A Troop
121st 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.



Abbott, Floyd W.	Sgt.		Josephine, TX
Adams, George F.	T/Sgt.		Bergen, NY		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Albert, Wilmer E.	1st Sgt.	Lewisburg, OH		Purple Heart
Allbritten, Orville L.	T/5		Highland Park, MI
Allen, Woodrow W.	Pvt.		---			Purple Heart
Allison, Edgar J.	T/5		Myers, KY
Alvarez, Fernando R.	Pvt.		Las Cruces, NM
Arneson, Lawrence S.	Pvt.		Manvel, TX
Atterberry, Charles R.	Cpl.		Pontiac, IL		Purple Heart
Andrejko, Michael 	Pfc.		Beaver Meadows, PA
Bajda, Edward J.	S/Sgt.		Buffalo, NY		Killed in Action, Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Post)
Barton, Oscar W.	Pvt.		Haverhill, MA
Bary, Alex A.		T/Sgt.		Turtle Creek, PA	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Baxter, James H.	Pfc.		Georgetown, DE
Beattie, Norman J.	Pfc.		St. Peter, MN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Beech, Archie M.	Pvt.		Leaksville, MS
Beers, Roland C.	Pfc.		Framingham, MA
Beeson, Harold R.	Pfc.		Lumbrook, DE
Belitz, John		Pfc.		Detroit, MI		Purple Heart
Bellini, Daniel A.	T/Sgt.		Manvel, TX		Croix de Guerre, Purple Heart
Bergman, Francis X.	Pfc.		South Bend, IN
Biggins, Leland F.	Cpl.		Fairoaks, PA		Purple Heart
Black, Edward		Pfc.		Flat Lick, KY		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Blackford, Charles R.	S/Sgt.		Urbana, IL
Bloss, Robert E.	Pfc. 		Syre, PA
Bondas, Max W.		T/5		Chicago, IL
Boban, Joseph A.	Cpl.		Manor, PA		Purple Heart
Bodwin, Dan J.		Pfc.		N. Branch, MI
Boring, Lester D.	Pfc.		Kingwood, WV		Purple Heart
Boucher, Louis J.	Pfc.		Pittsfield, MA		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Bradley, Arvil W.	T/5		Sand Springs, KY	Purple Heart	
Brabant, Raymond G.	Pvt.		Minneapolis, MN
Brewer, Walter C.	T/5		San Bernadino, CA
Bromm, Othmar H.	Pfc.		St. Anthony, IN		Purple Heart
Brooks, Donald E.	Pvt.		Ypsilanti, MI 		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Brown, Labin H.		Pfc.		Galatia, IL
Buda, Frank F.		T/4		Pontiac, MI		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Burke, Ralph W.		Pfc.		Providence, RI	
Butler, Blount		Sgt.		Fayetteville, NC
Buettemeier, Orville	T/5		Peoria, IL
Bush, Charles W.	T/5		Spiller, OH		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Calhoun, Vernon A.	T/5		---			Purple Heart
Callahan, Jack N.	Pvt.		Cleveland, OH		Croix de Guerre, Purple Heart
Carroll, Wiley A.	S/Sgt.		Bessemer City, NC	Killed in Action, Bronze Star
Catoe, Reece B.		Pvt.		Kershaw, SC
Cecere, Vincent		Pfc.		New York, NY
Cejmer, Anthony L.	Pfc.		Detroit, MI		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Clay, Elgin V.		T/5		Arcadia, MO
Cocuzzi, Mario A.	T/5		Pittsburg, PA		Purple Heart
Collier, W.C.		Pvt.		Amarillo, TX		Purple Heart
Connor, John W.		Pfc.		Boonville, IN		Purple Heart
Cook, John D.		Pfc.		Roswell, NM		Purple Heart
Cooke, Arthur J.	Pvt.		Cleveland, OH
Cordial, Lovell		Pfc.		Lowmanville, KY
Corely, John W.		T/5		Ft. Wayne, IN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Corrado, Pat G.		T/5		Chicago, IL
Cox, Robert T.		Pvt.		---			Purple Heart
