B 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.



Abell, Forrest D.	Sgt.		Petersburg, IN		Purple Heart 
Adams, Laverne E.	Pfc.		Corning, IA
Anderson, Edward D.	Pfc.		---			Purple Heart
Anderson, Eugene L.	Pfc.		Hill City, SD		Purple Heart
Anderson, James H.	T/5		Lick Creek, WV
Aring, Alvin C.		Pvt.		Cleveland, OH
Banks, Albert E.	Pfc.		Lorain, OH
Barkis, Arthur W.	Pfc.		Long Beach, CA
Bates, James C.		T/5		Englewood, TN		Purple Heart
Bayes, Elgin		T/5		Carey, OH		Purple Heart
Bearden, Paul J.	Sgt.		Macon, GA		Killed in Action
Bennett, Harry W.	Cpl.		Dexter, MO
Benton, William H.	T/5		Kylesford, TN
Bergles, Frank		Pfc.		Milwaukee, WI
Bishop, John		Pvt.		Hamtramk, MI		Purple Heart
Blackstone, James A.	T/5		Johnson, SC		Purple Heart
Blakely, Arturo O.	T/5		Beeville, TX
Blanchard, Alton L.	T/5		Whitman, MA
Blohm, Edwin J.		Pfc.		Newell, IA
Bolish, Mike J.		Pfc.		Latrobe, PA		Purple Heart
Boness, Reinhardt R.	Cpl.		La Grange, IL
Boyd, Joseph E.		T/5		Decatur, GA
Bray, John H.		Pvt.		New Britain, CT
Brindisi, Anthony L.	Pfc.		New Rochelle, NY
Brockman, Joseph E.	Cpl.		Cincinnati, OH		Purple Heart
Brown, Carl L.		Cpl.		Chicago, IL
Brown, James T.		Pfc.		Wood, TX		Purple Heart, Killed in Action
Brown, Orville D.	Pvt.		Hollywood, CA
Brown, William E.	Pfc.		East Hartford, CT
Buel, Ross A.		Pfc.		Prottsville, NY
Canary, Dalton L.	Pvt.		Hartford, KY		Purple Heart
Cardia, Lester S.	T/5		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Carle, Walter D.	Pvt.		Glen Ridge, NJ		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Carrico, Roy		Cpl.		Pierce, WV
Chaplin, Lloyd J.	T/4		Bloomfield, IA
Cherico, Joseph M.	T/5		Jersey City, NJ
Churchill, Albert W.	Pvt.		Abington, MA
Cohen, Carl P.		Pfc.		Brookline, MA		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Collins, Emmanuel 	T/5		Logan, WV
Collins, Joseph A.	Cpl.		Norwood, MA
Connor, Kenneth		Sgt.		Sullivan, IN		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Cornick, John W.	T/5		Mt. Vernon, IN
Cote, Joseph E.		Pvt.		Pittsfield, MA		Silver Star
Courmier, Everett E.	Pfc.		Vinton, LA		Purple Heart
Coutz, John		Pvt.		Bellaire, OH
Cox, George T.		S/Sgt.		Sulphur Bluff, TX	Purple Heart
Cox, Thomas M.		T/5		Roberta, GA		Purple Heart
Coy, Warren E.		Pfc.		Dayton, OH		Purple Heart
Crites, Andrew I.	S/Sgt.		Arcadia, KS		Killed in Action, Silver Star, Purple Heart (Post)
Crow, George L.		Pfc.		Middletown, OH		Purple Heart
Cupp, Ralph F.		Pfc.		Brandonville, WV	Purple Heart
Czarnota, Lawrence J.	T/5		New Britain, CT
Daggett, Harland A.	Pvt.		Sioux Falls, SD
Damphousse, Norman G.	T/4		Detroit, MI
Davidson, Charles R.	T/4		Leesburg, OH		Bronze Star
Dean, Lonnie J.		T/5		---, NC
Deaton, Oscar L.	Sgt.		Wichita Falls, TX	Purple Heart
DeBaun, Lester E.	Pfc.		Little Ferry, NJ
DeBenedictis, A.N.	Pvt.		Camden, NJ		Purple Heart
DeKoster, Eldred G.	Sgt.		Spencer, IA
DeLong, Yves J.		T/5		Chicago, IL
DeMichele, Vincent M.	Pfc.		Lansford, PA
Dowdle, James C.	Sgt.		Columbus, MO		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Dowling, John E.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Drake, Robert A.	Pvt.		Framingham, MA
Ducworth, Harry		S/Sgt.		Atlanta, GA		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Dunford, Edward S.	Pvt.		New York, NY		Purple Heart
