C Troop
106th Squadron
106th Cavalry Group

Roster



Note: Ranks and other information were compiled from the rosters contained in the regimental history titled The 106th Cavalry Group in Europe: 1944-1945, which was published in mid-1945. Subsequent promotions and other changes to the roster are therefore not reflected in this list.






Adams, Hubert M.	Pfc.		New Florence, PA
Allen, Carl E.		T/5		Mayfield, KY		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Arigoni, Roger J.	Pfc.		North Adams, MA
Arnett, Elmer G.	T/5		Ludlow Falls, OH	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Aukstolis, Joseph	Pvt.		Jersey City, NJ
Babic, Joseph L.	Cpl.		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star
Baker, Richard C.	T/4		Washburn, IL		Bronze Star
Balczerak, Walter J.	Pfc.		Olean, NY		Purple Heart (Cluster)
Balusek, Johnnie L.	Sgt.		Buckholts, TX		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Barg, Henry H.		Pfc.		Greenfield, WI
Barger, William H.	1st/Sgt.	Newport, AR		Killed in Action
Barone, Ralph V.	Pfc.		New Brighton, NY	Killed in Action
Barrios, John P.	T/5		Ventura, CA		Purple Heart
Barry, Eugene W.	Cpl.		Larksville, PA		Bronze Star
Batcher, Glenn E.	Pfc.		Athens, ME		Killed in Action
Bell, Jesse W.		Pfc.		Walhalla, SC		Purple Heart
Bell, John S.		T/5		Parkersburg, WV
Bender, Roy D.		Pfc.		Stirling, NJ
Benfield, Carl W.	Pfc.		Cleveland, NC
Bennett, John L.	Pvt.		Indianapolis, IN
Berry, Glendon D.	T/5		Rogerson, ID		Purple Heart
Black, William D.	Sgt.		Champaign, IL		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Blankenship, Carlyle E.	Pfc.		Kegley, WV		Killed in Action
Bolin, Weimer M.	Pfc.		Neeses, SC
Bradley, Luther L.	Pfc.		Johnston City, IL
Breau, Emery A.		Pfc.		New Bedford, MA
Broizman, Seymour 	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY 
Brown, Abraham		Pfc.		Philadelphia, PA
Brown, Paul E.		S/Sgt.		Norwalk, OH		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Burdick, Chester A.	T/5		Florida, MA
Busby, Oscar D.		Cpl.		Hernando, MS
Cain, James W.		Pvt.		Leipsic, OH
Chandler, James E.	Pfc.		Indianapolis, IN
Clark, James W.		Pfc.		Brunswick, GA
Cochran, Dana E.	T/5		Middletown, OH		Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Cluster)
Cook, Sammie F.		T/4		Meridian, MS		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Cox, Edman L.		T/5		Grafton, WV
Cox, Royce E.		Pvt.		Sherman, TX
Crawford, Charles F.	T/4		Piketon, OH		Bronze Star
Creed, L.W.		Pvt.		Waxachie, TX
Cvercsek, Joseph H.	Cpl.		Patton, PA
Daigle, Robert J.	T/5		New Orleans, LA		Bronze Star (Cluster)
Davis, Harold		S/Sgt.		Tripp, SD
Davis, Richard H.	T/4		Columbus, OH		Bronze Star
Dawson, John D.		Pvt.		Smith Ferry, PA
Dedsmond, Thomas J.	Pfc.		Gloversville, NY
DeLucas, Frank		Pvt.		Westville, NJ
Dixon, Paul		Pfc.		Lawrenceville, IL	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Dodson, Alex B.		T/5		Sandy Ridge, NC		Killed in Action
Drozinsky, Harry	T/5		Cleveland Hts., OH
Duke, David L.		Pfc.		Harrisburg, IL		Bronze Star
Dumas, James E.		Pfc.		Worcester, MA
Dunn, Edward L.		Pfc.		Ware Shoals, SC
Durante, Daniel		Pvt.		Miami, FL
Eldrenkamp, Clarence G.	S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Silver Star, Bronze Star
Fendel, David		Pvt.		New York, NY
