Easy Company soldiers during World War II
The True Story of the Men of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne
- Senior unit executives (ranks obtained at the end of the Second World War):
Major General Maxwell Davenport Taylor (101st Airborne Division) (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987)
Brigadier General Anthony Clement McAuliffe (101st Airborne Division) (July 2, 1898 – August 11, 1975)
Major Clarence Hester (506 PIR S-3)
Colonel Robert Frederick Sink (506th Regiment) (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer (506 PIR deputy) (March 2, 1912 – December 18, 2002)
Major Richard D. Winters (2nd Battalion deputy and then commander) (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011)
Major Clarence Hester (506 PIR S-3)
Captain Salve H. Matheson (506 PIR S-4) (August 11, 1920 – January 8, 2005)
Major Oliver M. Horton (2nd Battalion Adjutant) (killed October 5, 1944)
Captain Lewis Nixon (2nd Battalion S-2, 506 PIR S-2, 2nd Battalion S-3) (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995)
Captain Herbert M. Sobel (506th PIR S-4) (January 26, 1912 – September 30, 1987)
First Lieutenant Henry Jones (506 PIR) (May 21, 1922 – July 21, 1947)
- Members of Easy Company (ranks earned at the end of World War II):
Captain Herbert M. Sobel (January 26, 1912 – September 30, 1987)
First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (July 8, 1921 – June 6, 1944)
Captain Richard D. Winters (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011)
First Lieutenant Frederick Theodore Heyliger (June 23, 1916 – November 2, 2001)
First Lieutenant Norman Staunton Dike, Jr. (May 19, 1918 – June 23, 1985)
Captain Ronald C. Speirs (April 20, 1920 – April 11, 2007)
First Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer
First Lieutenant Lynn D. Compton (December 31, 1921 – February 26, 2012)
First Lieutenant Robert H. Cowing (January 4, 1921 – February 26, 2012) 1922 – April 15, 2005)
First Lieutenant James K. Davis
First Lieutenant Jack Edward Foley (August 18, 1922 – September 14, 2009)
First Lieutenant Roy Paul Gates (born July 25, 1921)
First Lieutenant Sterling W. Horner (July 12, 1926 – February 13, 2001)
First Lieutenant Richard H. Hughes II
First Lieutenant George Lavenson (killed July 1944)
First Lieutenant Robert I. Matthews (killed June 6, 1944)
First Lieutenant Walter L. Moore
First Lieutenant Francis L. O’Brien (killed December 1944)
First Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock
First Lieutenant Ben M. Perkins
First Lieutenant John E. Pisancin (December 21, 1917 – May 1983)
First Lieutenant Warren R. Rousch (November 16, 1916 – February 4, 1999)
First Lieutenant Raymond G. Schmitz (killed September 22, 1944)
First Lieutenant Edward David Shames (born June 13, 1922)
First Lieutenant J.B. Stokes (born 1922)
First Lieutenant Patrick J. Sweeney
First Lieutenant Harry F. Welsh (September 27, 1918 – January 21, 1995)
Second Lieutenant Archibold Smith Barnwell
Second Lieutenant James L. Diel (1922 – September 19, 1944)
Second Lieutenant Charles A. Hudson
Second Lieutenant Henry Jones (May 21, 1922 – July 21, 1947)
Second Lieutenant Clifford Carwood Lipton (January 30, 1920 – December 16, 2001)
Second Lieutenant Charles R. Rexrode (May 13, 1921 – December 30, 2003)
First Sergeant William S. Evans (killed June 6, 1922 – December 16, 2003) 1944)
Technical Sergeant Burton Pat Christenson (July 23, 1922 – December 15, 1999)
Technical Sergeant Donald George Malarkey (July 31, 1921 – September 30, 2017)
Staff Sergeant Norman A. Ford
Staff Sergeant Charles E. Grant (1922–1984)
Staff Sergeant William Joseph Guarnere (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014)
Staff Sergeant Earl L. Hale (January 17, 1915 – April 7, 1999)
Staff Sergeant Steven A. Kudla
Staff Sergeant Albert L. Mampre (born May 1922)
