |
Arthur |
E |
|
Sgt |
Serv |
Belgium |
1/45 |
|
USA/NH |
| Bejma |
Frank |
J |
|
Pfc |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/8/45 |
DOW |
H-C |
| Billman |
Lewis |
R |
|
T/5 |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
RHO |
| Black |
Sydney |
R |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/45 |
|
|
| Booth |
Donald |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/CA |
| Brooks |
Jake |
E |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
|
6/24/44 |
Tsfr/USAF |
| USA/MO |
| Brookshire |
Andrew |
H |
|
Pfc |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/NC |
| Brown |
Willie |
F |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| Butenhoff |
Marvin |
M |
|
T/Sgt |
SvcCo |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| Callahan |
Bernard |
F |
|
Sgt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
|
| Callaway |
Paul |
|
|
T/4 |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/6/45 |
|
USA/GA |
| Campbell |
Buford |
R |
|
Pvt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
H-C |
| Campbell |
John |
F |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
So France |
11/4/44 |
|
|
| Carroll |
James |
J |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
Tsfr/505th |
USA/NY |
| Chappell |
John |
F |
Jr |
Pfc |
Co C |
So France |
11/4/44 |
BS |
RHO |
| Chavez |
Juan |
R |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
MIA |
|
| Cheatham |
Robert |
R |
|
Cpl |
Co B |
Germany |
4/8/45 |
Tsfr/504th |
ARD |
| Christensen |
Harold |
|
|
Cpl |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/IL |
| Clark |
John |
L |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
Tsfr/504th |
USA/TN |
| Cleary |
James |
T |
|
Pvt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
SS |
USA/MA |
| Coley |
Theodore |
R |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
Tsfr/505th |
USA/GA |
| Collins |
John |
I |
|
Cpl |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/AL |
| Conley |
Dale |
E |
|
Pfc |
Hq Co |
Belgium |
|
Tsfr/508th |
|
| Couch |
Kimber |
|
|
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/KY |
| Dahl |
Charles |
E |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/ND |
| Davis |
Lorenzo |
J |
|
Pvt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/29/45 |
Tsfr/504th |
H-C |
| Deming |
James |
W |
|
T/5 |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
RHO |
| Dennis |
William |
E |
|
Pfc |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
USA/IN |
| Edgerly |
Joseph |
A |
|
Pfc |
Co B |
So France |
11/4/44 |
|
RHO |
| Ellis |
Jennings |
B |
|
|
Co B |
So France |
|
|
|
| Ellis |
Perry |
I |
|
Sgt |
Hq Co |
So France |
9/10/44 |
DOW |
S-R |
| Farren |
Joseph |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Hq Co |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
ARD |
| Ferguson |
Shelley |
C |
|
Pfc |
Co C |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY |
USA/AL |
| Fields |
Warren |
B |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
RHO |
| Fletcher |
Andrew |
H |
Sr |
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/WV |
| Frazier |
Sybol |
L |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Panama |
9/28/43 |
|
Panama |
| Friend |
Ernest |
V |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/MT |
| Funk |
Jack |
D |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/15/44 |
|
USA/VA |
| Gates |
William |
H |
|
Pvt |
Hq Co |
So France |
8/20/44 |
|
RHO |
| Gibson |
Ladd |
M |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
12/21/44 |
DOW |
LOR |
| Gould |
Frank |
E |
|
Pfc |
Co B |
Germany |
4/7/45 |
SS/Tsfr504 |
MAR |
| Harris |
Joseph |
|
|
Pvt |
Hq |
So France |
|
|
|
| Heneghan |
Martin |
A |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/IL |
| Hill |
Robert |
H |
|
Cpl |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
DSC |
H-C |
| Hoffman |
John |
F |
|
T/5 |
Srvc |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY |
USA/NE |
| Hord |
Oliver |
A |
|
1/Lt |
Co C |
So France |
|
|
|
| Hornacky |
Nicholas |
|
|
Pvt |
Co C |
So France |
|
|
|
| Hughes |
Felix |
J |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
So France |
10/8/44 |
|
USA/NY |
| Hundley |
Kenneth |
G |
|
Cpl |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
Tsfr/508th |
|
| Intinarelli |
Carlo |
A |
|
Cpl |
Co B |
Belgium |
12/24/44 |
|
USA/MA |
| Jensen |
George |
W |
|
Pfc |
|
So France |
10/2/44 |
DOW |
RHO |
| Joerg |
Wood |
G |
|
Lt Col |
CO |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
SS |
USA/AL |
| Kicinski |
Stephen |
|
|
S/Sgt |
Co A |
Germany |
5/8/45 |
Tsfr/505th |
USA/NY |
| Kuliffay |
Harold |
R |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
Tsfr/505th |
ARD |
| Kurtz |
Elmer |
J |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
DOW |
USA/PA |
| Kurtz |
Lester |
E |
|
2/Lt |
Co B |
Belgium |
12/27/44 |
PH(OLC) |
H-C |
| Lawson |
William |
C |
|
Pfc |
Hq Co |
So France |
8/20/44 |
|
USA/KS |
| Looney |
Jack |
|
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| Lucas |
Thomas |
B |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