Fesler, Bernard F.	Sgt.		Switz City, IN
Fisher, Herbert E.	Pvt.		E. Liverpool, OH
Fleischmann, Louis F.	Pfc.		Indianapolis, IN	Bronze Star
Fleming, Bartholomew J.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action
Follette, Jesse O.	Sgt.		Norfolk, NB
Foran, John F.		Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Franklin, Damon		Sgt.		Louisville, KY		Killed in Action, Bronze Star
Frederick, Marion R.	T/5		Decker, IN
Garret, Doyle M.	Pfc.		San Diego, CA
Gavagan, John 		T/5		New York, NY
Giagnoni, Raymond J.	Pvt.		Wilsonville, IL		Killed in Action
Gilbaugh, Roland D.	T/4		Vermillion, SD		Bronze Star
Gonzalez, Ruben		Pfc.		Tampa, FL
Gordon, Robert S.	T/5		Watkinsville, GA
Gorski, Alphonse	Sgt.		Cohoes, NY		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Graham, Patrick W.	Pfc.		Taylorsville, IL	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Grogan, William C.	Pfc.		Williston Park, NY
Guffey, Mannon		Pvt.		Janestown, KY		Killed in Action
Guthans, John H.	T/4		New Orleans, LA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Hahne, Eugene A.	Pvt.		Pittsburgh, PA
Hall, Clyde E.		T/5		Toledo, OH
Hancock, John M.	T/4		Pontiac, MI
Harlan, Warren C.	1st/Sgt.	Ravenna, OH		Bronze Star
Harris, William R.	Pfc.		Portsmouth, OH
Hayden, Roy D.		Pfc.		Indianapolis, IN	Killed in Action
Haynes, Julian D.	Pfc.		Charleston, WV
Hedrick, Billy R.	T/5		High Point, NC		Bronze Star
Hedrick, Richard M.	Pfc.		---			Bronze Star
Helnarski, Michael J.	Pfc.		Cohoes, NY
Herholz, Egon		T/5		Chicago, IL
Hey, Joseph R.		Pvt.		Pittsburgh, PA
Hilliard, Chauncey J.	Pfc.		Stroudsburg, PA
Hitt, Vinard G.		T/5		North Augusta, SC	Bronze Star
Hoffman, Charles J.	T/5		Shamokin, PA
Horne, William O.	T/5		Pacolet, SC
Hubbard, Robert B.	Pvt.		Warren, OH		Killed in Action
Hughes, Lester D.	T/5		Lindale, GA
Jandorf, Louis		Pvt.		Baltimore, MD
Johnson, Charles E.	Pvt.		Brooklyn, NY
Jonas, Earl E.		Cpl.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action
Jones, Howard H.	Pfc.		Toppenish, WA
Jones, John P.		Cpl.		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Jones, Leslie E.	Cpl.		Griggsville, IL		Killed in Action, Bronze Star
Jones, Lloyd M.		Pvt.		Peoria, IL
Kahn, Robert P.		S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action, Bronze Star
Karasiewicz, Kasimir S.	S/Sgt.		Irvington, JN		Silver Star, Purple Heart
Kaufman, Charles V.	T/5		Orrville, OH		Bronze Star
Keller, Sherman V.	T/5		Beckley, WV
Kinder, Thomas E.	Pfc.		Milwaukee, WI
Kirk, William J.	T/5		Natick, MA		Bronze Star
Kjeldgaard, Neil D.	Pfc.		Tekanah, NB
Klunder, Raymond L.	S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star
Knight, James L.	Pfc.		Maud, OK
Koehler, Murray C.	T/4		Bellevue, KY		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Kothe, Edward W.	Pfc.		Toledo, OH		Bronze Star
Ladika, George		T/5		Diamondtown, PA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Lascelle, Alfred W.	Pfc.		Milwaukee, WI
Latoria, Rocco		Pfc.		Schiller Park, IL	Purple Heart
Leary, Paul E.		Pvt.		Fitchburg, MA
Lewis, Joseph		T/4		Eldorado, AR
Liles, Otho E.		Pfc.		Wendell, NC
Lincoln, Thomas R.	T/5		Los Angeles, CA
Lindgren, Sven H.	T/4		Argo, IL		Bronze Star
