Groupement provisoire de Rangers

Provisional Ranger Group

Groupement provisoire de Rangers

Ordre de bataille – Juin 1944 – Bataille de Normandie

 

Etat-Major

Commandant : Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder (2nd Ranger Battalion)

Adjoint : Major Richard P. Sullivan (5th Ranger Battalion)

Troupes de choc et d’appui

2nd Ranger Battalion

Commandant : Major Cleveland A. Lytle jusqu’au 4 juin 1944, relevé et remplacé par le Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder

Headquarters Company : Captain James W. Wikner

  • Executive Officer : Captain Frederick G. Wilkin
  • Communication Officer : 1st Lieutenant James W. Eikner
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Conway E. Epperson
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant William G. Heaney
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant James McCullers
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Elmer H. Vermeer
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant John Erderly

A Company : Captain Joseph A. Rafferty (tué le 6 juin 1944)

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Stanley E. White
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Edward L. Sowa (tué le 6 juin 1944)

B Company : Captain Edgar L. Arnold

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Robert M. Brice (tué le 6 juin 1944)
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Robert C. Fitzqimmons
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Manning L. Rubenstein

C Company : Captain Ralph E. Goranson

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant William D. Moody
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Sidney A. Salomon
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Henry S. Golas

D Company : Captain Harold K. Slater

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Morton L. McBride
  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant George F. Kerchner
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Leonard G. Lomell

E Company : Captain Richard P. Merrill

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Theodore E. Lapres
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Joseph E. Leagans
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Robert W. Lang

F Company : Captain Otto Masny

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Jacob J. Hill
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Robert C. Armand
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Charles E. Frederick

 

5th Ranger Battalion

Commandant : Lieutenant Colonel Max F. Schneider

  • Adjoint : Major Richard P. Sullivan
  • S-1 : Captain Edmund J. Butler
  • S-2 : Captain William P. Byrne, Jr
  • S-3 : Captain Hugo W. Heffinger
  • S-4 : Captain William F. Murray
  • Chirurgien : Captain Joseph H. Hilsman, Jr
  • Sergeant Major : Master Sergeant Robert P. Davis

Headquarters Company : Captain John C. Raaen, Jr

  • Executive Officer : 1st Lieutenant Howard E. Van Riper
  • Communication Officer : 1st Lieutenant Louis J. Gombosi
  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant Quentin L. Knollenberg
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Richard J. Nee
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Jack A. Snyder
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Alvie A. Pugh

A Company : 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Parker, Jr

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Aloysius Wybroski
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Stanley D. Zlesky
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Morris E. Mooberry

B Company : Captain George P. Whittington, Jr

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Bernard M. Pepper
  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant Matthew Gregory
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Avery J. Thornhill

C Company : Captain Wilmer K. Wise

  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant John J. Reville
  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant Jay H. Mehaffey
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Thomas T. Sloboda

D Company : Captain George R. Miller

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Francis W. Dawson
  • Platoon Leader : 2nd Lieutenant Philip V. Thomas
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Charles T. Sloboda

E Company : Captain Edward S. Luther

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Rayford E. Dendy
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Dee C. Anderson
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Sandy Martin, Jr

F Company : Captain William M. Runge

  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant Frank E. Zidjuna
  • Platoon Leader : 1st Lieutenant William J. Mulligan
  • First Sergeant : 1st Sergeant Howard A. Mc Donald

Ordre de bataille spécifique à l’assaut du 6 juin 1944 à Omaha Beach

Task Force A : Major Cleveland A. Lytle jusqu’au 4 juin 1944, relevé et remplacé par le Lt. Colonel James E. Rudder

Headquarters Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain James W. Wikner

D Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Harold K. Slater

E Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Richard P. Merrill

F Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Otto Masny

 

Task Force B : Captain Ralph E. Goranson

C Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Ralph E. Goranson

 

Task Force C : Lt. Colonel Max F. Schneider

A Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Joseph A. Rafferty (tué le 6 juin 1944)

B Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion : Captain Edgar L. Arnold

A Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Parker, Jr

B Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : Captain George P. Whittington, Jr

C Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : Captain Wilmer K. Wise

D Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : Captain George R. Miller

E Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : Captain Edward S. Luther

F Company, 5th Ranger Battalion : Captain William M. Runge

 

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