Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division
Stick 3 – 507th PIR
Operation Neptune – June 6, 1944
505th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
507th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
508th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3
Serial 6:
Drop zone: DZ “T” (507th PIR)
Drop time: 02:02
Dakota C-47 crew – Shalk 13
Pilot: Captain Paul Minor
Co-pilot: Second Lieutenant Henry Maxfield
Navigator: Second Lieutenant Robert Keyser
Crew chief: Technical Sergeant Frank Welden
Radio operator: Staff Sergeant Nelson S. Renold
Pathfinders – Stick 3 – 507th PIR
First Lieutenant John T. Joseph – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
First Lieutenant Claude V. Crooks Jr – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
First Lieutenant James H. Goethe – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Sergeant William E. Consolvo – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Technical 5th Loyd F. Durfee – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Technical 4th Paul B. Thore – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Corporal Roy E. Neideffer – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Corporal Alexander F. Turlo – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private First Class Robert E. Kelley – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Private First Class Milton F. Nielson – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private First Class Edward G. Miller – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private First Class Thomas L. Rodgers – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private James S. Carper – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Arthur Caton Jr – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private William L. Gray – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Private Melvin E. Marshall – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private Thomas J. McCarty – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 2nd Bn, Hq
Private James M. McCormick – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private John G. Saris – 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 3nd Bn, H Co