Dunn, Edison		T/4		Rochester, NY		Purple Heart
Ebarb, Joseph E.	Sgt.		Zwolle, LA		Bronze Star
Eckard, Charles L.	Pfc.		Toledo, OH
Egbert, James M.	Pfc.		Devil's Lake, ND	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Eisman, Fred S.		Pfc.		Atlanta, GA		Purple Heart
Endris, Bernard A.	Cpl.		Pana, IL
Fadale, Anthony R.	S/Sgt.		Barnesboro, PA		Bronze Star
Fedukowski, Alfred S.	Pvt.		Dorchester, MA
Fleming, William A.	Pvt.		Loudon, TN	
Finkelstone, Carlton E.	Pvt.		Bridgeport, CT		Purple Heart
Fixsal, George L.	T/5		Farmington, IA		Purple Heart
Folds, Voncee 		T/5		Atlanta, GA
Furness, Olaf		T/4		Hammond, IN		Bronze Star
Franquelin, August H.	Pfc.		Los Angeles, CA		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Garuffe, Andrew		Pvt.		---			Purple Heart
Gilbert, William G.	Pfc.		Roanoke, VA
Gillis, John T.		T/5		Troy, OH		Purple Heart
Godby, Lovell 		Pfc.		West Somerset, KY	Purple Heart
Goldsmith, Charles W.	Pfc.		San Francisco, CA
Goldsmith, Harry	Pvt.		Jackson Heights, NY	Purple Heart
Goodberry, Frederick J.	Pfc.		Niagara Falls, NY
Gotl, Ernest C.		Pvt.		Huntington Park, CA
Grace, Dumas E.		Cpl.		Toledo, OH		Purple Heart
Graham, Donald R.	Pfc.		Ottumwa, IA
Gurka, Walter S.	T/5		Detroit, MI
Hajek, Elmer		S/Sgt.		Stanton, NB		Bronze Star
Hale, Isaac		Pvt.		Bonanza, KY		Purple Heart 
Hall, William A.	T/5		Ravenna, KY
Hamon, Roy V.		Cpl.		Erlanger, KY		Purple Heart
Hansen, William J.	T/5		Brainerd, MN		Purple Heart
Harlow, Daniel B.	Pfc.		Des Moines, IA
Hatch, Sherwin A.	Pfc.		Rutland, VT
Hatzl, Joseph		Pfc.		St. Louis, MO
Heckl, Alois		Cpl.		Buffalo, NY
Hegarty, Owen		T/5		Inglewood, CA
Hennesy, Robert M.	Pvt.		Millington, MI
Hickey, Walter J.	Pfc.		Erie, PA
Hinson, Kenneth O.	Pvt.		Tulsa, OK		Purple Heart
Hites, Paul E.		Pfc.		Farmington, OH
Hobbs, Kenneth		T/5		Sterling, CO
Hoffman, Carl D.	T/4		Toledo, OH		Bronze Star
Hoover, James F.	Pfc.		Sunbury, PA
Hopps, Percy S.		Pvt.		Helena, AR		Purple Heart
Hoyt, Lyle B.W.		S/Sgt.		Luzerne, IA		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Huff, Charles L.	T/4		Statham, GA
Hunter, John V.		T/5		Lewisburg, WV		Purple Heart
Jackson, Roy D.		Pfc.		Wardell, MO
Jarvis, Raymond J.	T/5		Springfield, MA
Jenkins, Leonard R.	Pvt. 		Danville, OH
Johnson, Gordon B.	T/5		St. Paul, MN
Johnson, Virgil C.	Pvt.		English, IN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Kain, Eugene A.		T/5		Wheeling, WV
Kaplan, Bennie		T/5		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Kappelman, Glenn L.	T/5		Lawrence, KS
Kern, Otto W.		Pvt.		Almena, WI		Purple Heart
Kessler, Oscar M.	T/4		New Harmony, IN		Killed in Action, Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Post)
Kiefer, Jack H.		T/5		Ft. Branch, IN		Purple Heart
Kinard, Joe M.		T/5		Bamberg, SC		Purple Heart
Klora, Thomas F.	T/5		Cicero, IL
Klump, James L.		Sgt.		Haubstadt, IN		Purple Heart
Klump, Thomas G.	Sgt.		Haubstadt, IN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Knight, Sheridan T.	T/5		Gibson City, IL		Purple Heart
Koellner, John J.	Pfc.		Madison, IA
Kosofsky, Morris J.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Kratzer, Joseph J.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Krolikowski, Stanley J.	Pvt.		Detroit, MI		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Kruger, Sylvester	Pfc.		Luverne, MN		Purple Heart
