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
Molina
FORENAME
Julian
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private
NUMBER
36560310
DATE OF DEATH
1st July 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas Section S Site 173
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Wayne County, Michigan
born...
SURNAME
Modzel
FORENAME
Walter A.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
12030752
DATE OF DEATH
2nd October 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot G Row 4 Grave 9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
SURNAME
Miller
FORENAME
Willis Gordon
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private
NUMBER
12168535
DATE OF DEATH
8th January 1945
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, New York Section C Site 3239
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Onondaga County, New York...
SURNAME
Mertz
FORENAME
Elmer
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
36664855
DATE OF DEATH
13th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Chicago,Cook County,Illinois
"HQ 2 Bn" in one source
award Bronze Star
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
Medford
FORENAME
William A.,Jr
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
34380920
DATE OF DEATH
4th July 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Waynesville,Haywood County,North Carolina
award Bronze Star
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
McNeil
FORENAME
Ronald A.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
13118891
DATE OF DEATH
27th December 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery,Belgium Plot A Row 6 Grave 46
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Richmond,Henrico...
SURNAME
Martin
FORENAME
Arnold H.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
37088153
DATE OF DEATH
6th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Scotts Bluff County,Nebraska
award Bronze Star
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
Lupton
FORENAME
Walter R.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn - Machine Gun Platoon)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
12181108
DATE OF DEATH
18th September 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Plot K Row 9 Grave 18...
SURNAME
Lakes
FORENAME
Carl
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn - Communications Platoon)
RANK
Technician Fourth Class
NUMBER
15338286
DATE OF DEATH
29th January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery,Belgium Plot E Row 2 Grave 53
ADDITIONAL...
SURNAME
Kuszmaul
FORENAME
Daniel E.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
35345415
DATE OF DEATH
18th September 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
buried Ohio
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Williams County,Ohio
entered service 26.10.1942...
SURNAME
Kurzawski
FORENAME
William J.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
33668395
DATE OF DEATH
20th September 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
St Joseph's Cemetery,Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Allegheny County,Pennsylvania...
SURNAME
Kurtz
FORENAME
Raymond C.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
37506273
DATE OF DEATH
21st September 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Tablets of the Missing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
SURNAME
King
FORENAME
Ernest J.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
34876621
DATE OF DEATH
9th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pearl River County,Mississippi
born 1923 Mississippi
entered service 11.11.1943 Camp...
SURNAME
Jordan
FORENAME
William K.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
13094547
DATE OF DEATH
23rd December 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery,Margraten,Netherlands Plot E Row 10 Grave 27
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Jones
FORENAME
Carl W.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
37518141
DATE OF DEATH
4th July 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery,France Plot B Row 7 Grave 40
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Jackson County,Missouri...
SURNAME
Hughes
FORENAME
Garrett T.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
14073927
DATE OF DEATH
2nd October 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
buried North Carolina
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Cumberland County,North Carolina
entered service...
SURNAME
Hicks
FORENAME
Robert C.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
17154613
DATE OF DEATH
7th January 1945
AGE
GRAVESITE
Fort Snelling National Cemetery,South Minneapolis,Minnesota Section C-24 Site 13542
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Eckman
FORENAME
Richard Emmett
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
13093399
DATE OF DEATH
6th June 1944
AGE
28
GRAVESITE
Greenwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Evans Section
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Lancaster County...
SURNAME
Crouch
FORENAME
Robert E.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company B)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
35561853
DATE OF DEATH
14th June 1944
AGE
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Monroe County,Indiana
KIA Normandy
SURNAME
Christensen
FORENAME
Edward Theodore
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Technician Fourth Class
NUMBER
36150459
DATE OF DEATH
21st September 1944
AGE
25
GRAVESITE
Luxembourg American Cemetery, Luxembourg Plot F Row 10 Grave 6
ADDITIONAL...
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