Staff Sergeant John W. Martin (May 12, 1922 – January 26, 2005)
Staff Sergeant Leo Joseph Matz (born 1925)
Staff Sergeant Darrell C. Powers (March 13, 1923 – June 17, 2009)
Staff Sergeant Murray B. Roberts (killed June 6, 1944)
Staff Sergeant Frank Joseph Soboleski (born June 18, 1925)
Staff Sergeant Floyd M. Talbert (August 26, 1923 – October 10, 1982)
Staff Sergeant Joseph J. Toye (March 14, 1919 – September 3, 1995)
Staff Sergeant Denver Randleman (November 20, 1920 – June 26, 2003)
Staff Sergeant Robert T. Smith
Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Stedman (April 4, 1921 – February 12, 1995)
Staff Sergeant Joseph P. Whitecavage (May 15, 1921 – July 1972)
Sergeant James H. Alley, Jr. (July 20, 1922 – March 14, 2008)
Sergeant Roderick Bain (born 1922)
Sergeant Paul L. Becker
Sergeant Leo D. Boyle (October 6, 1913 – December 22, 1997)
Sergeant Gordon F. Carson (August 5, 1923 – November 13, 1998)
Sergeant James Coombs
Sergeant Bernard S. Cunningham (December 14, 1920 – June 20, 1992)
Sergeant Lloyd D. Guy (December 26, 1921 – April 22, 1995)
Sergeant Taskel Ellis (October 15, 1921 – July 17, 2001)
Sergeant Hanes
Sergeant Herman E. Hanson (died 1971)
Sergeant Hayden
Sergeant Haynes
Sergeant J. D. Henderson (November 21, 1921 – February 15, 2002)
Sergeant Walter L. Hendrix (December 20, 1924 – February 15, 2000)
Sergeant Sherman M. Irish (July 4, 1921 – April 1986)
Sergeant William F. Kiehn (1921 – February 10, 1945)
Sergeant Clancy Odel Lyall (born October 14, 1925)
Sergeant John C. Lynch
Sergeant Robert A. Mann
Sergeant Robert K. Marsh (June 5, 1924 – July 30, 2005)
Sergeant Thomas A. McCreary (March 3, 1914 – April 23, 1989)
Sergeant Kenneth D. Mercier (April 1, 1920 – July 24, 1990)
Sergeant Harvey H. Morehead (November 14, 1917 – October 1979)
Sergeant Warren H. Muck (January 31, 1922 – January 10, 1945)
Sergeant Elmer L. Murray Jr. (1921 – June 6, 1944)
Sergeant Richard E. Owen (killed June 6, 1944)
Sergeant Robert J. Rader (October 9, 1923 – April 5, 1997)
Sergeant Robert Burr Smith (May 2, 1924 – January 1983)
Sergeant Myron Ranney (November 21, 1922 – September 23, 1988)
Sergeant Carl N. Riggs (1920 – June 6, 1944)
Sergeant Paul Clifford Rogers (born July 12, 1918)
Sergeant James B. Sholty (July 22, 1925 – 1991)
Sergeant Wayne A. Sisk (March 4, 1922 – July 13, 1999)
Sergeant Roderick G. Strohl (born 1922)
Sergeant Amos J. Taylor (born September 1918)
Sergeant Edward J. Tipper (born August 3, 1921)
Sergeant Clarence M. Tridle (July 29, 1918 – December 2, 1996)
Sergeant Richard M. Wright (September 13, 1918 – September 5, 2004)
Sergeant Robert E. Wynn (July 10, 1921 – March 2000)
Sergeant Arthur C. Youman (December 17, 1921 – December 1974)
Technician Fourth Class George Luz, Sr. (June 17, 1921 – October 15, 1998)
Technician Fourth Class Frank Joseph Perconte (March 10, 1917 – October 24, 2013)
Technician Fourth Class Charles E. Rhinehart
Technician Fourth Class Eugene Gilbert Roe, Sr. (October 17, 1921 – December 30, 1998)
Technician Fourth Class Richard C. Rowles (May 3, 1923 – May 21, 2006)
Technician Fourth Class Carl C. Sawosko (November 24, 1920 – January 13, 1945)
Technician Fourth Class Benjamin J. Stoney (1921 – June 6, 1944)
Corporal Kenneth T. Baldwin (February 22, 1916 – November 30, 2003)
Corporal James V. Benton (January 26, 1921 – December 26, 2007)
Corporal James D. Campbell (killed October 8, 1944)
Corporal William Dukeman Jr. (September 3, 1922 – October 5, 1944)
Corporal John P. Fieguth (August 3, 1917 – January 1994)
Corporal Walter Scott Gordon, Jr. (April 15, 1920 – April 19, 1997)
Corporal Forrest L. Guth (February 6, 1921 – August 8, 2009)
Corporal George Higgins
Corporal “A.P.” Herron (1923 – January 13, 1945)
Corporal Donald B. Hoobler (June 1923 – January 3, 1945)
Corporal Donald L. King (November 9, 1921 – August 11, 2003)
