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Le stick disparu de Saint-Tropez

Le 15 août 1944, 17 parachutistes du 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion disparaissent dans le golfe de Saint-Tropez

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Sources of informations : ww2-airborne.net, 517prct.org, Benoit Senne, M. Lunko, H. Simorre, G. Hersvik, Famille Baldwin, M. Barnhurst, N. Sexton, M. Reuter, Famille Swetits, D. Fisco, D. Petri, Famille Hampton, Ralph A. List, Famille Van Ness, Rick Riley, Famille Buechler, I. Bail, Famille Lesmeister, L. Schlarb, Famille Miller, B. Eegan, R. Reginato, H. Hensleigh, N. Farnsworth, K. Klinkosh, Famille Pacey, L. Anderson, J. Smith, M. Beauchaine, J. Miller, B. Crooks, K. Thomas, C. Hayes, G. Sullivan, C. Mann, paradata.org.uk, 509thgeronimo.org, FSSF Association, Autopsy of a Battle.

 

PICTURES MISSING

 

T/5 Frank G. Lopenski

550th IAB

DNB : 20/07/1944

 

Pfc. Roland B. Shirey

HQ Company

551st PIB

DNB : 01/08/1944

 

Pfc. Edward M. Diss

C Company

517th PIR

DNB : 03/08/1944

 

Thomas F. Booley

165th Field Reg.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Joseph H. Birtles

127th Para. Amb.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Cpl. Douglas R. Brown

887th AB. Eng. Co.

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Gavin P. Burns

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

L/Cpl. Ernest C. Calver

4th Para Brigade

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Frank Campos

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Francis E. Cox

127th Para. Amb.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Cpl. Charles R. Davis

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

T/5 Albert T. Dawson

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

1/Sgt. Anthony J. Dorsa

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Benjamin Dowie

4th Para Brigade

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Vernon E. Dunbar

A Company

550th IAB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Jack D. Funk

B Company

551st PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Julius Garcia

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Cpl. Thomas J. Gwilym

6th Welsh Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Carl M. Hart

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Allen H. Hulshizer

HQ Battery

463rd PFAB

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Theodore N. Legg

D Battery

463rd PFAB

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Albert J. Klausen

550th IAB

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Joseph Legros

550th IAB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Charles C. Lemen

E Company

517th PIR

15/08/1944

 

Cpl. Lewis N. Lindsey

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. George R. Lynch

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Wendell E. Morrison

Pathfinder

551st PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Patrick O'Flaherty

4th Para Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. James F. Patterson

127th Para. Amb.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

T/5 George W. Reid Jr.

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Robert G. Rodger

4th Para Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

T/4 Alton Shaneyfelt

F Company

517th PIR

15/08/1944

 

1st Lt. George W. Sharpe

550th IAB

15/08/1944

 

Lt. Arthur C. F. Stewart

4th Para Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Sgt. William A. Sutherland

B Company

509th PIB

15/08/1944

 

Cpl. John G. Thomas

6th Welsh Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. Reidar A. Tobiassen

887th AB Eng. Co.

15/08/1944

 

Pfc. Basil J. Yulo

550th IAB

15/08/1944

 

1/Sgt. John E. Gaunce

H Company

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Robert R. Hathorne

B Company

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Frederick M. John

D Company

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

Sgt. Wallace A. Montgomery

B Company

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

1/Sgt. Anthony Paplatario

550th IAB

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Levi Brierley

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. John W. Clark

HQ-2

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Lynwood W. Cross

HQ-1

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Robert G. Fouracre

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Davy W. Jones

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

16/08/1944

 

2nd Lt. Albert M. Robinson Jr.

HQ-2

517th PIR

16/08/1944

 

L/Sgt. Herbert Rogers

5th Para Scottish

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

16/08/1944

 

Pvt. Leonard Stevenson

6th Welsh Bn.

2nd Indep. Para. Brigade

15/08/1944

 

Pvt. John J. Campbell

H Company

517th PIR

18/08/1944

 

Pvt. Harold L. Kobel

509th PIB

18/08/1944

Cpl. Harold D. Metzger

C Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pvt. David G. Bloyd

A Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Charles Campton

C Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Walter DeCatoe

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pvt. Warren B. Fields

B Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Jesse B. Hamilton Jr.

