World War 2 Veteran Normandy Easy Company Pueblo

Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, was a parachute rifle company in the United States Army. The unit's history and exploits during World War II is the subject of the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, which is based on the book of the same name by Stephen Ambrose .

History [ ]

Easy Company was activated in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, as a part of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was an experimental airborne unit consisting of volunteers trained to jump from C-47 transport planes into hostile territory. The company consisted of a headquarters section and three platoons. Each platoon consisted of two 12-man rifle squads (later changed to three) with a machine gun team and a 6-man mortar squad. Easy Company's initial commander was 1st Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, with 2nd Lt. Clarence Hester serving as his executive officer. Lts. Salve H. Matheson, Richard Winters, and Walter Moore were the original leaders of the three platoons. Lewis Nixon would eventually join Easy Company as an assistant to Winters in 2nd Platoon.

The cadre of drill instructors assigned to train Easy Company consisted of 1/Sgt. Harvey H. Morehead and S/Sgts. Stedman, Ford, and Kudla. After Easy Company had completed jump training in Fort Benning, the cadre was reassigned and replaced by enlisted men from the original group of privates, including 1/Sgt. Sergeant William Evans, S/Sgts. James Diel, Terrence Harris, and Myron Ranney, and Sgts. Leo Boyle, Bill Guarnere, Carwood Lipton, John Martin, Robert Rader, and Amos Taylor.

Under the command of Sobel, the men of Easy Company were pushed to its limits during the training phase of the unit to weed out unfit soldiers. The men would run up the nearby Currahee Mountain three to four times a week, completing the six mile round trip in fifty minutes. They would also endure a grueling obstacle course on a daily basis, as well as frequent calisthenics drills and night marches. While the men detested their commander for his harsh and unforgiving attitude, many veterans have attributed Sobel's training methods to their soldiering abilities and perseverance on the battlefield.

After the initial training phase was completed, Easy Company participated in a well-publicized 115-mile march to Atlanta, Georgia, along with the rest of the 2nd Battalion. Their final destination was Fort Benning, where the unit underwent jump training. The initial stage of parachute school (physical training) was skipped when it was realized that the Toccoa men were in much better physical condition than the jump training instructors. After spending a few weeks familiarizing themselves with the equipment and jumping off towers of varying height, the men entered the final stage of parachute school. Those who successfully made the five jumps from a C-47 would become qualified Army parachutists.

In March of 1943, the company would relocate to Camp MacKall for advanced field training exercises before shipping out to Aldbourne, England in September for the planned invasion of Europe. Prior to the invasion, Sobel was relieved from duty and reassigned to Chilton Foliat as a result of a court-martial fiasco involving his then X.O. Richard Winters and an ensuing NCO mutiny. To restore order in Easy Company, Col. Robert Sink gave command of Easy Company to 1st Lt. Thomas Meehan while transferring two of the company's platoon sergeants out of the company.

The company would participated in Operation Overlord, but 1st Lt. Meehan and most of the headquarters section were killed when their C-47 was downed. With most of the company scattered throughout the Cotentin Peninsula, many would form ad hoc units with paratroopers from other outfits until they could reorganize with Easy Company. 1st Lt. Winters assumed command of the men and would participate in the assault on Brécourt Manor, the Battle of Carentan, and the Battle of Bloody Gulch before being pulled off the line. Winters would be promoted to captain and became the official commander of Easy Company after the death of Meehan had been confirmed. He would lead the unit until Holland, where he would be promoted to executive officer of 2nd Battalion.

1st Lt. Norman Dike was assigned to lead Easy Company during the unit's time in Bastogne, but was relieved of command and replaced by 1st Lt. Ronald Speirs during the Battle for Foy. Speirs would remain in this position for the rest of the war until the unit's deactivation.

