ORDRE DE BATAILLE

Commanding General :

Major General Maxwell D. Taylor

Assistant Commanding :

Brigadier General Don F. Pratt (KIA 6 June)

 

Chief of Staff :

Colonel Gerald J. Higgins

 

 

AC of S, G-1

Lt Col. Ned D. Moore

 

AC of S, G-2

Major Arthur M. Sommerfield
Major Paul A. Danahy (From 7 July)

 

AC of S, G-3

Lt Col. Raymond D. Millener
Lt Col. Harold W. Hannah (From 1 July)

 

AC of S, G-4

Lt Col. Carl W. Kohls

 

AC of S, G-5

Major Glen C. Eberle
Major Charles H. Stephens (From 18 June)

 

Adjutant General :

Lt Col. Edward Schmitt

Air Officer :

Lt Col. William F. Stewart

Chaplain :

Lt Col. Louis R. Goodrich

Engineer Officer :

Lt Col. John C. Pappas (KIA 13 June)
Lt Col. Hugh A. Mozley (From 13 June)

Finance Officer :

Lt Col. William P. Machemehl

Judge Avocate :

Lt Col. Trueman E. O'Quinn

Military Government Officer :

Major Robert S. Smith

Ordnance Officer :

Lt Col. Roger W. Parkinson

Postal Officer :

Captain Joseph F. Noonan

Public Relations Officer :

1st/Lt. John H. Shumaker, Jr

Quartermaster Officer :

Major Charles J. Rich

Signal Officer :

Lt Col. Sidney S. Davis

Surgeon :

Lt Col. David Gold

Headquarters Commandant :

Major J. T. Nelson

 

101st Pathfinder Co (Provisional) :

Captain Frank L. Lillyman

 

 

501st Parachute Infantry Rgt :

Colonel Howard R. Johnson

Rgt Hq Co :

Captain William G. Burd

Rgt Service Co :

Captain William H. Butler

1/501st :

Lt Col. Robert C. Caroll (KIA 6 June)
Lt Col. Harry W. O. Kinnard (From 8 June)

Hq Co :

Captain John W. Simmons

A Co :

Captain William W. Paty, Jr (WIA,POW 7 June)

B Co :

Captain Loyal Bogart (KIA 11 June)
1st/Lt. Ian M. Hamilton (From 11 June)

C Co :

Captain Robert H. "Hawk" Philips

2/501st :

Lt Col. Robert A. Ballard

Hq Co :

Captain Edmund Rhett

D Co :

1st/Lt. Bill E. Osborn

E Co :

Captain Donald A. Brown

F Co :

Captain Sammie N. Homan

3/501st :

Lt Col. Julian J. Ewell

Hq Co :

1st/Lt. Jack F. Thornton

G Co :

1st/Lt. Vernon Kraeger (WIA)
1st/Lt. Norman M. Baker

H Co :

Captain Felix W. Stanley

I Co :

Captain Richard E. Hotchkiss (KIA 6 June)
Captain Claude J. Wallace, Jr

 

502nd Parachute Infantry Rgt :

Colonel George Moseley (WIA 6 June)
Lt Col. John H. Michaelis (From 9 June)

Rgt Hq Co :

Captain Rudolph M. Jones

Rgt Service Co :

Captain Eldia R. Haire

1/502nd :

Lt Col. Patrick F. Cassidy

Hq Co :

Captain James J. Hatch

A Co :

Captain Richard L. Davidson (KIA 6 June)
1st/Lt. Wallace A. Swanson (From 6 June)

B Co :

Captain Cleveland R. Fitzgerald (WIA 6 June)

C Co :

Captain Fred A. Hancock

2/502nd :

Lt Col. Steve A. Chapuis

Hq Co :

Captain James R. Martin, Jr

D Co :

Captain William A. Bolton (WIA)

E Co :

1st/Lt. Fred O. Drennan

F Co :

Captain Legrand K. Johnson

3/502nd :