H-C |
| Luening |
George |
H |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/MT |
| Martin |
Harry |
S |
|
Sgt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
DOW |
USA/WV |
| Mc Atee |
John |
F |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
H-C |
| Mc Bee |
William |
|
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/AR |
| Mc Grotty |
Kenneth |
D |
|
Pfc |
Srvc |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/OR |
| Mc Pheeters |
Archibald |
|
|
Capt |
Co B |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
Tsfr/505th |
USA/PA |
| Moore |
Roger |
W |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
H-C |
| Morrison |
Wendell |
E |
|
T/5 |
Hq |
So France |
8/14/44 |
Pathfinder |
|
| Mowery |
Robert |
R |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
H-C |
| Murphy |
Gerald |
L |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
England |
12/12/44 |
Tsfr/194th |
CAM |
| Myers |
Doris |
S |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/8/45 |
DOW |
USA/MS |
| Nottingham |
Glen |
E |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/9/45 |
DOW |
USA/CA |
| O'Dell |
John |
B |
|
Cpl |
Co A |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| O'Doherty |
Robert |
B |
|
Pfc |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/8/45 |
DOW/PH(OLC) |
H-C |
| Opitz |
John |
|
|
T/5 |
Srvc |
Belgium |
2/2/45 |
Tsfr/504th |
USA/MN |
| Parks |
Leon |
W |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
RHO |
| Parsons |
Cleo |
|
|
Pfc |
Co B |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| Patterson |
Lester |
L |
|
Pvt |
Hq |
So France |
|
|
|
| Peabody |
Rushton |
D |
|
1/Lt |
Co A |
So France |
10/1/44 |
|
RHO |
| Pearson |
Benjamin |
C |
|
Cpl |
Hq |
Belgium |
|
|
|
| Petty |
Ishmael |
H |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/WV |
| Piedescalzo |
S |
J |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/CT |
| Ploof |
Maurice |
P |
|
Pvt |
Hq |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
H-C |
| Ponder |
John |
L |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
Normandy |
6/6/44 |
Tfr/507th |
USA/AR |
| Preziotti |
Benjamin |
P |
|
Sgt |
Co B |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/NY |
| Ramsey |
Zolie |
|
|
Pvt |
Co C |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/TN |
| Reed |
Norval |
L |
|
Pfc |
Co C |
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/WV |
| Reynolds |
William |
E |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
12/10/44 |
Tsfr/317th |
LOR |
| Rolland |
Jack |
F |
|
T/5 |
Co A |
Belgium |
2/9/45 |
Tfr/508th |
H-C |
| Rover |
Roy |
A |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
Belgium |
12/27/44 |
|
USA/WI |
| Rowe |
Joseph |
G |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
So France |
11/4/44 |
|
USA/MD |
| Ryan |
Francis |
A |
|
Pfc |
Med |
|
4/6/45 |
Tfr/505th |
USA/MA |
| Ryan |
John |
B |
|
2/Lt |
Co B |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
DOW |
USA/GA |
| Sepulveda |
Ramon |
M |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
RHO |
| Shoup |
John |
W |
|
Sgt |
Co A |
So France |
|
|
|
| Simson |
Jack |
C |
|
Cpl |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
H-C |
| Sindler |
Harold |
C |
|
S/Sgt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
H-C |
| Sizemore |
Gerna |
W |
|
Pvt |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/VA |
| Smith |
David |
W |
|
Sgt |
Co B |
So France |
9/23/44 |
DOI |
USA/AL |
| Smith |
Mahlon |
F |
|
Pfc |
Hq |
So France |
|
|
USA/PA |
| Spera |
Louie |
N |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
England |
9/2/44 |
KODY/508th |
USA/CA |
| Stankus |
Lawrence |
C |
|
Sgt |
Co A |
Italy |
7/31/44 |
KODY |
S-R |
| Stopa |
August |
|
|
Pfc |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/7/45 |
|
USA/WI |
| Tatros |
Charles |
H |
|
Pvt |
|
So France |
9/12/44 |
Tfr/460th |
|
| Tenute |
Louis |
J |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/22/44 |
DOW |
RHO |
| Wafford |
John |
L |
|
Pfc |
|
MacKall |
2/16/44 |
KODY/NC |
USA/OR |
| Ward |
James |
P |
Jr |
T/4 |
Hq |
Germany |
5/4/45 |
|
USA/IL |
| Ward |
Trynca |
|
|
Pfc |
BHQ |
Germany |
4/30/45 |
Tfr/505th |
MAR |
| Watson |
Robert |
H |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/4/45 |
DOW |
USA/NY |
| Whalen |
William |
E |
|
Pvt |
Co C |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/PA |
| Wilson |
Cloy |
L |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/AL |
| Williams |
Max |
G |
|
Cpl |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
USA/NC |
| Williams |
Wilbur |
M |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
|
|
USA/GA |
| Worthington |
Justin |
N |
|
|
|
Ft Bragg |
5/15/45 |
KODY |
|
| Wright |
Thomas |
W |
|
Pvt |
|
Belgium |
1/3/45 |
|
USA/VA |
| Wright |
William |
J |
|
Pvt |
Co B |
So France |
8/21/44 |
|
USA/PA |
| Yellowrobe |
Alvin |
J |
|
Pfc |
Co A |
So France |
8/20/44 |
|
USA/MT |
| Ziegler |
Sam |
|
|
Pfc |
Co A |
So France |
9/2/44 |
747/Tank |
EP |
|
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