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pfc George P. Hemsworth

B Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pfc. Arthur E. Lundquist

B Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pvt. Ramon M. Sepulvda

B Company

551st PIB

21/08/1944

 

Walter H. Stewart

B Company

509th PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pvt. Alvin J. Yellowrobe

A Company

551st PIB

21/08/1944

 

Pfc. Hector H. Colo

517th PIR

22/08/1944

 

Pvt. Louis J. Tenute

B Company

551st PIB

22/08/1944

 

Pvt. Robert E. Davison

A Company

509th PIB

22/08/1944

 

Pfc. Charles F. Stanford

G Company

517th PIR

22/08/1944

 

Pvt. Foster V. Bowden

Serv. Company

FSSF

23/08/1944

 

Sgt. Harold F. Brooker

23/08/1944

 

Pfc. William A. Rogge

A Company

509th PIB

23/08/1944

 

Pfc. George P. Ruell

D Battery

463rd PFAB

23/08/1944

 

Pfc. William C. Cooper

HQ Company

509th PIB

23/08/1944

 

Pvt. James H. Crosby

HQ Company

509th PIB

23/08/1944

 

T/5 Lee W. Polson

A Company

509th PIB

23/08/1944

 

T/5 Hugh R. Starr

Serv. Company

FSSF

23/08/1944

 

Pvt. James E. White

A Company

509th PIB

23/08/1944

 

Pvt. Joseph J. Tully

512th AB Sig. Co.

25/08/1944

 

James J. Tierno

FABTF HQ

29/08/1944

 

Pvt. Paul E. M. Pollender

5-1

FSSF

30/08/1944

 

Pvt. Richard A. Jamme

A Company

517th PIR

31/08/1944

 

Pvt. Carl R. Ratajczak Jr.

334th QM Co.

31/08/1944

 

Pvt. Frank J. Keefe

Med. Det.

602nd GFAB

 

Cpl. James M. Arredonds

F Company

517th PIR

06/09/1944

 

Stanley E. Dainard

3-1

FSSF

06/09/1944

 

Pfc. Anthony A. Fabrick

D Company

517th PIR

06/09/1944

 

Cpl. Louis Green

A Battery

602nd GFAB

06/09/1944

 

Pvt. Daniel T. Lopez

D Company

517th PIR

06/09/1944

 

T/4 Arthur J. Lupone

A Battery

602nd GFAB

06/09/1944

 

Pvt. Rexford C. Mann

1-1

FSSF

06/09/1944

 

Pvt. Emmett J. Reed

4-3

FSSF

06/09/1944

 

Pfc. Bernard J. DeCamilla

6-1

FSSF

07/09/1944

 

Pvt. Charles S. Farrell

6-2

FSSF

07/09/1944

 

Lt. Paul G. Laporte

6-2

FSSF

07/09/1944

 

Pvt. Raymond F. Thompson

H Company

517th PIR

07/09/1944

 

Pfc. Marvin C. Bell

G Company

517th PIR

09/09/1944

 

Pvt. Melvin W. McLey

A Company

517th PIR

09/09/1944

 

Pfc. William Richard

H Company

517th PIR

09/09/1944

 

Pvt. John A. Statt

517th PIR

09/09/1944

 

Pfc. Albert J. Luksis

B Company

509th PIB

09/09/1944

 

Pvt. Al D. Bagget

HQ-2

517th PIR

12/09/1944

 

Pfc. Richard R. Daley

460th PFAB

12/09/1944

 

Pvt. Harold J. Lewis

HQ-2

517th PIR

12/09/1944

 

T/4 Samuel L. Rader

1-2

FSSF

12/09/1944

 

2nd Lt. Duane L. Smith

A Battery

460th PFAB

12/09/1944

 

Pvt. Charles H. Tatro

C Battery

460th PFAB

12/09/1944

Cpl. Jesus M. Gallardo

1-3

FSSF

16/09/1944

 

Sgt. Wallace P. Englert

3rd Platoon

596th AEC

18/09/1944

 

Pvt. Richard Bednarz

HQ & HQ Co.