Members of Easy Company, 506th PIR [ ]

Officers [ ]

Major General Salve H. Matheson (1st Platoon leader from unit formation; later promoted to Regimental S-4; eventually commanded the 101st Airborne Division in the late 1960s and the 2nd Infantry Division in the early 1970s)
Colonel Edward D. Shames (3rd Platoon leader from Holland to the end of war)
Lt. Colonel Norman S. Dike, Jr. (Fifth C.O. of Easy Company, later relieved of command and transferred to Division HQ)
Lt. Colonel Clarence Hester (First X.O. of Easy Company; later promoted to 2nd Battalion S-3, and then 1st Battalion C.O.)
Lt. Colonel Herbert Sobel (First C.O. of Easy Company; later reassigned to Chilton Foliat, and then 2nd Battalion S-4)
Major Richard "Dick" Winters (Third C.O. of Easy Company; later promoted to 2nd Battalion X.O. and then C.O.)
Captain Jack E. Foley (1st Platoon leader from Bastogne to Germany; later 2nd Platoon leader in Austria)
Captain Lewis Nixon (Later promoted to 2nd Battalion S-2 and then Regimental S-2)
Captain Ronald C. Speirs (Sixth C.O. of Easy Company; initially from Dog Company)
1st Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III (Second C.O. of Easy Company; initially from Baker Company. KIA 6 June 1944)
1st Lieutenant Robert B. Brewer (WIA in Holland)
1st Lieutenant Lynn D. Compton (2nd Platoon leader from Holland to Bastogne; evacuated due to "trench foot")
1st Lieutenant Robert H. Cowing
1st Lieutenant James K. Davis (Second X.O. of Easy Company)
1st Lieutenant Roy Paul Gates
1st Lieutenant Frederick T. Heyliger (Fourth C.O. of Easy Company; later severely wounded in Holland from friendly fire)
1st Lieutenant Sterling W. Horner
1st Lieutenant Richard M. Hughes II
1st Lieutenant Henry Jones (Later transferred to Battalion HQ, Died in Germany 21 July 1947)
1st Lieutenant George Lavenson (Transferred to Battalion HQ, WIA in Carentan)
1st Lieutenant C. Carwood Lipton
1st Lieutenant Robert I. Matthews (KIA 6 June 1944)
1st Lieutenant Walter L. Moore (3rd Platoon leader from unit formation; later transferred to Pathfinders)
1st Lieutenant Francis L. O'Brien (KIA December 1944)
1st Lieutenant Thomas A. Peacock
1st Lieutenant Ben M. Perkins
1st Lieutenant John E. Pisanchin
1st Lieutenant Warren R. Roush (2nd Platoon leader until Normandy; later 3rd Platoon leader until Holland. Transferred to Able Company)
1st Lieutenant Raymond G. Schmitz (KIA 22 September 1944)
1st Lieutenant Patrick J. Sweeney (X.O. of Easy Company in England)
1st Lieutenant Harry F. Welsh (1st Platoon leader in Normandy; later X.O. until Mourmelon, then transferred to Battalion HQ)
2nd Lieutenant Archibald Smith Barnwell
2nd Lieutenant James L. Diel (KIA 19 September 1944)
2nd Lieutenant Charles A. Hudson (WIA in Nuenen)
2nd Lieutenant Charles R. Rexrode

Enlisted men [ ]

