Officers
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.




Ames, Marshall A.	Capt.		---			Bronze Star
Applewhite, Austin H.	Capt.		Columbia, MS		Purple Heart
Barnett, Newton A.	1st/Lt.		Bowling Green, KY	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Barrington, Paul S.	1st/Lt.		---			Purple Heart
Bean, Luther C.		1st/Lt.		Eastland, TX		Silver Star, Purple Heart
Benecke, Herbert F.	Capt.		Camden, NJ		Silver Star, Purple Heart
Bordenkircher, John H.	Cwo.		Mt. Sterling, IL	Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Bowman, Beverly G.	2nd/Lt.		Caddo, OK		Purple Heart
Briggs, Dan P.		Maj.		Lawrence, MA		Bronze Star
Bryant, Welch C.	1st/Lt.		Chattanooga, TN		Purple Heart
Chronis, Leonidas M.	Capt.		Syracuse, NY		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Clinton, Roy J.		Maj.		---			Silver Star, Bronze Star
Cooper, Ira B.		1st/Lt.		Haddock, GA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Collier, William H.	1st/Lt.		Arlington, MA
Cowan, Wayne A.		1st/Lt.		Elizabeth, PA		Bronze Star
Cromwell, Raymond F.	1st/Lt.		Kenney, IL		Purple Heart
Crutchfield, William Y.	Capt.		Tazewell, TX		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Cusick, Gordon M.	1st/Lt.		St. Paul, MN		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Doyle, Charles W.	1st/Lt.		Los Angeles, CA		Purple Heart
Dickinson, Gilbert R.	1st/Lt.		Libertyville, IA	Purple Heart
Earing, George H.	1st/Lt.		Albany, NY		Killed in Action (Purple Heart), Bronze Star
Earnest, Kenneth H.	2nd/Lt.		Perth Amboy, NJ
Flinn, George W.	1st/Lt.		Washington, DC		Purple Heart
Foster, Gordon S.	2nd/Lt.		Intl. Falls, MN		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
Fulton, Philip C.	Capt.		Massillon, OH		Bronze Star
Garrison, Edward C.	1st/Lt.		Utica, MS		Bronze Star
Griffin, John F.	1st/Lt.		Butler, PA		Purple Heart
Haines, Wilmer E.	2nd/Lt.		Plainfield, NJ		Purple Heart
Hayes, Lance E.		2nd/Lt.		Alton, WV		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Henrichs, Vincent W.	2nd/Lt.		Mount Holly, NJ		Killed in Action, Purple Heart
Hess, Faris J.		Capt.		---			Bronze Star
Hill, Benjamin S.	2nd/Lt.		Detroit, MI		Killed in Action (Purple Heart), Distinguished Service Cross,
Homfeld, John F.	Lt./Col.	---			Silver Star, Bronze Star
Kozbiel, Theodore E.	1st/Lt.		Chicago, IL		Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Krebs, Edward G.	Capt.		Marietta, GA		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
LaFleur, Vincent A.	Capt.		Feeding Hills, MA	Bronze Star
Latta, John M.		Capt.		Bay Village, OH		Silver Star, Purple Heart
Liggett, Richard T.	2nd/Lt.		Glendale, CA
Lyne, George H.		1st/Lt.		El Paso, TX		Killed in Action (Purple Heart)
McCarthy, Joseph M.	Maj.		---			Silver Star, Bronze Star
McConney, Gerald E.	1st/Lt.		Des Moines, IA		Bronze Star
McGraw, Carroll R.	1st/Lt.		St. Paul, MN		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Marsilius, Philip R.	1st/Lt.		Trumbull, CT		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Martin, Matthew H.	1st/Lt.		Charlotte, TX		Purple Heart
Matteson, Danforth C.	1st/Lt.		Seaside, OR		Bronze Star
Michel, Gustavo 	2nd/Lt.		San Francisco, CA	Purple Heart
Miller, Merlin L.	2nd/Lt.		West Milton, OH		Killed in Action (Purple Heart), Croix de Guerre, Bronze Star
Moore, Robert J.	1st/Lt.		Texarkana, TX		Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Murphy, Edward E.	2nd/Lt.		Colorado Springs, CO	Purple Heart
Obenchain, James W.	1st/Lt.		Grand Rapids, MI	Bronze Star
Rogers, Leo A.		Capt.		Pretty Prairie, KS	Bronze Star
Runyon, Arlie C.	2nd/Lt.		Verner, WV		Silver Star, Purple Heart
Rickenbaugh, Carl L.	Lt/Col.		Savanah, GA
Schoepfer, Martin W.	1st/Lt.		New York, NY		Bronze Star
Serafin, Thaddeus R.	2nd/Lt.		Florence, NJ
Smith, Lyle E.		2nd/Lt.		Springfield, IL
Shaffer, Nevin T.	1st/Lt.		---			Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Shein, Hartley A.	Capt.		Wichita, KS		Bronze Star (Cluster)
Swafford, William B.	Capt.		Monterey, TN		Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Sundquist, Marlin W.	WOJG		Superior, WI		Bronze Star
Wanek, Alexander A.	Capt.		Maywood, IL		Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Weller, Francis N.	Capt.		---			Bronze Star
Wentworth, Melvin D.	2nd/Lt.		Rossburg, OH		Killed in Action (Purple Heart), Bronze Star
Wilson, Oscar W.	Capt.		Urbana, IL		Bronze Star
Winslow, John M.	Capt.		Menard, TX
Wittleder, Frederick	WOJG		Chicago, IL		Bronze Star
Wright, Owen O.		1st/Lt.		Royse City, TX		Bronze Star, Purple Heart






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