Croley, Robert J.	T/4		Jersey City, NJ		Bronze Star
Daniel, Benjamin G.	Pvt.		Clareville, KY
Davis, Erwin W.		Pfc.		Bridgewater, VT
Dayton, Oscar W.	Pfc.		Newburgh, NY		Purple Heart
Deans, Aubrey D.	Cpl.		Portsmouth, VA
DeBraun, Harry F.	Pfc.		Shelbyville, IN		Purple Heart
Deleo, Anthony		S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL
Denney, Norman M.	T/5		Carthage, MO
Dennis, Joseph M.	Cpl.		Springfield, MA
Derkacy, Michael	T/5		E. Chicago, IN		Purple Heart
Desrosiers, George R.	Pfc.		Nashua, NH
Diamos, George N.	S/Sgt.		Tuscon, AZ		Purple Heart
Diefenbach, George W.	T/5		Evansville, IN		Purple Heart
Dierdorf, Roy D.	Cpl.		Jacksonville, IN
Dixon, William A.	Pfc.		Bowling Green, KY
Doty, Albert C.		T/5		Freedom, OK
Duffy, William J.	Sgt.		Pontiac, IL		Purple Heart
Dubitsky, Martin S.	T/4		Brooklyn, NY
Dubois, Louis J.	Pfc.		St. Louis, MO
Duszynski, George R.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL
Eakins, Alfred O.	T/4		Evansville, IN		Purple Heart
Eaton, Clayton W.M.	Pfc.		Hogginsville, GA
English, Edwin C.	T/5		Gardena, CA
Exline, William H.	Pvt.		Jackson, OH
Eynon, Thomas W.	Pvt.		Syracuse, OH
Farley, Horace		Pvt.		Cheshire, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Federman, Burton M.	T/4		Allston, MA
Felix, James P.		S/Sgt.		Ashtabula, OH
Fields, James O.	T/4		Utica, OH
Fitch, Eugene B.	T/5		--			Purple Heart
Fleming, James W.	T/5		Milwaukee, WI		Purple Heart
Foley, James W.		T/5		Chicago, IL
Follansbee, John S.	Pfc.		Plainville, CT
Foltz, Curtis G.	T/5		Walla Walla, WA		Purple Heart
Fontenot, Lenis		Pvt.		Morse, IA		Purple Heart
Ford, Clarence D.	Pfc.		Lafayette, IN		Purple Heart
Franke, John		T/5		Johnstown, PA		Purple Heart
Frankfurt, Robert W.	Pfc.		Midland Beach, NY
Fritze, John B.		Pfc.		Orange, NJ
Gardescu, John C.	Pfc.		Washington, DC 		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Garrett, James L.	T/5		Evansville, IN
Gaspar, George		T/4		Carleton, MI
Gaylor, Paul H.		Pfc.		Dayton, OH		Purple Heart
Geisler, Raymond L.	S/Sgt.		---			Purple Heart
Genello, Louis		Pfc.		Scranton, PA
Ginsberg, Allen		Pfc.		Bronx, NY
Gnazzo, Frank		T/5		Bronx, NY 		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Goff, James O.		Pvt.		Beardstown, KY
Gorman, Paul		T/4		Champaign, IL
Graham, Luther S.	Pfc.		Clarksville, PA
Granquist, Emil		Pvt.		Marinette, WI		Purple Heart
Grant, James K.		Pfc.		Indianola, MS
Graziano, Salvatore F.	Pvt.		Poughkeepsie, NY
Greenwald, Roger J.	Pfc.		Roswell, NM
Grzybowski, Leo A.	Pfc.		Detroit, MI
Hadfield, Harry T.	S/Sgt.		Gloucester, NJ		Purple Heart
Halpin, Francis E.	S/Sgt.		Manito, IL
Hansen, Jack W.		T/5		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Hanson, Einar M.	T/5		Holmes, WY
Harden, John E.		Pvt.		Baltimore, IL		Purple Heart
Hardy, Lucian C.	Pfc.		Lawton, OK
Harris, Ivan B.		T/4		Owensville, IN		Purple Heart
Harrison, Horace E.	Pvt.		Petersburg, IN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Hartley, George N.	Pvt.		Battle Creek, IA	Purple Heart
Hefferman, Chris T.	Pfc.		Sommerville, MA
Henderson, William R.	T/5		Lyman, SC		Purple Heart
Hertz, Ralph E.		Pfc.		San Francisco, CA