1st Sergeant William S. Evans (KIA 6 June 1944)
1st Sergeant John C. Lynch (First Sergeant after Talbert)
1st Sergeant Harvey H. Morehead (cadre, 1st Sgt.)
Technical Sergeant Burton P. Christenson
Technical Sergeant Donald G. Malarkey
Technical Sergeant Amos J. Taylor
Staff Sergeant Floyd M. Talbert (First Sergeant after Lipton)
Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Stedman (cadre, 1st Pl. Sgt.)
Staff Sergeant Norman A. Ford (cadre, 2nd Pl. Sgt.)
Staff Sergeant Steven A. Kudla (cadre, 3rd Pl. Sgt.)
Staff Sergeant Charles E. Grant (Severely wounded in head)
Staff Sergeant William J. Guarnere (WIA in Bastogne)
Staff Sergeant Earl L. Hale
Staff Sergeant Albert L. Mampre
Staff Sergeant John W. Martin
Staff Sergeant Leo J. Matz
Staff Sergeant Darrell C. Powers
Staff Sergeant Murray B. Roberts (KIA 6 June 1944)
Staff Sergeant Frank J. Soboleski
Staff Sergeant J.B. Stokes
Staff Sergeant Joseph J. Toye (WIA in Bastogne)
Staff Sergeant Robert T. Smith (HQ Supply Sgt.)
Staff Sergeant Joseph P. Whitecavage
Staff Sergeant Earl E. McClung
Staff Sergeant Robert K. Marsh
Staff Sergeant Herman E. Hanson
Sergeant James H. Alley, Jr.
Sergeant Roderick Bain
Sergeant Paul L. Becker
Sergeant Leo D. Boyle (WIA in "the Island")
Sergeant Gordon F. Carson
Sergeant James Monroe "Tex" Combs, Jr.
Sergeant Bernard S. Cunningham
Sergeant Lloyd D. Guy
Sergeant Taskel Ellis
Sergeant Hanes
Sergeant Hayden
Sergeant Haynes
Sergeant J.D. Henderson
Sergeant Walter L. Hendrix
Sergeant Sherman M. Irish
Sergeant William F. Kiehn (KIA 10 February 1945)
Sergeant Clancy Odel Lyall
Sergeant Robert A. Mann (First Sergeant in Alsace)
Sergeant Thomas A. McCreary
Sergeant Kenneth D. Mercier
Sergeant Warren H. Muck, (KIA 10 January 1945)
Sergeant Elmer L. Murray, Jr. (KIA 6 June 1944)
Sergeant Richard E. Owen (KIA 6 June 1944)
Sergeant Robert J. Rader
Sergeant Denver Randleman
Sergeant Robert Burr Smith
Sergeant Myron Ranney (Wounded in Holland)
Sergeant Carl N. Riggs (KIA 6 June 1944)
Sergeant Paul C. Rogers
Sergeant James B. Sholty
Sergeant Wayne A. Sisk
Sergeant Roderick G. Strohl
Sergeant Clarence M. Tridle
Sergeant Richard M. Wright
Sergeant Robert E. Wynn
Sergeant Arthur C. Youman
Technician 4th Grade George Luz, Sr.
Technician 4th Grade Frank J. Perconte
Technician 4th Grade Charles E. Rhinehart
Technician 4th grade Eugene Roe, Sr.
Technician 4th Grade Richard C. Rowles
Technician 4th Grade Carl C. Sawosko (KIA 13 January 1945)
Technician 4th Grade Benjamin J. Stoney (KIA 6 June 1944)
Corporal Kenneth T. Baldwin
Corporal James V. Benton
Corporal James D. Campbell (KIA 8 October 1944)
Corporal William Dukeman, Jr. (KIA 5 October 1944)
Corporal John P. Fieguth
Corporal Walter S. Gordon, Jr. (Severely wounded in back, paralyzed)
Corporal Forrest L. Guth
Corporal George Higgins
Corporal A.P. Herron (KIA 13 January 1945)
Corporal Donald B. Hoobler (KIA 3 January 1945)
Corporal Donald L. King
Corporal Thomas Maitland
Corporal Francis J. Mellet (KIA 13 January 1945)
Corporal Stanley F. Motowski
Corporal Lavon P. Reese
Corporal Harvey G. Robinson
Corporal Edward H. Stein
Technician 5th Grade Leopollo P. Carillo
Technician 5th Grade Herman F. Collins (KIA 6 June 1944)
Technician 5th Grade William A. Howell
Technician 5th Grade Joseph D. Liebgott
Technician 5th Grade John G. Mayer
Technician 5th Grade William C. Maynard
Technician 5th Grade John McGrath
Technician 5th Grade Leslie R. Pace
Technician 5th Grade Campbell T. Smith
Technician 5th Grade Ralph I. Stafford
Technician 5th Grade William H. Wagner
Technician 5th Grade Jerry A. Wentzel (KIA 6 June 1944)
Technician 5th Grade Ralph H. Wimer (KIA 6 June 1944)
Technician 5th Grade Antonio C. Garcia
Private First Class Aldrich
Private First Class Raymond L. Ballew
Private First Class Conrad M. Bay
Private First Class Salvatore F. Bellino
Private First Class Edward J. Bernat
Private First Class Burden
Private First Class Thomas H. Burgess (Severely wounded in throat)
