508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
Operation Overlord, Operation Market Garden & Battle of The Bulge
Individual Honours:
Medal of Honor: 1 (First Sergeant Leonard A. Funk, Jr.)
Distinguished Service Cross: 14
Silver Star: 111
Bronze Star: 341
Legion of Merit: 3
Soldier's Medal: 7
SURNAME
Thomas
FORENAME
Vernon
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-887924
DATE OF DEATH
25th December 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery,San Antonio,Texas Section M Site 47
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Stull
FORENAME
Elmer R.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Second Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-1294928
DATE OF DEATH
23rd June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Union County,New Jersey
award Bronze Star
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
Simonds
FORENAME
George William
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn - S-3)
RANK
Captain
NUMBER
0-1284410
DATE OF DEATH
4th July 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Oakhill Memorial Cemetery,San Jose,California
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Santa Clara,California...
SURNAME
Polette
FORENAME
Lloyd L.,Jr
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-1309822
DATE OF DEATH
22nd January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
St Joseph Cemetery,Shreveport,Louisiana
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Caddo Parish,Louisiana
husband...
SURNAME
Nation
FORENAME
William H.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ - S-1 Adjutant)
RANK
Captain
NUMBER
0-1287569
DATE OF DEATH
31st January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery,Belgium Plot D Row 10 Grave 49
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Morris
FORENAME
Duane Winton
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Second Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-886873
DATE OF DEATH
2nd October 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Eastlawn Cemetery, Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin Veterans Section Block 1 Column 1 Grave 18...
SURNAME
Mitchell
FORENAME
Robert Mazyck
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-1287040
DATE OF DEATH
19th September 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Plot K Row 9 Grave 7
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
SURNAME
Alexander
FORENAME
Boyd Allen
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A)
RANK
Second Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-540729
DATE OF DEATH
20th September 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot M Row 14 Grave 7
ADDITIONAL...
SURNAME
Abbott
FORENAME
Edgar Raymond
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 1 Bn)
RANK
First Lieutenant
NUMBER
0-1298300
DATE OF DEATH
17th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery,France Plot C Row 16 Grave 30
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 10.11.1917...
SURNAME
Zwyers
FORENAME
Robert W.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private
NUMBER
15333992
DATE OF DEATH
7th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Cambridge American Cemetery,Cambridge,England Tablets of the Missing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Marion County,Indiana
born 1923...
SURNAME
Zwingman
FORENAME
Otto Karl
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
32815665
DATE OF DEATH
23rd December 1944
AGE
29
GRAVESITE
Ardennes American Cemetery, Neupre, Belgium Plot B Row 44 Grave 52
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Yost
FORENAME
Francis J.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
32592780
DATE OF DEATH
7th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Passaic County,New Jersey
award Bronze Star
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
Womble
FORENAME
Jessie J.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
37215428
DATE OF DEATH
29th January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wyandotte County,Kansas
awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster
promoted Sgt...
SURNAME
Wolf
FORENAME
Raymond B.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 3 Bn)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
18085955
DATE OF DEATH
9th January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery,Belgium Plot D Row 14 Grave 35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Seminole...
SURNAME
Wise
FORENAME
Joseph G.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
20204729
DATE OF DEATH
10th February 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
Long Island National Cemetery,Farmingdale,New York Section J Site 15927
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Williams
FORENAME
Herbert L.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
31420168
DATE OF DEATH
27th December 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Everett,Middlesex County,Masachusetts
born 1919 Massachusetts
entered...
SURNAME
Wigand
FORENAME
William Francis
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 3 Bn)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
32946966
DATE OF DEATH
7th January 1945
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Adams County,Pennsylvania
born 1925 New York
son of Clarence G. and Mrs...
SURNAME
Wheeler
FORENAME
Jack R.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
34475431
DATE OF DEATH
7th July 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery,France Tablets of the Missing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wayne...
SURNAME
Wells
FORENAME
Walter E.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
34884718
DATE OF DEATH
24th December 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery, Loudon, Tennessee, USA.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Loudon County...
SURNAME
Webster
FORENAME
Alton H.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn - Mortar Platoon)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
11084114
DATE OF DEATH
7th June 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Lebanon,Grafton County,New Hampshire
born 8.1.1924...