Corporal Thomas Maitland
Corporal Earl Ervin McClung (born April 27, 1923)
Corporal Francis J. Mellet (killed January 13, 1945)
Corporal Stanley F. Motowski
Corporal Lavon P. Reese (died 1975)
Corporal Harvey G. Robinson (April 3, 1921 – June 13, 2009)
Corporal Edward H. Stein (April 27, 1916 – December 8, 2001)
Technician Fifth Class Leopollo P. Carillo
Technician Fifth Class Herman F. Collins (July 12, 1924 – June 6, 1944)
Technician Fifth Class William A. Howell
Technician Fifth Class Joseph D. Liebgott (May 17, 1915 – June 28, 1992)
Technician Fifth Class John G. maier
Technician Fifth Class William C. mainard (born 1923)
Technician Fifth Class John McGrath (born 1920)
Technician Fifth Class Ledlie R. Pace
Technician Fifth Class Campbell T. Smith (October 3, 1921 – August 1982)
Technician Fifth Class Ralph I. Stafford
Technician Fifth Class William H. Wagner
Technician Fifth Class Jerry A. Wentzel (killed June 6, 1944)
Technician Fifth Class Ralph Hansel Wimer (July 5, 1921 – June 6, 1944)
Private First Class Aldrich
Private First Class Raymond L. Ballew (February 13, 1921 – October 20, 1988)
Private First Class Conrad M. Bay
Private First Class Salvatore F. Bellino (July 2, 1920 – October 6, 2005)
Private First Class Edward J. Bernat (born 1923)
Private First Class Burden
Private First Class Thomas H. Burgess (July 26, 1921 – February 7, 1995)
Private First Class Matthew J. Carlino (June 3, 1921 – June 13, 2001)
Private First Class Maxwell M. Clark (June 22, 1922 – March 14, 2008)
Private First Class Vincent S. Collette (August 4, 1922 – August 1, 1997)
Private First Class Seth O. Crosby (January 1, 1918 – July 28, 1989)
Private First Class Richard P. Davenport (September 10, 1924 – June 18, 1999)
Private First Class Edward J. Donahue
Private First Class Carl F. Eckstrom (August 27, 1922 – June 1972)
Private First Class Carl L. Fenstermaker (February 1, 1923 – June 30, 1988)
Private First Class Fernandez
Private First Class Gerald L. Flurie (July 18, 1921 – September 1986)
Private First Class Richard R. Garrod (January 24, 1920 – February 15, 1988)
Private First Class John E. Gathings (March 7, 1925 – October 15, 1999)
Private First Class Jack O. Ginn (October 19, 1914 – May 1980)
Private First Class Walter E. Hanson
Private First Class Siles E. Harrellson
Private First Class Dale L. Hartley
Private First Class Edward James Heffron (born May 16, 1923)
Private First Class Elwood Hertzog
Private First Class Hickman
Private First Class Joseph E. Hogan
Private First Class Walter G. Howard (June 8, 1921 – May 25, 2010)
Private First Class Clarence S. Howell (November 5, 1918 – August 25, 2000)
Private First Class Hudson
Private First Class Warren C. Huntley (May 4, 1921 – January 21, 1993)
Private First Class Eugene E. Ivie (September 16, 1920 – October 1982)
Private First Class Coburn M. Johnson (September 22, 1921 – 11 June 1996)
Private First Class George E. Jones
Private First Class Robert Van Klinken (1919 – September 20, 1944)
Private First Class Kohler
Private First Class Harry R. Lager (January 24, 1923 – December 10, 2005)
Private First Class Robert T. Leonard
Private First Class Quinton E. Lindler (October 17, 1919 – December 9, 1950, Korean War)
Private First Class Dewitt Lowrey (born April 22, 1922)
Private First Class Arthur J. Mauzerall (August 31, 1924 – June 11, 1988)
Private First Class John McBreen
Private First Class Walter L. McKay
Private First Class James A. McMahon
Private First Class William E. Medved
Private First Class William T. Miller (killed 20 September 1944)
Private First Class David E. Morris (April 19, 1924 – October 21, 1996)
Private First Class Norman W. Neitzke (February 12, 1926 – December 8, 2008)
Private First Class Henry E. Nelson
Private First Class Ralph J. Orth
Private First Class Alex M. Penkala, Jr. (1924 – January 10, 1945)
