2nd ranger battalion

2ND RANGER BATTALION
Can Do Easy
By Mr Tony Ey
2ND RANGER BATTALION
1st April 1943 - 23rd October 1945
Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennnes-Alsace
  1. RANGERS Lock, Joseph James

    SURNAME Lock FORENAME Joseph James UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company E) RANK Private First Class NUMBER 16141165 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Cook County, Illinois born 03.01.1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA father James Lock mother Ellen McGrath 4...
  2. RANGERS Lisko, Louis Frank

    SURNAME Lisko FORENAME Louis Frank UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company HQ) RANK Corporal NUMBER 33278363 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 22.06.1921, West Natrona, Pennsylvania, USA father John Nepomik Lisko (1884-1967) mother Veronica (nee Svitek) LIsko...
  3. RANGERS Liscinsky, Stephen Aloysious

    SURNAME Liscinsky FORENAME Stephen Aloysious UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company HQ) RANK Technician Fourth Class NUMBER 33282094 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 30.03.1921, Pennsylvania 4 years high school civil occupation semiskilled tool sharpeners...
  4. RANGERS Lare, Lawrence

    SURNAME Lare FORENAME Lawrence UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company E) RANK Technical Sergeant NUMBER 35408976 AWARD Silver Star, Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 04.07.1921, Muskingum, Ohio father Lawrence Lare (1888-1927) mother Bertha Mae (nee Messenger)...
  5. RANGERS Lapres, Theodore Edward, Jr.

    SURNAME Lapres FORENAME Theodore Edward, Jr. UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company E) RANK First Lieutenant NUMBER 1307833 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 10.09.1920, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA father Theodore G. Lapres (1899-1982) mother Marie (nee...
  6. RANGERS Lambert, Robert Carroll

    SURNAME Lambert FORENAME Robert Carroll UNIT 2nd Ranger Battalion (Company HQ) RANK Technician Fifth Class NUMBER 35631065 AWARD Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Ross County, Ohio born 11.06.1924, Chillicothe, Ohio, USA father Otis Peter Lambert (1883-1967)...
  7. RANGERS Kwasnicki, William Henry

    SURNAME Kwasnicki FORENAME William Henry UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company A) RANK Private First Class NUMBER 32771654 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Mahwah, New Jersey born 13.01.1920, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA father Victor Kwasnicki (1878-1961) mother...
  8. RANGERS Kucinski, Edward S.

    SURNAME Kucinski FORENAME Edward S. UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company C) RANK 1st Lieutenant NUMBER 1318448 AWARD Distinguished Service Cross PLACE Europe, 3-4th September 1944 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
  9. RANGERS Korb, Charles Weston

    SURNAME Korb FORENAME Charles Weston UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ/A) RANK Corporal NUMBER 33248275 AWARD Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 24.02.1921, Bigler, Pennsylvania, USA father William Charles Korb (1893-1969) mother Julia...
  10. RANGERS Kolodziejczak, Francis John

    SURNAME Kolodziejczak FORENAME Francis John ("Frank") UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ) RANK Technician Fifth Class NUMBER 33278370 AWARD Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 12.12.1920, Natrona, Pennsylvania, USA father Waclaw Kolodziejczak (1890-1954) mother...
  11. RANGERS King, Robert Lein

    SURNAME King FORENAME Robert Lein UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company A) RANK Private First Class NUMBER 35759041 AWARD Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Kanawha County, West Virginia born 16.10.1924, Charleston, West Virginia father Charles Ellis King (1897-1961)...
  12. RANGERS Kennard, Frank L.

    SURNAME Kennard FORENAME Frank L. UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ) RANK Captain NUMBER 514714 AWARD Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 06.05.1922, Montclair, New Jersey, USA graduated Yale University B.S. in Economics discharged 1st Lieutenant 1945 married...
  13. RANGERS Jones, Emory Bascom

    SURNAME Jones FORENAME Emory Bascom UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company D) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 14004784 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Telfair County, Georgia born 20.09.1917, Georgia, USA father Robert Franklin Jones (1888-1941) mother Pearl J. (nee...
  14. RANGERS Hillis, Virgil Arthur

    SURNAME Hillis FORENAME Virgil Arthur UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ) RANK Technician Fifth Grade NUMBER 36188516 AWARD Bronze Star x 2 PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 16.06.1916, Evart, Michigan, USA grammar school education civil occupation Tinsmiths, coppersmiths and...
  15. RANGERS Hickling, Paul Howard

    SURNAME Hickling FORENAME Paul Howard UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company B/HQ) RANK Corporal NUMBER 39460667 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Malheur County, Oregon born 16.06.1915, Mount Hope, Kansas, USA father Clarence J. Hickling (1881-1946) mother Sarah...
  16. RANGERS Heaney, Gerald William

    SURNAME Heaney FORENAME Gerald William UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ) RANK 1st Lieutenant NUMBER 1309733 AWARD Silver Star, Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 29.01.1918, Goodhue, Minnesota, USA father William John Heaney (1871-1945) mother Johanna Agnes (nee...
  17. RANGERS Hastings, Jack Wallace

    SURNAME Hastings FORENAME Jack Wallace UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company C) RANK Private First Class NUMBER 20532692 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 14.11.1916, Ridgeville, Indiana, USA father George Harrison Hastings (1885-1972) mother Oliver Delilah (nee...
  18. RANGERS Hart, Garland Vincent

    SURNAME Hart FORENAME Garland Vincent UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company A) RANK Technical Sergeant NUMBER 35342260 AWARD Silver Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION resided Allen County, Indiana born 10.07.1921, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA father John Elmer Hart (1889-1971) mother...
  19. RANGERS Gutowski, George Leo

    SURNAME Gutowski FORENAME George Leo UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company A) RANK Sergeant NUMBER 36576861 AWARD Bronze Star x 2 PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 09.01.1924, Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA employed by Truck Gardening 30.06.1942 draft card Mount Clemens, Michigan 1946...
  20. RANGERS Gurney, Edward Lee

    SURNAME Gurney FORENAME Edward Lee UNIT 2nd Ranger Bn (Company HQ) RANK Technical Sergeant NUMBER 36920405 AWARD Bronze Star PLACE Europe ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 04.12.1918, Bloom, Cook County, Illinois, USA father Stanley Gurney mother Marie (nee Tylka) wife Ruby (nee...
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