Lipschitz, Iriving M.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Long, John H.		Pfc.		New Almelo, KS		Bronze Star
Madore, Roland O.	Pfc.		Worcester, MA
Magers, Wilbert J.	T/5		Chester, IL
Martin, Russell T.	T/5		New Albany, IN		Bronze Star
Martyniak, John		Pvt.		Bronx, NY
Marzec, Bernard J.	Pfc.		Eggertsville, NY	Purple Heart
Mathis, James C.	T/5		Toney, AL
Mattson, Russell L.	Pfc.		Parkville, MN
McAuliffe, Edward J.	T/4		Cambridge, MA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Cluster)
McCrum, Thomas K.	T/5		Auburn, IN
Mendelwager, Paul	Pfc.		Bayonne, NJ
Mercer, Robert G.	T/5		Oakland, CA		Purple Heart (Cluster)
Meyer, Herbert T.	T/5		Columbus, IN		Purple Heart
Migdoll, Benjamin	Pfc.		Jersey City, NJ		Killed in Action
Miller, John A.		T/5		Bloomfield, NJ
Moffatt, Clarence G.	Pfc.		Crawford, NB
Monahan, John S.	Pfc.		Annadale, NY		Purple Heart
Montgomery, Leroy V.	T/5		Chisholm, MN
Mounts, Charles F.	T/5		Princeton, IN		Bronze Star
Murphey, Ralph E.	T/4		Sturgis, SD
Nagel, Raymond H.	Pfc.		Ridgeville Corner, OH
Nall, Clark M.		T/5		Hartford, KY
Nolan, Robert L.	Pfc.		Octavia, OK
Nowak, John J.		T/5		Chicago, IL
Olshansky, Sol		Pfc.		Cleveland, OH		Purple Heart
O'Malley, Frank J.	T/5		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Ostrander, Robert E.	T/5		Des Moines, IA
Osuna, Jesse R.		Sgt.		Saginaw, MI		Purple Heart
Oswald, Charles J.	Cpl.		Cincinnati, OH		Bronze Star
Paintner, George N.	Pvt.		Watts, OK
Palen, John		T/4		Campbell, OH
Papin, Leslie G.	T/5		Virginia, MN
Paquette, Donald G.	Pvt.		Willimansett, MA
Parks, Ralph H.		T/5		Tangier, VA
Pasquale, Joseph A.	T/5		Brooklyn, NY
Patten, George T.	T/5		Chattanooga, TN
Pawlowski, Walter R.	Sgt.		Cleveland, OH		Killed in Action
Perkins, Robert C.	T/5		Painted Post, NY
Persichetti, William	S/Sgt.		Denver, CO		Killed in Action
Peterson, Ira M.	T/5		Waterloo, IA		Bronze Star
Phillips, William J.	T/5		Wintergreen, VA		Killed in Action
Pickerell, Henry C.	T/5		Colfax, KY
Pla, Alfred F.		Pfc.		Bronx, NY		Purple Heart
Plant, Robert L.	S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star
Porter, Randall H.	Sgt.		Winnfield, LA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Powell, Harley M.	T/5		Folson, PA
Putnam, Edward S.	T/5		Davenport, IA
Pyros, Bill N.		Pfc.		Cleveland, OH		Purple Heart
Raffelson, Elmer	Pfc.		Montevideo, MN
Rayner, Louis		Pfc.		Campbell, OH
Remmert, Willie H.	T/4		Taylor, TX		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Richardson, Carl J.	T/5		Havana, IL		Killed in Action
Riemke, Charles H.	T/4		Champaigne, IL
Robaczynski, Edward A.	Pfc.		Baltimore, MD
Roberts, Warren F.	Cpl.		Cambridge, MA		Killed in Action
Rodkey, William A.	--		Northumberland, PA
Rohlf, Donald W.	T/4		Ida Grove, IA
Rosenberg, Marvin	T/5		Philadelphia, PA
Royer, Jimmie H.	T/5		Cory, IN
Rufa, Paul P.		Pfc.		Winthrop, NY		Purple Heart
Rupelt, Anton W.	T/4		Sterling, IL		Bronze Star
Russell, Harold W.	T/5		Pomeroy, OH		Killed in Action
Sattiaux, Chester R.	Pvt.		Warren, OH
Savage, Robert E.	Pfc.		Buckeye, AZ
Schenkel, Edward A.	S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star
Schilds, Mike		Cpl.		Dayton, TN
Schlitt, Gabriel	Pvt.		Long Island City, NY	Killed in Action
Schroepfer, Dale C.	T/4		Antigo, WI		Bronze Star
Schumm, Paul J.		T/5		Sabin, MN
