Wingfoot

Troop B

 

Officers

 

Capt. Friedman, Abraham, New York; Bronze Star

1st Lt. Willemain, Bernard, Holyoke, Massachusetts

2nd Lt. Andrew, William, Northfield, Vermont; Silver Star

 

B

Cpl. Blinson, Darius, Silver Star awarded posthumously

 

C

S/Sgt Comparato, Louis, Purple Heart, wounded April 13

 

D

Davis, Madison, Danville, Virgina

 

F

Sgt. Fouquet, Robert, Purple Heart, wounded April 26

 

G

Gay, David Edgar, Asheboro, North Carolina; Purple Heart, wounded March 14

Gay, William T., Wilson, North Carolina

Gibbs, Robert, Aiken, South Carolina

Sgt. Griffith, George, Purple Heart, wounded April 10

 

H

Tec 5 Hamel, Edward, Purple Heart, wounded April 3

PFC Harnishfeger, William, Purple Heart, wounded March 20

Tec 4 Higgins, Robert, recommended for Bronze Star (status unknown)

Tec 5 Hodgin, Junius, Purple Heart, wounded April 10

 

J

Pvt. Justy, George, Purple Heart, date of wounds unknown

 

L

S/Sgt. Lolos, Bernard, killed by the accidental discharge of a weapon

 

M

Tec 5 Meadows, Claude, Purple Heart, wounded April 24

Tec 5 Meeler, Charles, recommended for Bronze Star (status unknown)

PFC Moore, Bouldin, Purple Heart, wounded February 24 (stepped on a mine)

 

P

Tec 5 Petoniak, John, Purple Heart, wounded April 10

 

R

S/Sgt. Renner, William, recommended for Bronze Star (status unknown)

Rigsby, Floyd, Portsmouth, Ohio, recipient of Bronze Star (information from son)

Sgt. Robinson, Marshall, recommended for Bronze Star (status unknown); Purple Heart,

   wounded April 26

Tec 5 Romano, John, wounded on February 24 when he stepped on a mine

 

T

PFC Turner, Dewey, Purple Heart, wounded April 12

 

W

Westbrook, G. B., Mt. Olive, North Carolina

Weidl, Frank, Glidden, Wisconsin

 

Y

Tec 5 Young, James, Purple Heart, wounded March 12

 

 

Troop C, 101st Squadron

 

Officers

 

Capt. Bielss, August, Purple Heart, wounded April 20

1st Lt. Herrmann, William, Purple Heart, wounded March 14

1st Lt. Meyer, Harold W., Bronze Star, Texas, Platoon Leader

2nd Lt. Muckstadt, John, captured February 15

 

A

Afkinson, Joseph, New York

Awgazak, Stanley, Harrah, Oklahoma

 

B

Ball, Woodrow R., Fordsville, Kentucky, captured February 15

Becker, Clair, Altoona, Pennsylvania

Benderim, Kenneth, Sulphur, Oklahoma

Tech. 4 Bernardoni, Junius, Sawyerville, Pennsylvania

Bischoff, Richard, Williamsburg, New Mexico

S/Sgt. Boyle, Vincent J., Brooklyn, New York; Bronze Star

 

C

Tech. 4 Cantrell, A.B.

Capucci, Peter, Briston, Rhode Island

Tec 4 Chintella, Andrew, Purple Heart, wounded February 11

Sgt. Cich, Edward J., East St. Louis, Illinois; Bronze Star

Tech. 5 Cooney, John J., Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Craddock, David E., Plymouth, North Carolina

Tech. 4 Curry

 

D

D'Amere, Daniel D., Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Sgt. DelleBovi, Guy, Purple Heart, wounded April 19

Dickens, W.C. (Bill), Poquosan, Virginia

Dornback, Louis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Doubleday, Elwyn, Amherst, Massachusetts

S/Sgt Dumanski, Theodore, Purple Heart, wounded April 17, Bronze Star

 

F

PFC Farmington

Tec 5 Flanigan, Delbert, Purple Heart, wounded April 11, 1945

 

G

Tec 5 Garner, Ira, Bronze with Oak Leaf Cluster; wounded April 20

S/Sgt. Geissnger, George, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, captured February 15

PFC Golddara

 

H

Hughes, Herman, Somerset, Kentucky

 

K

S/Sgt. Kennedy, Squad leader; Silver Star

Kobas, Frank J., Cohoes, New York

 

L

Cpl. Landolfo, Anthony, Bronze Star

Langston, Joseph, San Antonio, Texas

Cpl. Lowder, James, Albemarle, North Carolina; Purple Heart, wounded April 20

 

M

McDonnell, Sgt. Joseph, Pittston, Pennsylvania

McPherson, Seab, Florence, South Carolina

PFC Maher, Walter, Bronze Star; Purple Heart, wounded April 3

Miller, Bill, Denver, Colorado

 

N

Neff, William, Galion, Ohio

 

O

Osbourne, Jethro, Whiteville, North Carolina

 

P

Pace, William, Montgomery, Alabama

Tech. 5 Palace, Thaddeus (Ted), Chicago, Illinois; Purple Heart, wounded near Augsburg, April 20, 1945

Patoka, Robert J., Erie, Pennsylvania

Pieper, Lawrence, Nokomis, Illinois

Powell, Cecil, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

Tec 5 Powell, Frederick L., Hartsville, South Carolina; Purple Heart, wounded April 20, 1945

 

R

Runfola, Fred, Mamaroneck, New York

 

S

Schaffier, J.M. (Jack), Chicago, Illinois; wounded near Feuchtwangen, 1945

Schatz, Sgt. Alfred, Fitchburg, Massachusetts; wounded near Saarbrucken during the winter of 1945. He was ambushed           on patrol and got shrapnel in his back.

Shusterman, Herman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PFC Sidwell, Melvin, Bronze Star

Smar, Charles, Crown Point, Indiana

Spilty, Alexander, Jr., Chicago, Illinois

Tec 4 Squillare, Pasquale (Pat), Bristol, Pennsylvania; Bronze Star

Tec 5 Wallach, George, West Brownsville, Pennsylvania

 

W

Wrenn, Vance T., Roxboro, North Carolina

 

 

Company E, 101st Squadron

 

King, William J., Butler, Pennsylvania

Lail, Shuford, Hickory, North Carolina

Lynn, W.A (Bill), N. Cohocoton, New York

 

Runfola, Fred, Mamoroneck, New York

Saintsing, Raeford, Thomasville, North Carolina

Saltsgiver, Earl, Hanover, Penn.

Cpl. Thrift, Henry, Purple Heart, wounded March 14

 

Company F, 101st Squadron

Childs, Will B., Pinellas, Park, Florida

PFC Clontz, James, Purple Heart, wounded April 11

PFC Cottone, Joseph, Bronze Star

Sgt. Dokurno, Anthony, Purple Heart, wounded April 3

Sgt. Ely, Robert, Purple Heart, wounded April 25

Fitzpatrick, Joseph Thomas, New York

Sgt. Muck, Karl, Bronze Star; Purple Heart, wounded April 11

Stough Henry (Hank), Columbus, Ohio

Wollmer, Charles A., Decatur, Georgia