Private First Class Matthew J. Carlino
Private First Class Maxwell M. Clark
Private First Class Vincent S. Collette
Private First Class Seth O. Crosby
Private First Class Richard P. Davenport
Private First Class Edward J. Donahue
Private First Class Carl F. Eckstrom
Private First Class Carl J. Fenstermaker
Private First Class George V. Fernandez
Private Bradford C. Freeman
Private First Class Gerald L. Flurie
Private First Class Richard R. Garrod
Private First Class John E. Gathings
Private First Class Jack O. Ginn
Private First Class Walter E. Hanson
Private First Class Siles E. Harrelson
Private First Class Dale L. Hartley
Private First Class Edward J. Heffron
Private First Class Elwood Hertzog
Private First Class Hickman
Private First Class Joseph E. Hogan
Private First Class Walter G. Howard
Private First Class Clarence S. Howell
Private First Class Hudson
Private First Class Warren C. Huntley
Private First Class Eugene E. Ivie
Private First Class Coburn M. Johnson
Private First Class George E. Jones
Private First Class Robert Van Klinken (KIA 20 September 1944)
Private First Class Kohler
Private First Class Harry R. Lager
Private First Class Robert T. Leonard
Private First Class Quinton E. Lindler
Private First Class Dewitt Lowrey
Private First Class Arthur J. Mauzerall
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 (KIA 20 September 1944)
Private First Class David E. Morris
Private First Class Norman W. Neitzke
Private First Class Henry E. Nelson
Private First Class Ralph J. Orth (Wounded in kneecap by bullet fragment)
Private First Class Alex M. Penkala Jr. (KIA 10 January 1945)
Private First Class Edwin E. Pepping
Private First Class Farris O. Rice
Private First Class Woodrow W. Robbins
Private First Class John W. Rossman
Private First Class Edward F. Sabo
Private First Class Elmer N. Schuyler
Private First Class John L. Sheehy
Private First Class John P. Sheeley
Private First Class Garland R. Smith
Private First Class Gerald R. Snider
Private First Class Paul J. Sullivan
Private First Class Edward J. Tipper (Severely wounded in face, legs)
Private First Class Felix J. Tokarzewski
Private First Class Ralph J. Trapuzzano
Private First Class Andrew Uuban
Private First Class Alexander Vittorre
Private First Class Paul Wagner
Private First Class David Kenyon Webster
Private First Class James W. Welling
Private First Class Daniel B. West
Private First Class Melvin O. Winn
Private First Class William H. Woodcock
Private First Class George F. Yochum
Private First Class Frank J. Zastawniak
Private First Class Henry C. Zimmerman
Private First Class John A. Janovec (Died in car accident, May 1945)
Private First Class John T. Julian (KIA 1 January 1945)
Private Owen L. Andrews
Private Kieth Ansell
Private Harvey Baker
Private Frederick C. Bealke, Jr.
Private Richard F. Berg
Private Homer T. Blake
Private Albert Blithe (Severely wounded in shoulder)
Private Robert J. Bloser (KIA 7 June 1944)
Private Donald S. Bond
Private Richard L. Bray
Private Charles P. Broska
Private Earl V. Bruce
Private John J. Capoferri
Private Ora M. Childers
Private Chow
Private Robert T. Cipriano
Private Roy W. Cobb (Court-martialed; insubordination and assault on Lt. Foley)
Private James F. Coleman
Private James Comba
Private John G. Connell
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 William Dillinger (Transferred)
Private Rudolph Dittrich (Died in practice jump, 20 May 1944)
Private John Doe
Private Joseph Dominquez
Private Walter F. Eggert
Private George Elliot (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Chester R. Eschenbach
Private John L. Eubanks
Private John L. Geraghty
Private William D. Gier
Private Terry G. Giles
Private Eugene S. Gilmore
Private Milton B. Glass
Private Frank B. Grant
Private Everett J. Gray (KIA 8 June 1944)
Private Genoa H. Griffith
Private Stephen E. Grodski
Private Stanley L. Hagerman
Private Franklin W. Hale
Private Elwood Hargroves
Private Thomas A. Harrel