Private First Class Edwin E. Pepping (born July 4, 1922)
Private First Class Farris O. Rice (January 1, 1921 – December 16, 2002)
Private First Class Woodrow W. Robbins (December 23, 1916 – June 1, 1996)
Private First Class John W. Rossman
Private First Class Edward F. Sabo (January 29, 1918 – June 20 1998)
Private First Class Elmer N. Schuyler (February 8, 1921 – May 1978)
Private First Class John L. Sheehy (May 29, 1922 – May 20, 2000)
Private First Class John P. Sheeley (September 17, 1921 – January 30, 1994)
Private First Class Garland R. Smith
Private First Class Gerald R. Snider (March 26, 1922 – August 28, 2002)
Private First Class Paul J. Sullivan
Private First Class Felix J. Tokarzewski (July 4, 1918 – September 20, 1990)
Private First Class Ralph J. Trapuzzano (March 10, 1925 – March 11, 1996)
Private First Class Andrew Uuban
Private First Class Alexander Vittorre
Private First Class Paul Wagner
Private First Class David Kenyon Webster (June 2, 1922 – September 9, 1961)
Private First Class James W. Welling (September 29, 1914 – September 24, 1997)
Private First Class Daniel B. West (September 16, 1923 – May 15, 2005)
Private First Class Melvin O. Winn (May 1, 1924 – October 19, 1996)
Private First Class William H. Woodcock (June 27, 1916 – June 1996)
Private First Class George F. Yochum
Private First Class Frank J. Zastawniak (June 24, 1924 – November 1969)
Private First Class Henry Charles Zimmerman (born March 26, 1925)
Private Owen L. Andrews (November 24, 1920 – February 5, 1990)
Private Kieth Ansell
Private Baker
Private Frederick C. Bealke (December 29, 1924 – March 13, 2005)
Private Richard F. Berg
Private Homer T. Blake (October 28, 1915 – July 17, 2005)
Private Albert Blithe (June 25, 1923 – December 17, 1967)
Private Robert J. Bloser (killed June 7, 1944)
Private Donald S. Bond (born January 29, 1926)
Private Richard L. Bray
Private Charles P. Broska (November 23, 1919 – June 1978)
Private Earl V. Bruce (July 19, 1924 – January 9, 1999)
Private John J. Capoferri (December 7, 1924 – March 24, 1996)
Private Ora M. Childers (August 27, 1922 – June 1980)
Private Chow
Private Robert T. Cipriano (May 14, 1923 – July 21, 1990)
Private Roy W. Cobb (June 18, 1914 – January 1990)
Private James F. Coleman
Private James Comba
Private John G. Connell (July 15, 1916 – June 24, 1999)
Private Conway
Private Philip Coviello
Private Samuel M. Cowthu
Private Cushman
Private Damon
Private Barry J. Dassault
Private Edward R. De Tuncq
Private Jay S. Dickerson
Private Rudolph Dittrich (January 3, 1927 – March 8, 1944)
Private John Doe
Private Joseph Dominguez
Private Walter F. Eggert
Private George Elliot (killed June 6, 1944)
Private Chester R. Eschenbach (February 18, 1922 – December 1969)
Private John L. Eubanks (December 23, 1920 – April 25, 1997)
Private Bradford C. Freeman (born 1925)
Private Antonio C. Garcia (January 17, 1925 – August 18, 2005)
Private John L. Geraghty (March 3, 1925 – August 14, 1988)
Private William D. Gier (December 5, 1922 – March 18, 2000)
Private Terry G. Giles
Private Eugene S. Gilmore (February 27, 1920 – February 1984)
Private Milton B. Glass
Private Frank B. Grant
Private Everett J. Gray (killed June 8, 1944)
Private Genoa H. Griffith (February 16, 1916 – May 21, 2003)
Private Stephen E. Grodski (died 2002)
Private Stanley L. Hagerman (August 12, 1918 – March 22, 2009)
Private Franklin W. Hale (July 31, 1925 – April 1983)
Private Elwood Hargroves
Private Thomas A. Harrell
Private Terrence C. Harris (killed June 18, 1944)
Private George B. Hartsuff (March 15, 1916 – September 24, 1989)
Private Lester A. Hashey (February 23, 1925 – December 11, 2002)
Private Verlin V. Hawkins (August 8, 1919 – August 1980)
Private Harold G. Hayes (killed December 1944)
Private Cyril B. Heckler
Private Robert B. Hensley