Hewitt, Robert H.	Pfc.		Milwaukee, WI
Hieger, Elmer J.	Pvt.		St. Louis, MO
Hof, Vernon J.		T/5		Ludington, MI
Holliday, Amos B.	T/5		Auburn, AL
Hornat, Joseph		T/5		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Hornsby, Harley		--		---			Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Hoover, Melvin W.	Pfc.		York, PA		Purple Heart
Hoskinson, Robert E.	Pfc.		Columbus, OH		Purple Heart
Howard, Hurstel E.	Pfc.		Baxter, KY
Howell, Marshall D.	Pvt.		Carbondale, IL
Hoyt, William J.	T/5		Everett, MA		Purple Heart
Huot, Roland L.		Pvt.		Biddeford, MA		Purple Heart
Huston, Harry O.	Pvt.		Turtle Lake, ND
Jacobs, Arnold		T/5		Newark, NJ		Purple Heart
Johnson, Alfred V.	T/5		Tokeen, AK
Johnson, Ben H.		T/5		Asheville, NC
Johnson, Paul J.	Pfc.		Ft. Myers, FL
Johnson, Thomas D.	Pfc.		Henryetta, OK
Jones, James E.		T/5		Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Jones, Johnnie B.	Pvt.		Lancaster, SC
Jones, Gordon E.	Sgt.		Copperhill, TN
Jorgenson, George H.	Pfc.		Saugerties, NY		Purple Heart
Jupka, Theodore W.	T/4		Great Falls, MT		Purple Heart
Kaplan, George W.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL
Kelly, John C.		Pfc.		St. Louis, MO
Kent, Dwight T.		Sgt.		Chillicothe, OH
Keitzman, Arnold H.	T/5		Milwaukee, WI
Klinger, Daniel 	Sgt.		Forest Hills, NY	Purple Heart
Knight, Kenneth A.	Pfc.		Buffalo, NY
Kolonick, Arthur J.	Pvt.		Cleveland, OH
Korot, Morris		T/5		Hollywood, CA
Koteski, Charles E.	T/4		Rockford, IL
Kuenkler, Gilbert P.	T/4		San Carlos, CA
Laing, Chester W.	Pfc.		Cannelton, WV
LaFontaine, John F.	T/5		Cincinnatti, OH
Lang, Henry W.		T/4		Chicago, IL
Larsen, Henry B.	Pvt.		S. Amboy, NJ
Layton, Dorsey G.	Pfc.		---			Purple Heart
Levine, Joseph		T/4		Cleveland, OH		Purple Heart
Levine, Leonard F.	T/Sgt.		Imperial, PA		Purple Heart
Lee, Mack T.		S/Sgt.		Vernon, IN
Leidy, Richard R.	Pfc.		Kalida, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Lewis, Durward B.	Cpl.		Grange City, KY		Purple Heart
Lipinski, William 	Pfc.		Erie, PA
Lovinger, Daniel W.	T/5		Tulsa, OK
Lyons, Leo F.		Pfc.		Dover, MA
McBride, Frank A.	Cpl.		Jamaica, NY
McClain, Claude H.	Pvt.		Hulbert, AR
McCoy, John T.		S/Sgt.		Pampa, TX		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
McGraw, Johnnie J.	T/5		Concord, NC		Purple Heart
McGuire, Joe		T/5		Mt. Carmel, IL
Macierowski, Henry S.	Pvt.		Boston, MA		Purple Heart
Magel, Philip W.	Pvt.		Louisville, KY		Purple Heart
Manuel, Leroy A.	Cpl.		Biloxi, MS		Purple Heart
Manning, John J.	Cpl.		--			Purple Heart
Marien, Honorius J.	T/5		Providence, RI		Purple Heart
Martin, Andre J.W.	Pfc.		Midland Park, NJ
Martin, Lacy W.		Pvt.		Tulsa, OK
Martin, Lyndel O.	Sgt.		Emden, MA
Mattson, Harry G.	T/5		Battle Ground, WA
Medeiros, James G.	Pfc.		Fall River, MA		Purple Heart
Medley, Murl M.		Pvt.    	Scottsville, KY		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Metheney, Charles L.	Pfc.		Ewington, OH
Mills, William K.	Pfc.		Nash, OK
Minor, Paul H.		T/5		Greensboro, NC		Purple Heart
Mitchell, Leland E.	Pfc. 		Roswell, NM		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Mitchell, Metro M.	Cpl.		Allegheny, PA		Purple Heart
