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
Cabic
FORENAME
James F.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
12016782
DATE OF DEATH
2nd October 1944
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot O Row 3 Grave 13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Monroe...
SURNAME
Bledsoe
FORENAME
Cecil West
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
34826450
DATE OF DEATH
21st September 1944
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Georgia, USA. Section D, Row 11
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Upson...
SURNAME
Blackmon
FORENAME
Ben David
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company C)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
35564338
DATE OF DEATH
15th July 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Howard County...
SURNAME
Bizefski
FORENAME
Joseph Paul
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
39216594
DATE OF DEATH
27th December 1944
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium Plot D Row 12 Grave 48
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Spokane...
SURNAME
Bitterman
FORENAME
Edward
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
39406229
DATE OF DEATH
10th June 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Sunset Lawn Chapel Of the Chimes Memorial Park, Sacramento, California, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Birow
FORENAME
Steve
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
35605183
DATE OF DEATH
22nd June 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot C Row 1 Grave 37
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Akron, Summit County, Ohio
father...
SURNAME
Billington
FORENAME
Orren Worth
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
38281981
DATE OF DEATH
6th June 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot H Row 2 Grave 39
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Tarrant...
SURNAME
Billings
FORENAME
Clarence Nevin
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
35421601
DATE OF DEATH
30th December 1944
AGE
31
GRAVESITE
Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, USA. Section F.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Montgomery County, Ohio...
SURNAME
Bergstrom
FORENAME
Carl Walter
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company D)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
11131338
DATE OF DEATH
17th September 1944
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot L Row 10 Grave 3
ADDITIONAL...
SURNAME
Benton
FORENAME
Daniel Roger ("Dan")
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 1 Bn)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
6941082
DATE OF DEATH
15th June 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Columbia...
SURNAME
Benson
FORENAME
Robert Walter
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
39195388
DATE OF DEATH
7th June 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot C Row 19 Grave 36
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pierce County...
SURNAME
Benson
FORENAME
Kenneth Oswald
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Sergeant
NUMBER
17156751
DATE OF DEATH
21st September 1944
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California Section B Site 142
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Bennett
FORENAME
Frank Arthur
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company F)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
13105764
DATE OF DEATH
8th June 1944
AGE
29
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot J Row 26 Grave 6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Peoria County, Illinois...
SURNAME
Benedict
FORENAME
Francis Leo
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (RHQ)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
20930297
DATE OF DEATH
17th September 1944
AGE
27
GRAVESITE
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Tablets of the Missing
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Belmontes
FORENAME
Arthur Faudoa
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment
RANK
Private
NUMBER
39268035
DATE OF DEATH
17th June 1944
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California Section B Site 718
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Los Angeles...
SURNAME
Bellesfield
FORENAME
Ralph Paul
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company A)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
33491174
DATE OF DEATH
17th September 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
St Marks Cemetery, Allentown, Pennsylvania
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Allentown, Lehigh County...
SURNAME
Belair
FORENAME
Raymond Charles
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company H)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
39195406
DATE OF DEATH
4th July 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington, USA. Plot MIL 10 85
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Bednarz
FORENAME
Walter J.
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 3 Bn)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
20109683
DATE OF DEATH
18th September 1944
AGE
23
GRAVESITE
St Stanislaus Cemetery, Adams, Massachusetts, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Berkshire County...
SURNAME
Beers
FORENAME
Donald Edwin
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 3 Bn)
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
35045241
DATE OF DEATH
12th June 1944
AGE
24
GRAVESITE
Normandy American Cemetery, France Plot E Row 18 Grave 29
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Cleveland...
SURNAME
Beckwith
FORENAME
Edward R., Jr
UNIT
508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company C)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
16131814
DATE OF DEATH
26th October 1944
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Lakeside Cemetery, Waupaca, Wisconsin, USA. Plot 69-0
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Juneau County...
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