LaFleur, Manley D.	Pfc.		Lincoln, MI		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
LaMarre, Lawrence L.	Pfc.		New Bedford, MA
Lamkey, John A.		Pfc.		Chicago, IL
LaPointe, Michael V.	Pvt.		Lake Andes, SD
LaVoune, Dale		Pvt.		Kasson, MN
Lee, Thomas D.		Pvt.		Salem, MA		Purple Heart
Leming, Harold K.	Sgt.		Urbana, IL
Lenton, Wayne E.	Pvt.		Marengo, IA
Levin, Robert C.	T/5		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Light, Oscar G.		Pvt.		Lima, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Lindeman, Robert M.	T/5		W. Des Moines, IA	Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Link, Arthur J.		Pfc.		Kankakee, IL
Lippel, Stanley J.	Pvt.		Brooklyn, NY		Purple Heart
Lis, Casimir J.		Pvt.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Livingston, Lloyd R.	T/5		Prentiss, MS		Purple Heart
Livingston, Robert P.	Pfc.		Hubbard, OH
Magee, Michael F.	Pvt.		New York, NY
Mansfield, Jack H.	Pvt.		Indianapolis, IN
Marchewska, Casimir J.	Pfc.		Detroit, MI		Purple Heart
Marzan, Ishmael 	Pfc.		New York, NY		Killed in Action
Mathews, Lester G.	T/4		Jennings, MO
Maury, Elbert V.	T/5		Avalon, WI		Purple Heart
May, Donald B.		T/5		Van Lue, OH
McChargue, Roy 		T/5		Thomaston, GA		Purple Heart
McElveen, George A.	Pfc.		Kingstree, SC
McManigle, Leroy F.	Pvt.		Brockway, PA
McWhorter, Duard G.	T/5		Easley, SC		Purple Heart
Means, Arthur 		Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Merritt, Forrest	Pvt.		Magnolia, NC		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Merritt, Junius D.	Pvt.		Rosston AR		Purple Heart
Messmer, Francis A.	Pfc.		Morral, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Miller, George C.	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY		Purple Heart
Miner, George J.	T/5		Chicago, IL
Miner, Orrin C.		T/4		Fremont, MI
Minick, Calvin P.	Pvt.		Ft. Wayne, IN
Minwegen, Peter A.	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Modracki, Roman J.	T/5		South Bend, IN
Moore, Roy W.		T/5		Cincinnati, OH		Purple Heart
New, Cecil		Pfc.		Huntington, WV		Purple Heart
Nine, Morris R.		Pfc.		Nappanee, IN
Nonnemacher, Earl E.	Pfc.		Allentown, PA
Ogg, Wayne W.		Cpl.		Sugar Grove, OH
Osborn, James B.	T/4		Toledo, OH
Palmer, Leroy L.	Pfc.		Los Angeles, CA		Purple Heart
Parker, Theodore	Pfc.		Piedmont, SC
Parrie, Louis		Sgt.		Zwolle, LA
Parris, Johnnie R.	Pfc.		Chesnee, SC
Partridge, Robert D.	Pvt.		Chicago, IL
Parsons, Morris R.	Cpl.		Wheeling, WV		Purple Heart
Patterson, Forrest D.	T/4		Madison, IN
Pedraza, Joseph 	T/5		Chicago, IL
Picardi, Carmen J.	Pvt.		E. Boston, MA		Missing in Action
Pittman, William O.	Cpl.		Sullivan, IN		Purple Heart
Pollard, Jack W.	Cpl.		Akron, OH		Bronze Star
Pukrop, Edward S.	Pfc.		Stevens Point, WI
Quint, Forrest E.	T/5		Houlton, ME
Rellick, Mike		S/Sgt.		Lucerne Mines, PA
Reynolds, Harold R.	Pvt.		Akron, OH		Purple Heart
Rhodes, Albert		Pvt.		Perth Amboy, NJ		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Rich, Charles R.	Pvt.		Frankfort, IL		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Ricketts, Myron K.	T/5		Lexington, IL
Rider, Edward J.	Pfc.		South Bend, IN		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Rosenbalm, William T.	Pfc.		Troy, OH		Purple Heart