Private Terrence C. Harris (Transferred to Pathfinders)(KIA 18 June 1944)
Private George B. Hartsuff
Private Lester A. Hashey (Severely wounded in the back)
Private Verlin V. Hawkins
Private Harold G. Hayes (KIA December 1944)
Private Cyril B. Heckler
Private Robert B. Hensley
Private George W. Hewitt
Private Paul A. Hite
Private Owen E. Holbrook
Private John R. Holland
Private David L. Holton
Private Bruce A. Hudgens
Private Richard J. Hughes (KIA 9 January 1945)
Private Charles F. Hussion
Private Eugene E. Jackson (KIA 15 February 1945)
Private Robert Jarrett
Private Edward J. Joint
Private Joseph M. Jordan (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Vernon Jordan
Private John R. Korb
Private William N. Kratzer
Private Paul E. Lamoureux
Private Lewis Lampos
Private Joseph A. Lesniewski (Evacuated from leg-wound infection)
Private Philip E. Longo
Private John Lusty
Private A. Mahmood
Private Walter E. Martin
Private Michael V. Massaconi
Private Jack F. Matthews
Private Edward A. Mauser
Private Robert Maxwell
Private Carl F. McCauley
Private McDonald (Transferred)
Private William T. McGonigal (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Joachim Melo
Private Ynez M. Mendoza
Private Vernon J. Menze (KIA 20 September 1944)
Private Max M. Meth
Private Elmer T. Meth
Private William S. Metzler (KIA June 1944)
Private James W. Miller (KIA 20 September 1944)
Private John N. Miller (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Franklin Milo
Private Elmer J. Minne
Private Alfred B. Montes
Private Donald J. Moone
Private Alton More
Private William E. Morris
Private Sergio G. Moya (KIA June 6, 1944)
Private Gordon L. Neuenfeldt
Private Patrick H. Neill (KIA 13 January 1945)
Private Marshall C. Oliver
Private Ernest I. Oates (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Patrick S. O'Keefe
Private Gordon H. Oien
Private Cecil M. Pace
Private Parkes (Transferred)
Private Philip P. Perugini
Private Cleveland O. Petty
Private Roy E. Pickel, Sr.
Private David R. Pierce
Private John Plesha Jr.
Private George L. Potter
Private Charles W. Pyle
Private Alex R. Raczkowski
Private George J. Rajner (KIA July 1944)
Private Joseph Ramirez
Private Gregory C. Rotella
Private James Sarago
Private William D. Serila
Private John E. Shindell (KIA 13 January 1945)
Private Urban M. Shirley
Private George H. Smith, Jr.
Private Gerald B. Snider (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private James L. Sowell
Private Ralph F. Spina
Private Tomas J. Johnson
Private Robert L. Steele
Private Joseph Stickley
Private Herbert J. Suerth, Jr. (Severely wounded in legs)
Private Paul Supko
Private Elmer I. Telstad (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private George W. Thomason
Private Raymond H. Thompson
Private John Toner
Private Eugene R. Tremble
Private Norman Tremonti
Private Allen E. Vest
Private Thomas W. Warren (KIA 6 June 1944)
Private Kenneth J. Webb (KIA 13 January 1945)
Private Harold D. Webb (KIA 13 January 1945)
Private John M. West
Private James W. Wheeler
Private White (Transferred)
Private Elijah D. Whytsell
Private William T. Wingett (Transferred)
Private Donald S. Wiseman (Court-martialed, insubordination; outcome unknown)
Private Ronald V. York
Private Jerry G. Young
Private Don R. Miller
Private Martinez

After the war [ ]

The company was deactivated and did not participate in any future war. In 1954, it was reactivated, but only as a training unit. It currently is still a part of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. It was a part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team until its deactivation in 2014 and transfer into 1st and 2nd brigade, but being housed by 3rd brigade Rakassans on Fort Campbell, KY.

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World War 2 Veteran Normandy Easy Company Pueblo

History [ ]

Members of Easy Company, 506th PIR [ ]

Officers [ ]

Enlisted men [ ]

After the war [ ]

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