Private George W. Hewitt
Private Paul A. Hite (January 13, 1925 – May 1986)
Private Owen V. Holbrook (April 30, 1916 – May 1978)
Private John R. Holland
Private David L. Holton
Private Bruce A. Hudgens
Private Richard J. Hughes (killed January 9, 1945)
Private Charles F. Hussion (June 6, 1922 – January 25, 1996)
Private Eugene E. Jackson (1925 – 15 February 1945)
Private John A. Janovec (died May 1945)
Private Robert Jarrett
Private Edward J. Joint (born February 18, 1923)
Private Joseph M. Jordan (killed June 6, 1944)
Private Vernon Jordan
Private John T. Julian (killed January 1, 1945)
Private John R. Korb (September 23, 1921 – November 5, 2002)
Private William N. Kratzer
Private Paul E. Lamoureux (May 19, 1925 – January 15, 2005)
Private Lewis Lampos
Private Joseph A. Lesniewski (born August 29, 1920)
Private Philip E. Longo (June 16, 1922 – February 2, 2005)
Private John Lusty
Private A. Mahmood
Private Walter E. Martin
Private Michael V. Massaconi (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 1999)
Private Jack F. Matthews
Private Edward A. Mauser (December 18, 1916 – January 21, 2011)
Private Robert Maxwell
Private Carl F. McCauley
Private William T. McGonigal Jr. (killed June 6, 1944)
Private Joachim Melo (born 1924)
Private Ynez M. Mendoza (born 1925)
Private Vernon J. Menze (September 10, 1924 – September 20, 1944)
Private Max M. Meth (October 4, 1910 – August 23, 2001)
Private Elmer T. Meth
Private William S. Metzler (1922 – June 1944)
Private James W. Miller (1923 – September 20, 1944)
Private John N. Miller (killed June 6, 1944)
Private Franklin Milo
Private Elmer J. Minne (February 12, 1924 – June 7, 2004)
Private Alfred B. Montes
Private Donald J. Moone
Private Alton More (April 22, 1920 – July 1958)
Private William E. Morris
Private Sergio G. Moya (1921 – June 6, 1944)
Private Gordon L. Nevenfeldt (April 26, 1922 – January 31, 1992)
Private Patrick H. Neill (1926 – January 13, 1945)
Private Marshall Clayton Oliver (died 1956)
Private Ernest I. Oats (1921 – June 6, 1944)
Private Patrick S. O’Keefe (April 3, 1926 – February 8, 2003)
Private Gordon H. Oien
Private Cecil M. Pace
Private Philip P. Perugini (born 1922)
Private Cleveland O. Petty (May 19, 1924 – March 1961)
Private Roy E. Pickel, Sr. (May 22, 1922 – January 2, 2008)
Private David R. Pierce
Private John Plesha, Jr. (March 21, 1918 – December 13, 2004)
Private George L. Potter, Jr. (killed 1985)
Private Charles W. Pyle
Private Alex R. Raczkowski (February 20, 1921 – December 15, 2007)
Private George J. Rajner (April 12, 1917 – July 1944)
Private Joseph Ramirez
Private Gregory C. Rotella
Private James Sarago
Private William D. Serilla (July 29, 1924 – August 1984)
Private John E. Shindell (1925 – January 13, 1945)
Private Urban M. Shirley
Private George H. Smith, Jr.
Private Gerald B. Snider (killed June 6, 1944)
Private James L. Sowell (July 12, 1920 – January 10, 1993)
Private Ralph Francis Spina (October 5, 1919 – April 11, 2007)
Private Robert L. Steele
Private Joseph Stickley
Private Herbert J. Suerth, Jr. (born October 28, 1924)
Private Paul Supko
Private Elmer I. Telstad (killed June 6, 1944)
Private George W. Thomason
Private Raymond H. Thompson
Private John Toner
Private Eugene R. Tremble (August 4, 1922 – February 6, 2004)
Private Norman Tremonti (September 15, 1925 – November 15, 1993)
Private Allen E. Vest
Private Thomas W. Warren (killed June 6, 1944)
Private Kenneth J. Webb (killed January 13, 1945)
Private Harold D. Webb (killed January 13, 1945)
Private John M. West (b. October 2, 1922)
Private James W. Wheeler (March 12, 1921 – December 23, 1999)
Private Elijah D. Whytsell (born 1925)
Private William T. Wingett (born July 1922)
Private Donald S. Wiseman (February 17, 1917 – September 1972)
Private Ronald V. York
Private Jerry G. Young (July 28, 1921 – August 10, 1994)