Monk, Haslee F.		Pfc.		Wausau, WI
Montieth, James C.	Pvt.		Asheville, NC		Purple Heart
Moore, Anthony M.	Pvt.		Earling, WV		Purple Heart
Moss, George H.		T/5		Cleveland, OH		Purple Heart
Mullen, James A.	T/5		Woodside, NY
Nadbienly, Joseph	S/Sgt.		Bound Brook, NJ
Najda, Anthony M.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Nealon, William T.	Pfc.		Schenectady, NY		Purple Heart
Nedley, Robert B.	Cpl.		Pittsburgh, PA
Nenonen, Kauko E.	Pvt.		Bronx, NY		Purple Heart
Nesci, Joseph P.	T/4		Chicago, IL
Nixon, Don W.		--		Madisonville, KY	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Novak, Norman J.	Pfc.		Cleveland, OH
Olien, William O.	Pfc.		Portland, OR
Owens, R.L.		T/5		Warwick, OK
Overgard, Jack P.	T/5		Chicago, IL
Pagliaro, Harold E.	Pfc.		Bronx, NY		Purple Heart
Palmer, Charles E.	Pfc.		Portland, OR
Panasewicz, Edward J.	T/4		Pulaski, PA		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Papatopoli, Peter A.	T/5		Wilkes Barre, PA
Paplyk, Nicholas 	Pfc.		Cleveland, OH
Parris, Odell		Pfc.		Gaffney, SC		Purple Heart
Parrish, Harold		--		---			Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Paul, Earnest H.	Cpl.		Newburgh, IN
Paule, Albert		Pfc.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Peck, Donald W.		T/5		Warren, MI
Pescod, Charles R.	Pvt. 		Dumas, AR		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Petrino, Vincent S.	Pfc.		New York, NY
Pfaff, Charlie N.	Pfc.		Arcadia, IN		Purple Heart
Phelps, Buddy O.	Pfc.		Brentwood, CA		Purple Heart
Pierce, Burton J.	T/5		Towanda, PA		Purple Heart
Plumley, Bille		Pfc.		Hagar, WV		Purple Heart
Polese, Henry M.	Pfc.		Malden, MA
Powell, James L.	T/4		Kansas City, MO
Punturi, Sesto		Pfc.		Montcalm, WV
Raybold, Henry		T/5		Pittsburgh, PA
Raney, Junior L.	Sgt.		Delhi, PA
Ray, Lewis B.		Cpl.		Irvington, NJ		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Recore, Arthur L.	T/5		Moores Forks, KY
Reitze, Henry A.	T/5		Meadville, PA
Richter, Pius F.	Pvt.		---			Purple Heart
Ricker, Clarence E.	T/5		Knoxville, TN		Purple Heart
Roark, Elmer G.		T/5		Borderland, WV
Roche, James B.		T/4		Newton, MA
Rose, Oscar A.		T/5		Hawthorne, NV
Rosenbaum, Maxwell J.	Pvt.		Fitchburg, MA		Purple Heart
Rosenmiller, Joseph L.	Pvt.		York, PA
Rossi, Sam T.		Pfc.		Nile, OH
Rossman, Allen E.	Pvt. 		Detroit, MI		Purple Heart
Rothfield, Herbert L.	S/Sgt.		Laurelton, NY
Rudy, Peter		T/5		Peekskill, NY		Purple Heart
Ryan, Joseph J.		Sgt.		St. Paul, MN
Samulowitz, Joseph M.	S/Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Sanchez, Celestino	Pfc.		Craig, CO
Scaglione, Frank	Pvt.		Ozone Park, NY
Schroeder, Paul A.	Pvt.		Wright, KS		Purple Heart
Schmidt, Jerome A.	T/5		Timpton, MO
Schultz, Russell F.	T/5		Albany, NY		Purple Heart
Scurlock, Martin J.	T/5		Jackson, OH
Sentenac, George E.	Pfc.		Phoenixville, PA
Sheeran, Leonard G.	T/5		Charleston, OH
Sherman, James C.	T/4		Hazelton, IN		Purple Heart
Shriver, Bert W.	Pfc.		Grand Junction, CO
Simpson, Ted		Cpl.		Walker, KY
Six, Elroy H.		Pfc.		Franklin, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Skinner, Ransom L.	Pvt.		Philadelphia, PA
Smith, William E.	Pfc.		Afton, NY
