The stick rosters for the
first nine aircraft of the 508th 1st Battalion as they went into Normandy.
Section 2
Plane #6
(Handwritten roster of Bill Goudy,
courtesy
Lois Andrews)
1. 1/Lt Gerald P. Guillot (Exec Officer,
Jumpmaster)
Died 26 May1949
2. Pfc William B. Goudy
(Mortar)
WIA 22 Jan 1945
Died 4Nov 2006
3. Pfc Arnold C. Foster
(Mortar)
WIA 23 Sep 1944
Died 6 Nov 2001
4. Pvt Edward J. Lajcha
(Mortar)
Died Oct 1974
5. Pfc John B. Corbin
(Mortar)
WIA 3 Jul 1944
(Still living?)
6. Pvt William A. Frickel
(Mortar)
WIA 24 Oct 1944
Died 17 Sep 1993
7. Pvt Michael A. Cestaro
(Mortar)
?
8. Pfc Joseph C. Bressler
(Mortar)
WIA Jun/Jul 1944,
1 Oct 1944 & 20 Oct 1944
Still living
9. Cpl Eugene S. Klug
(Mortar)
Still living
10. Pvt Frank J. Circelli (LMG)
WIA 8 Jun 1944
Died July 1989
11. Pvt Candelario J. Trevino
(LMG)
KfIA 7 Jun 1944
12. Pvt Morton W. Hill
WIA Jun/Jul 1944
(Still living?)
13. Pvt Stefan Jewasko (LMG)
Died 19 Apr 1969
14. Pvt James L. Lilly
Died 12 Mar 2008
15. Pvt Edgar R. Blaney (LMG)
Died 10 Jul 2004
16. Sgt Melvin A. Moses (Asst
Jumpmaster, Mortar)
KIA
23 June 1944
Initial
details reprinted from book entitled "From Heaven To Hell" with
permission of author Ben LeLandais and extended or corrected through
research of Dick O'Donnell. Note that some names are
duplicated in two or even three aircraft and are annotated as such.
Author LeLandais has no explanation other than the fact that the
lists he received contained these errors.
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