Schweers, James S.	T/5		Bronx, NY		Purple Heart
Scott, Leonard C.	Pfc.		Athens, OH
Shaul, Robert D.	Pfc.		Birmingham, AL
Shea, Donald R.		Pfc.		Covington, KY
Short, Herbert		Pvt.		New Albany, IN
Shumaker, Charles H.	Pfc.		Middleport, OH		Silver Star
Skolnik, Philip G.	Pfc.		Cleveland, OH
Slack, Ashton J.	T/4		Delaware, OH		Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Sliauter, Peter J.	Pfc.		Aurora, IL
Smith, Herschell	Pvt.		Biloxi, MS		Bronze Star
Snider, Leslie A.	Pfc.		South Fork, PA		Killed in Action, Bronze Star
Snoor, Kenneth P.	T/5		Newark, OH		Bronze Star
Sochowski, Irving J.	Pvt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action
Sodano, Louis P.	T/5		Union, NJ
Spaulding, George W.	Pvt.		Williamson, WV
Spence, Denver T.	Sgt.		Monterville, WV		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Stafsholt, Alexander E.	T/5		Mount Vernon, NY
Starner, Richard J.	T/5		Detroit, MI		Bronze Star
Stegnick, Stanley P.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Stickney, Erwin L.	Pfc.		Big Lake, MN
Strenger, Jerome J.	Pfc.		W. New York, NJ
Striebe, Richard 	Cpl.		Milwaukee, WI
Sturm, Edward J.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action
Sumbera, Vladik E.	Pfc.		La Grange, TX		Bronze Star
Sutton, Ernest M.	T/5		Waynesville, NC		Bronze Star
Tallman, Theron M.	Cpl.		Glendale, CA
Taylor, James F.	Sgt.		Booneville, MS
Thomas, Denison M.	Sgt.		---			Purple Heart (Cluster)
Thomas, Isaac S.	Pvt.		Amanda, OH		Bronze Star
Thompson, Robert M.	Pvt.		Schenectady, NY		Killed in Action
Thomson, Cecil L.	Pfc.		Fairbanks, IN
Trekell, Donald D.	Cpl.		Casa Grande, AZ		Bronze Star
Tucker, Ernest T.	Pvt.		New Haven, CT
Umland, Richard A.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Vaca, Johnny 		Cpl.		Prague, NB		Bronze Star
Valentino, Michael	Pvt.		Hoboken, NJ
Vargo, John M.		T/5		Willock, PA		Killed in Action
VanBuskirik, William E.	Pfc.		Belle, WV
Vasilakis, James	Pfc.		Baltimore, MD		Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Cluster)
Vizzone, Samuel		Pfc.		Newark, NJ
Wallick, John A.	T/Sgt.		Albion, NB		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Walter, Louis A.	T/4		Bend, OR
Ward, William B.	T/5		Winnboro, LA		Bronze Star
Ward, William R.	Pfc.		Peoria, IL
Westgard, Edward E.	Pfc.		Brandt, SD
Westmann, Glenn H.	T/5		McKeesport, PA
White, Richard O.	Pfc.		Mound, MN		Bronze Star
Whittenburg, William R.	T/5		Purdon, TX		Bronze Star
Whittle, Walter J.	Cpl.		Long Island City, NY	Purple Heart
Wiley, Lester E.	T/4		Fort Wayne, IN
Williams, Paul		Pvt.		Francisco, IN
Williamson, Raymond	Pvt.		Springfield, MA
Wilson, Carl W.		Pvt.		Columbus, IN		Killed in Action
Wilson, Louis W.	T/5		Tacoma, WA
Witek, Casimir		Pfc.		La Salle, IL		Purple Heart
Wittrup, Robert C.	Pvt.		Detroit, MI
Wolke, Elmer A.		T/5		Continental, OH		Bronze Star
Wolfram, Frederic H.	Pvt.		Lawrenceburg, IN	Killed in Action
Woodrum, Monnie		T/5		Leet, WV		Bronze Star
Wright, Stanley S.	S/Sgt.		Wyandotte, MI
Yancey, Joe B.		Pfc.		Lawrenceville, GA
Yohans, Carl E.		Pfc.		New Haven, CT
Zahler, Isidore		Pvt.		Brooklyn, NY		Purple Heart (Cluster)
Zelmer, Oscar E.	T/5		Berrien Springs, MI
Zier, John A.		Pvt.		Lakemore, OH




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