Snider, Dean S.		Pvt.		Speedway, WV		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Sokolowiski, Larry J.	S/Sgt.		Milwaukee, WI
Southwood, Raymond P.	Pfc. 		Tulsa, OK		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Spencer, Walter		T/5		Plainfield, NJ
Springfield, Charles W.	Pvt.		Gary, IN
Steward, Joseph B.	T/5		Lexington, KY
Stewart, Henry		T/5		Norfolk, WV		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Stribling, Earl R.	T/5		Indianapolis, IN
Stricker, Paul S.	--		Greenville, OH		Purple Heart
Sullivan, Frank J.	Sgt.		Bridgeville, PA
Suprna, Matt S.		T/5		West Allis, WI		Purple Heart
Swan, Howard C.		T/5		Binghamton, NY		Purple Heart
Sylvester, John M.	Pfc.		Cornwall, NY
Szydlowski, William J.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heartptmcmahan@hotmail.com
Szymanski, Anthony J.	T/5		Reading, PA		Purple Heart
Szymarek, Joseph R.	S/Sgt.		Milwaukee, WI
Talkington, Harold M.	Pfc.		Folson, WV		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Taylor, Allen E.	Sgt.		Dover, NH
Thevenot, Wiltz J.	Pfc.		Cottonport, LA		Purple Heartjenawitch@fbx.com
Thompson, Charles B.	Pfc.		Ponca City, CA		Purple Heart
Titus, Jim B.		Cpl.		Los Angeles, CA
Travis, Walter J.	Pfc.		Middleton, NY		Purple Heart
Underwood, William G.	Pfc.		Groton, NY		Purple Heart
Upperman, Dallas J.	T/5		Columbus, OH
Valk, Edward J.		Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY		Purple Heart
Van Doorne, John	Pfc.		Grand Rapids, MI	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Van Heuman, Edward J.	Pvt.		Armstrong, IA
Von Bischoffshausen, R.	Pfc.		Elizabeth, NJ
Wachel, John W.		Pvt.		Amsterdam, NY		Purple Heart
Waggoner, Joe E.	T/5		--			Purple Heart
Walczewski, Walter C.	Pfc.		South Bend, IN
Ward, Allan R.		S/Sgt.		E. Lansing, MI
Weaver, Eugene A.	T/5		Del Norte, CO
Weinbender, David A.	T/5		Gering, NB
Wenzel, Edward C.	Pfc.		Milwaukee, WI		Purple Heart
Wess, Arlen J.		Pvt.		Chicago, IL
Westendorf, Wilbur E.	T/5		Brownington, MO
Willey, John J.		T/5		Philadelphia, PA
Williams, Stephen F.	Pvt.		Owensboro, KY
Williams, Thomas J.	Pfc.		Columbus, OH
Williamson, Clarence F.	T/4		Bainbridge, OH
Wills, Willis W.	T/5		University Park, IA
Wilson, James W.	T/5		Alexandria, LA
Winkler, Gilbert F.	Pfc.		Washington, NJ		Purple Heart
Winters, Hiram L.	Pvt.		Cordova, AL
Woolard, William F.	Sgt.		Washington, NC		Purple Heart
Wright, Fred E.		Cpl.		La Fargeville, NY	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Yochum, James S.	T/5		Ottumwa, IA
York, Joseph C.		Pvt.		Lawrenceville, IL	Purple Heart
Zalewski, Richard 	Pfc.		Detroit, MI
Zappulla, Sam C.	Pfc.		Harvey, LA
Zaucha, Chester L.	Pfc.		Essexville, MI
Zbrovicz, John J.	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Zederick, Frank A.	Pvt.		Portland, OR		Purple Heart
Ziff, Jacob		T/4		Philipsburg, PA
Zumwalt, Frankie O.	S/Sgt.		Alton, IL		Purple Heart


Below are two images of Sgt. William J. Szydlowski, who served with the unit from 1940 to 1945. Thanks to his nephew, Patrick McMahon, for supplying these images to us.















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