Ross, Emmett W.		Pvt.		Camden, NJ		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Rothstein, Murray	Pfc.		Mt. Vernon, NY		Purple Heart
Roy, Charles J.		Pvt.		Kansas City, MO
Rutledge, Donald C.	T/5		Mooreland, IN		Purple Heart
Ryberg, Theodore W.	Pfc.		Glen Ellyn, IL
Sadler, Gilbert H.	T/4		North Olmstead, OH
Sandvick, John J.	Pfc.		Baltimore, MD
Santolo, Michael V.	T/4		Waterbury, CT
Santos, Charles 	T/5		New Bedford, MA
Sassano, Joseph M.	Cpl.		Yonkers, NY
Schleckman, Joseph H.	Cpl.		Murray, UT
Scibona, Peter J.	T/5		Hammond, LA		Purple Heart
Seabolt, Ira R.		Pvt.		Wellford, WV
Sexton, John K.		Sgt.		Stidham, OK
Shamburger, Mylem	Pvt.		Quemado, TX		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Shifflett, James W.	T/5		Cynthiana, KY
Sigsbee, Robert M.	T/5		Oneida, NY		Purple Heart 
Skinner, Ransom L.	Pvt.		Philadelphia, PA
Smith, Joe M.		Cpl.		Sanger, TX		Purple Heart
Smith, John		Pfc.		Blackwood, NJ
Stanley, Enoch P.	Pfc.		West Pittson, PA
Stanton, Jerome F.	T/5		Medina, NY
Steel, Joseph C.	Pfc.		Albany, MO
Stegall, William C.	Pvt.		Union, SC		Purple Heart
Stein, Robert J.	Pfc.		Evanston, IL		Purple Heart
Stein, William C.	T/5		New Bedford, MA
Stiff, Raymond G.	T/5		Union, NJ		Purple Heart
Stilwell, William C.	Pvt.		St. Louis, MO		Purple Heart
Strait, Victor D.	Pfc.		Cedar Rapids, IA
Strauch, Robert J.	S/Sgt.		Washburn, IL		Purple Heart
Strenio, Andrew		Pfc.		Erie, PA
Strickland, William C.	T/5		Anderson, SC		Purple Heart
Suddeth, Harold L.	Pfc.		Petersburg, IN		Purple Heart
Swain, Orville O.	Pvt.		Madison, WI		Purple Heart
Talkington, Robert J.	Pvt.		Indianapolis, IN
Tamplin, Willie R.	T/5		Auburn, AL
Tennis, Virgil A.	T/5		Shelburn, IN		Purple Heart
Terzakis, William N.	T/4		Buna, TX		Purple Heart
Teske, Raymond H.C.	T/4		Monroe, LA
Thomas, James C.	Pfc.		Andalusia, AL		Purple Heart
Thompson, Edward C.	T/5		Durango, CO
Tombolato, Evo P.	Sgt.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Tresmond, Daniel J.	Pvt.		Buffalo, NY
Tromley, Mitchel 	Pfc.		Bruceville, IN		Purple Heart
Trygar, Edmund J.	Pfc.		South River, NJ
Vaith, Russell M.	S/Sgt.		Austin, MN		Purple Heart
Van Meter, Dana E.	T/4		Sumner, OH		Killed in Action, Purple Heart (Post)
Vaughn, Vergil W.	Pvt.		Carterville, IL
Venditti, Joseph D.	Pvt.		Cleveland, OH		Purple Heart
Vratkovich, James M.	Pfc.		Campbell, OH		Missing in Action
Wall, James E.		T/5		Selma, NC
Watson, Harold N.	T/5		Denver, CO
Weaver, Homer G.	S/Sgt.		Rochester, IL
Weedon, Thomas I.	T/5		Fredericksburg, VA
Well, Dayton T.		Pvt.		Mansfield, OH
Weisser, Henry J.	Sgt.		Luck, WI		Purple Heart, Silver Star
Wickman, Harry W.	Pfc.		Barrington, --
Wilkinson, James J.	Sgt.		La Grange, IL		Purple Heart
Williams, Eddie L.	T/5		Pawnee, IL		Purple Heart
Williams, Lemon H.	Pfc.		Trout, WV
Wimberly, Eugene C.	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Wolff, John R.		1st/Sgt.	Chicago, IL		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Wright, Furman B.	T/5		Cleveland, SC
Wright, Homer M.	T/5		East Liverpool, OH	Bronze Star

Left: Cpl. Myron Ricketts, 121st Squadron, B Troop, drowned while swimming after the war near Salzburg, Austria, July 22,1945












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