E 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.



Allender, James E.	T/4		Los Angeles, CA
Archer, Merrit L.	Pfc.		Presque Isle, ME	Purple Heart
Appel, Julius W.	Pfc.		Erlanger, KY
Atkins, Jack W.		Sgt.		Tulsa, OK
Austin, Louis M.	T/5		Kansas City, MO
Baker, Glenn W.		T/5		Upper Sandusky, OH	Purple Heart
Ballew, Albert E.	T/5		North East, PA		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Barnett, Freddie L.	Pfc.		Greenview, IL
Battaglia, John 	Pfc.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Beal, Samuel J.		S/Sgt.		Elmer, NJ
Blankenship, Dencil S.	Pfc.		Dunden, WV
Bokina, Jerome S.	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Brackman, Richard M.	Pfc.		New Orleans, LA
Brock, George I.	T/5		Kenansville, NC		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Brown, Edward 		Pvt.		Ponsford, MN
Bullard, Robert E.	S/Sgt.		Chesterfield, IL
Chapmond, Marion	S/Sgt.		Haskell, TX		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)EFCK@itlnet.net
Charlebois, Gerard H.	Sgt.		Detroit, MI
Clark, Harry R.		Sgt.		Lima, OH
Clendenning, William H.	T/4		Liverpool, OH		Bronze Star
Cooke, Robert G.	Cpl.		Bethlehem, PA
Dehil, Anthony T.	Sgt.		Cleveland, OH
Duke, Taft C.		Pfc.		Lumberton, NC
Farah, George		Pfc.		Mt. Clemens, MI
Feig, Sanford W.	Cpl.		Detroit, MI
Gaitaniella, Mauro P.	Pvt.		Pittsburgh, PA		Purple Heart
Gauthier, Lawrence R.	Pfc.		Two Rivers, WI
German, Preston L.	Sgt.		Covington, GA
Gladwell, Dave G.	T/5		Beardstown, IL		Bronze Star
Green, William F.	Pvt.		Louisville, KY
Grigg, Harold A.	Cpl.		Peoria, IL		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
Gyselinck, Henry E.	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Hale, Paul R.		Cpl.		W. Prestonburg, KY
Halsey, Floyd H.	Pvt.		Canastota, NY
Henderson, Blair L.	T/5		Bolivar, PA
Hildreth, Albert E.	T/5		Harvard, IL		Bronze Star
Hoffacker, Harold G.	T/5		Springfield, IL
Hopper, George O.	T/5		Pesotum, IL
Hudson, Donovan 	T/5		Urbana, IA
Kelley, Howard D.	Sgt.		Bremen, OH		Purple Heart
Kitz, Donald L.		T/5		Toledo, OH		tdk_apa@toledolink.com
Klingzell, Johannes	Pfc.		Chicago, IL
Kostula, Walter A.	Pfc.		Old Forge, PA
Krones, William E.	Pvt.		Cicero, IL
Kunkel, Julius S.	Sgt.		Tampico, Mexico
Lalla, Walter H.	T/4		Granger, TX
Linehan, Richard B.	Cpl.		Toledo, OH		Bronze Star
Mariani, Berto C.	T/5		Springfield, MA		Bronze Star
Martin, William F.	Pvt.		Greensburg, IN
Mathis, Charles P.	Pfc.		Hardin, KY
McKinney, Richard E.	Cpl.		Big Spring, KY
Mellonig, Robert J.	Pfc.		West Allis, WI		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
Messenger, Donald E.	Pfc.		New Virginia, IA
Mosciske, Raymond J.	T/4		Hartland, WI		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Myers, Francis W.	Pvt.		Centerburg, OH		Purple Heart
Noring, Samuel 		S/Sgt.		Gregory, SD		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
Patton, Omar		T/5		Frenchburg, KY		Purple Heart
Pearson, Virgil B.	T/4		Springfield, IL		Bronze Star
Peters, Francis E.	T/5		Norman, OK		Bronze Star
Pianko, Benjamin	Pfc.		Brooklyn, NY
Pivonka, Joseph J.	S/Sgt.		Kalamazoo, MI		Purple Heart
Przybylski, Walter F.	Pfc.		South Bend, IN
Reas, Arthur L.		Pfc.		Edgerton, OH
Rebrovich, Thomas G.	Pvt.		Akron, NY
Reinhard, William	Pvt.		Milwaukee, WI
Reynolds, Ronald W.	Pfc.		Lincoln, IL
Rodenberg, Randolph F.	T/4		Evansville, IN
Rolfes, Donald B.	S/Sgt.		Covington, KY		Bronze Star
Royse, Edgar K.		T/4		Texahoma, OK		Bronze Star
Rupp, John D.		Sgt.		Pueblo, CO
Russell, Harold R.	T/5		Dayton, OH		Purple Heart
Saldivar, Venancio F.	Pfc.		Watts, CA
Sauerwald, Walter E.	T/5		Atco, NJ		Bronze Star
Scearce, William	Sgt.		Franklin, OH		Purple Heart
Scranton, Leonard N.	Sgt.		Urbana, IL
Sikernitsky, Edward J.	Pvt.		Hartford, CT
Simone, Raymond 	T/5		Providence, RI		Bronze Star
Smith, Richard T.	Pvt.		Louisville, KY
Snyder, Adam		T/5		Mt. Vernon, IN		Bronze Star
Strawn, Herbert P.	Sgt.		Pawnee, IL
Swatek, Bernard J.	T/5		Chicago, IL
Tardif, Leon R.		Cpl.		Lewiston, ME
Tevebaugh, Floyd	S/Sgt.		Danville, IL
Thompson, John L.	Pfc.		Kankakee, IL
Thornburg, Clyde W.	Pfc.		Lincolnton, NC
Thuerk, Robert A.	Cpl.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart
Ulmen, Bernard M.	Pfc.		Los Angeles, CA
Voss, Mack E.		Pfc.		Champaign, IL
Walker, Preston L.	Pfc.		Harrison City, MS
Wallace, Charles V.	1st/Sgt.	Chicago, IL		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Warzynski, William J.	S/Sgt.		Almond, WI		Bronze Star
Wellmeyer, Eldo V.	Cpl.		Stendal, IN		Purple Heart
Winger, Robert B.	Sgt.		St. Paul, MN
Woods, Forrest D.	Cpl.		Waverly, IL		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
Wurtz, Loren J.		S/Sgt.		Linn, KS
Yonts, James W.		T/5		Hazel Park, MI		Bronze Star

Photo taken in the summer of 1945 in Austria of T5 Don Kitz and Pfc. Clyde Thornberg, E Troop 121st Squadron. Thanks to Tom Kitz, son of the late Don Kitz for the image.


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