101st Airborne Division

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