508th Parachute Infantry Regiment

 

508ème Parachute Infantry Regiment : Colonel Roy E. Lindquist

Cie QG : Capitaine Robert Abraham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stick 1 – 508th PIR                          Opération Neptune – 6 juin 1944

Zone de largage (drop zone) : DZ “N” (508th PIR)

Heure de largage : 01h38

 

Equipage du Dakota C-47 – Shalk 16

Pilote : Miles

Co-pilote : Gilliam

Navigateur : Gene Wilger

Chef d’équipage : N. Herro

 

1/508th : Lt Col. Herbert Batcheller (tué le 6 juin)

Major Shields Warren

Cie QG : Capitaine Gerard A. Ruddy (tué le 6 juin)

Cie A : Capitaine Jonathan E. Adams

Cie B : Capitaine Royal R. Taylor

Cie C : Capitaine Walter Silvers

Pathfinders – Stick 1 – 508th PIR

Captain Niels McRoberts – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR

Second Lieutenant Robert J. Weaver – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq

Corporal R. J. Smith – 82nd Airborne Div.

Private First Class J. T. Barkley – 82nd Airborne Div.

Private First Class Paul Demciak – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, B Co

Private First Class Cipriano Gomez – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co

Private First Class Wilburn L. Sutler – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co

Private A. B. Cannon – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co

Private Donald E. Krause – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, B Co

Private Nicolas R. Trevino – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 1st Bn, B Co

 

Private James H. Weinerth – 82nd Airborne Div.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stick 2 – 508th PIR                                       Opération Neptune – 6 juin 1944

Zone de largage (drop zone) : DZ “N” (508th PIR)

Heure de largage : 01h38

 

Equipage du Dakota C-47 – Shalk 18

Pilote : First Lieutenant Lionel E. Wood

Co-pilote : Second Lieutenant Delbert W. Hoffman

Navigateur : Second Lieutenant Charles D. Gunn

Chef d’équipage : Staff Sergeant Harold Barr

Opérateur radio : Corporal Joe Comacho

 

2/508th : Lt Col. Thomas J.B. Shanley

Cie QG : Capitaine Chester E. Graham

Cie D : Lt. Norman McVicar

Cie E : Capitaine Eugene Hetland

Cie F : Capitaine Francis E. Flanders (tué le 7 juin)

Pathfinders – Stick 2 – 508th PIR

Second Lieutenant T. Murphy – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR

Second Lieutenant Lloyd L. Polette – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co

Sergeant Katsanis – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR

Corporal Ernest J. King – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co

Private First Class Murray E. Daly – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, D Co

Private First Class Carl W. Jones – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co

Private First Class Eddie Livington – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co

Private First Class Beverly J. Moss – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn

Private First Class John Ternosky – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co

Private First Class Robert L. Seale – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co

Private Robert A. Andreas – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co

Private Nick Forkapa – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR

Private John G. Gerard – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn

Private Frederick J. Infanger – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co

Private Howard Jessup – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq

Private Stanton H. Mesenbrink – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co

Private John P. Perdue – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, D Co

 Private Norman C. Willis – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stick 3 – 508th PIR                                     Opération Neptune – 6 juin 1944

Zone de largage (drop zone) : DZ “N” (508th PIR)

Heure de largage : 01h38

 

Equipage du Dakota C-47 – Shalk 18

Pilote : First Lieutenant Lionel E. Wood

Co-pilote : Second Lieutenant Delbert W. Hoffman

Navigateur : Second Lieutenant Charles D. Gunn

Chef d’équipage : Staff Sergeant Harold Barr

Opérateur radio : Corporal Joe Comacho

3/508th : Lt Col. Louis G. Mendez

Cie QG : Lt. Malcolm D. Brannen

Cie G : Capitaine Frank J. Novak

Cie H : Capitaine Hal M. Creary (tué le 6 juin)

Cie I : Lt. John J. Daly (tué le 4 juillet)

Pathfinders – Stick 3 – 508th PIR

Second Lieutenant Edward T. Czepinski – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co

Second Lieutenant Gene H. Williams (tué le 20 juin 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Sergeant Robert V. Barbiaux – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Technical 5th Francis Lamoureux – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Corporal Charles F. Calvert – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co

Private First Class Walter W. Harrelson (tué le 23 juin 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co

Private First Class Warren C. Jeffers – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private First Class Arnold H. Martin – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co

Private First Class Fayette O. Richardson – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co

Private Charles H. Rogers – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR

Private First Class John E. Sternesky – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private John J. Baldassar – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co

Private Hal A. Murdock – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co

Private Ralph W. Nicholson (tué le 17 juin 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private Cicero J. Parchman – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private Henry S. Pawlings (tué le 6 juin 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private John R. Rigapoulos – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co

Private Eric Stott – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq

 

Private Roscoe H. Walker – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co