Lt Col. Robert G. Cole

Hq Co :

Captain Raymond T. Smith

G Co :

Captain Robert L. Clements (WIA 11 June)

H Co :

Captain Cecil L. Simmons

I Co :

Captain Ivan R. Hershner, Jr

 

506th Parachute Infantry Rgt :

Colonel Robert Sink

Rgt Hq Co :

Captain Edward A. Peters (KIA 6 June)

Rgt Service Co :

Captain George L. Barton III

1/506th :

Lt Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June)
Lt Col. James L. LaPrade (From 7 June)

Hq Co :

Captain Lloyd E. Patch

A Co :

Captain Melvin O. Davis

B Co :

Captain Clovis Y. Tollett

C Co :

Captain Knut H. Raudstein (WIA)

2/506th :

Lt Col. Robert L. Strayer

Hq Co :

Captain Lloyd J. Cox

D Co :

Captain Jerre S. Grosse (KIA 8 June)
1st/Lt. Joseph F. McMillan (From 8 June)

E Co :

1st Lt Thomas Meehan III (KIA 6 June)
Captain Richard D. Winters (From 6 June)

F Co :

Captain Thomas P. Mulvey

3/506th :

Lt Col. Robert L. Wolverton (KIA 6 June)
Captain Robert F. Harwick (Acting 9 June)
Major Oliver M. Horton (From June)

G Co :

Captain Harold Van Antwerp (KIA 6 June)
Captain Joseph B. Doughty (From 6 June)

H Co :

Captain Robert F. Harwick (POW)
1st/Lt. Richard P. Meason (From 7 June)

I Co :

Captain John T. McKnight (POW)

 

327th Glider Infantry Rgt :

Colonel George S. Wear
Colonel Joseph H. "Bud" Harper (From 10 June)

Rgt Service Co :

Captain William Webb

1/327th :

Lt Col. Hartford T. Salee (WIA)

A Co :

Captain Joseph B. Johnson

B Co :

Captain Robert B. Trenner (KIA)

C Co :

Captain Robert B.Galbraith

2/327th :

Colonel Thomas J. Rouzie

E Co :

Captain Ira E. Hamblin (KIA 12 June)
Captain Robert H. Lemon (From 12 June)

F Co :

Captain James F. Adams

G Co :

1st/Lt. R. Hugh Evans

3/327th (1/401st) :

Lt Col. Ray C. Allen

Hq Co :

Captain Joe S. Brewster

A Co :

Captain Eldridge Naugher (KIA 13 June)
Captain Taze R. Huntley

B Co :

Captain Robert J. McDonald

C Co :

Captain Preston E. Towns

 

 

101st Division Artillery :

Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe

Hq Btry :

Captain Williekneff

81st Airborne AA Bn :

Major X. B. Cox, Jr

A Btry :

Captain Thomas Moran

B Btry :

Captain Alphonse Gueymard

C Btry :

Captain William S. Lockman

D Btry :

Captain William G. Joe

E Btry :

Captain Gene B. Ganier

F Btry :

Captain Robert L. Jackson

321st Glider FA Bn :

Lt Col. Edward L. Carmichael

907th Glider FA Bn :

Lt Col. Clarence F. Nelson

377th Parachute FA Bn :

Lt Col. Benjamin Weisberg

Hq & Service Btry :

Captain Charles E. Knight

A Btry :

Captain Charles D. Aldrich

B Btry :

Captain Grover C. Robinson

C Btry :

Captain Marion A. Parrott

D Btry :

Captain Fred C. Culpepper, Jr

101st Airborne Signal Co :

1st/Lt. William H. Breen, Jr

326th Airborne Medical Co :

Major William Barfield

326th Airborne Engineer Bn :

Lt Col. John C. Pappas (KIA 13 June)

Hq & Service Co :

Captain Walter W. Hogrefe

A Co :

Captain Jack L. Rogers

B Co :

Captain Donald H. Froemke

C Co :

Captain Francis Liberatori