517th PIR

20/09/1944

 

Pvt. Elmer J. Carlson

G Company

517th PIR

20/09/1944

 

Pvt. Walter F. Hofsommer

G Company

517th PIR

20/09/1944

 

Sgt. David W. Smith

B Company

551st PIB

23/09/1944

 

Pfc. Harold I. Shumaker

I Company

517th PIR

25/09/1944

 

Pvt. Charles H. Camden

2-2

FSSF

26/09/1944

 

Sgt. Edgar R. Attebery Jr.

D Company

517th PIR

27/09/1944

 

S/Sgt. Morrie Grodin

602nd GFAB

27/09/1944

 

Pvt. David B. Haight

Med Det.

517th PIR

27/09/1944

 

Pvt. Stanley E. Radon

I Company

517th PIR

27/09/1944

 

Pvt. Thomas A. Naylor

Med Det.

517th PIR

27/09/1944

 

Pvt. Arthur C. Begue

B Battery

602nd GFAB

29/09/1944

 

Pvt. Burton M. Gregory

B Battery

602nd GFAB

29/09/1944

 

Pvt. William E. Everett

B Battery

602nd GFAB

29/09/1944

 

Pfc. Clarence B. Olson

B Battery

602nd GFAB

01/10/1944

 

Pvt. Egil H. Relling

B Company

509th PIB

01/10/1944

 

Pfc. George W. Jensen

551st PIB

02/10/1944

 

Pvt. Julius J. Richmond

HQ & HQ Co.

517th PIR

02/10/1944

 

Pvt. Jack Whitfield

HQ-3

517th PIR

 

Pfc. Raymond L. Jones

887th AB Eng. Co.

04/10/1944

 

T/4 Eugene F. Patenaude

HQ-3

FSSF

06/10/1944

 

Pvt. Joseph A. Blais

1-3

FSSF

06/10/1944

 

T/4 Charles E. Vickers

6-2

FSSF

07/10/1944

 

2nd Lt. Charles J. Sadlo

A Company

517th PIR

08/10/1944

 

T/5 Charles L. White

FSSF

09/10/1944

 

Pfc. James T. Collins

4-1

FSSF

10/10/1944

 

Pfc. Marvin R. Oliver

A Company

517th PIR

13/10/1944

 

Pfc. Billie E. Lewis

C Battery

460th PFAB

18/10/1944

 

Pvt. Wilburn H. Kersey

E Company

517th PIR

18/10/1944

 

Pfc. Willis H. Smith

550th IAB

18/10/1944

 

Pfc. Charles A. Flament

B Company

509th PIB

20/10/1944

 

Pfc. Joe Castanon

HQ-3

517th PIR

24/10/1944

 

Pvt. Edward E. Conaway

6-2

FSSF

26/10/1944

 

Pvt. Harry J. Moore

6-2

FSSF

26/10/1944

 

Pvt. John A. Kenna

2-2

FSSF

27/10/1944

 

Pvt. John J. Polinsky

E Company

517th PIR

27/10/1944

 

Pvt. James E. Lee

3-3

FSSF

01/11/1944

 

Pvt. Alton L. Allen

D Company

517th PIR

04/11/1944

 

Pvt. Herbert E. Fisher

C Company

509th PIB

04/11/1944

 

Pvt. Joe G. Rowe

C Company

551st PIB

04/11/1944

 

Pfc. Mark E. Scott

550th IAB

04/11/1944

 

T/5 Casimer W. Szczech

HQ-3

517th PIR

04/11/1944

 

Sgt. George B. Gardner

4-1

FSSF

04/11/1944

 

Sgt. John G. Colflesh Jr.

3-3

FSSF

04/11/1944

 

T/4 James M. Davis

1-1

FSSF

06/11/1944

 

Sgt. Kenneth R. Mattice

I Company

517th PIR

06/11/1944

 

Cpl. Harry Linett

C Company

40th Eng. Combat Reg.

11/08/1944

 

Pvt. Leo L. Flynn

A Company

551st PIB

10/11/1944

 

2nd Lt. Ernest E. Waddle

550th IAB

14/11/1944