General Orders Number 104
Headquarters 101st Airborne Division
June 21, 1945


NOTE: the original orders contained the Army Serial Number for everyone on the list;
however, these numbers have been removed to protect the privacy of those listed.

These orders do not indicate in which Parachute Infantry these men served. However, the following have been identified as serving in the 506th PIR:

SGT John N. Boitano (B Co, 1st BN)
1SG Troy D. Graham (HQ, 2nd BN)
PFC Fay N. Loveland (HQ, 2nd BN)
PFC James M. McClure (Medical Detachment)
T/5 George A. McKinlay (Medical Detachment)
CPL Andrew Medwig [HQ (LMG Platoon), 2nd BN]
T/4 William J. Maslowski [HQ (Communications), 2nd BN]
PFC Steve Mihok (HQ, 2nd BN)
T/5 Joseph J. Molnar (Medical Detachment)
T/4 Jack J. O'Leary (HQ, 2nd BN)
T/5 Marshall C. Oliver (Medic, B/A Co, 1st BN; E Co, 2nd BN)
PFC William E. Patterson (HQ, 2nd BN)
SGT Walter L. Ponder [HQ (LMG Platoon), 2nd BN]
T/4 Louis F. Poulin (Medical Detachment)
PVT John Retta (HQ, 2nd BN)
CPL Leonard E. Riley (HQ, 2nd BN)
CPL Henry R. Ritter, Jr. [HQ (Medical), 3rd BN]
SSG Richard K. Roderick (HQ, 2nd BN
and REGT HQ)
PVT William B. Rodman (HQ, 2nd BN)
SGT William H. P. Roots, Jr. [REGT HQ (Medical)]
PVT Gilbert D. Shaw [HQ (LMG Platoon), 2nd BN]
PFC Robert W. Sexton (HQ, 2nd BN)
T/4 Andrew V. Sosnak [3rd BN (Medical); also awarded DSC for Normandy and 2 Purple Hearts, one for Normandy and one for Bastogne]
T/5 Luther E. Turner [H/HQ (Mortar Platoon), 3rd BN]
1SG Paul S. Vacho (HQ, 2nd BN)
T/4 William L. Van Dahlen (HQ, 2nd BN)
PFC Gilbert Van Every (D Co, 2nd BN; awarded DSC for Bastogne)
CPL Dick Warren (HQ, 2nd BN)

Please contact Hoyt Bruce Moore, III if you can identify additional names on this list who served with the 506th PIR.



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Thanks to Deborah Forrester, daughter of Marshall C. Oliver (Medic, B/A Co, 1st BN; E Co, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945)
for sending in General Orders 104.