Le stick disparu de Saint-Tropez
Le 15 août 1944, 17 parachutistes du 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion disparaissent dans le golfe de Saint-Tropez
Wall of Remembrance - July-November 1944
1st Airborne Task Force
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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