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Division Commander
Maj Gen Stafford LeRoy Irwin (07/03/43)
Maj Gen Albert E. Brown (04/21/45)
Assistant Division Commander
Brig Gen Alan D. Warnock (11/20/42)
Chief of Staff
Col. Paul O. Franson
G-1
Lt Col Hugh J. Socks
Lt Col Clayton E. Crafts
Assistant G-1
Capt Bernard Fisher
G-2
Lt Col Donald W. Thackeray
Assistant G-2
Major Thomas C. McGuire
G-3
Lt Col Randolph C. Dickens
Assistant G-3
Lt Col George K. Moody
Major Paul H. Vanderheiden
Assistant (Air)
Capt Adolph D. Katz
G-4
Lt Col Richard L. McKee
Assistant G-4
Major Ralph L. Norling
Adjutant General
Lt Col Charles H. Conway
Assistant Adjutant General
Major Elmer L. Lawson
Chemical Officer
Lt Col Levin B. Cottingham
Quartermaster Officer
Lt Col Daniel R. Taylor
Assistant Quartermaster Officer
Capt Robert A. Bagley
Ordnance Officer
Lt Col Burns C. Cox
Assistant Ordnance Officer
Major Robert H. Dietz
Signal Officer
Lt Col David P. Gibba
Major John T. Newman (02/20/45)
Assistant Signal Officer
Capt John F. Jenkins
Provost Marshal
Major James C. Couty
Divisional Surgeon
Lt Col Enos G. Walker
Judge Advocate
Lt Col Edward S. Hemphill
Finance Officer
Lt Col Arthur B. Dwinnell
Inspector General
Lt Col Dewey B. Gill
Lt Col Clarence J. Nelson (02/20/45)
Lt Col Robert F. Bates (03/24/45)
Military Government
Lt Col E. B. Peddy
Assistant Military Government
Major Henry N. Hooper
Major John H. Hudspeth
Major John H. Vincent
Medical Inspector
Major Marcus H. Sugarman
Dental Surgeon
Major William A. Kneedler
Neuro-Psychiatrist
Major Harry D. Nesmith
Special Service Officer
Major Robert J. Malcolm
Public Relations Officer
Capt Alexender B. Campbell (11/10/44)
Chaplain
Lt Col Clarence F. Golisch
Company Commander
Maj John C. Ohaver
Company Commander
Capt Ralph F. Kubal
Company Commander
Capt Joseph W. Kohnstamm
Wire Officer
1st Lt Jack Morril
Personnel in the company: (on July 11, 1945)
Lyle A. Robert
Norman Kampling
William R. DeYoung
Harry Wilson
Cletus N. Rosencrantz
Albert M. Berman
Thomas W. Hickman
John F. Thomas
Philip F. Podraza
Joseph H. Malik
Joseph McCoy
Lindsay P. Riggs
Michael Tatun
Joseph C. Greeley
William E. ScottPhoto Detachment: (attached to the signal company)
Lt Freeman
Sgt Harry Downard (Chief of the Photo Group)
Jerry Horton, cameraman
Bob Schneider, cameraman
John Raia, cameramanThanks to Milt Quall for information about the Signal Company.
Company Commander
Capt Sylvester W. Banaszak
1st Lt Robert P. Ritter (10/07/44)
Capt Max D. Thomason (11/07/44)
1st Lt Robert P. Ritter (05/16/45)
Platoon Commander
Maj James C. Couty
Division Artillery Commander
Brig Gen Harold A. Vanderveer (09/08/42)
Executive Officer
Col Samuel W. Horner II
General's Aide
Capt John S Twist
S-3
Lt Col Otto (08/44)
Air Officer
Maj Strunk
Battalion Commander
Lt Col Charles J. Payne
Executive Officer
Maj Eldon B. Colegrove
S-3
Capt Frakes
Liaison Officers
Capt Eldon B. Colegrove
Capt Larson (LnO1)
Capt Spiller (LnO2)
Capt Schaibley (LnO3)
Forward Observers
1st Lt Brensen
1st Lt Reiss (B Btry)
1st Lt Neal Greer (C Btry)
MEDICAL DETACHMENT Capt Frederick P. McIntyre, MD (TDY 09/44)
Battalion Commander
Lt Col Robert L. Brunzell
Lt Col Charles P. Baerman (10/07/44)
Executive Officer
Lt Col Charles P. Baerman (10/07/44)
S-3
Maj Marcus W. (Bill) Braatz
Liaison Pilot
1st Lt Sorenson (03/45)
"B" FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY Forward Observers
2nd Lt Gordon S. Henry *
2nd Lt. Roy Hardy
S/Sgt Looney - Instrument Operator
T/4 Robert W. Price- Radio Operator& driver
T/4 George Bachman
Battalion Commander
Lt Col James R. Johnson
Lt Col Robert L. Brunzell (10/09/44)
Maj Charles R. Ballou (12/12/44, WIA 12/28/44)
Lt Col B. B. Blank (12/29/44)
Executive Officer
Major Conde (KIA 12/28/44)
Major R. C. Canaday 12/29/44)
S-3
Capt Frank Woodin(11/44) (Maj)
Liaison Officers
Capt George S. Polich (LnO1)
Capt John L. Lynch (LnO2)
Forward Observers
1st Lt Chester E. Ball
1st Lt George Dutko (1st Bn/10th)
Capt Dale W. Baughman (3rd/10th)
Radio Sergeant
S Sgt Robert H. Duffy
Liaison Pilots
1st Lt Robert Tedd
1st Lt Thomas Thompson
"B" FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY Forward Observer
2nd Lt George G. Klein
Capt Frederick P. McIntyre, MD (11/44)
Battalion Commander
Lt Col William R. Calhoun*
Executive Officer
Maj Joseph P. Muliolis
Battalion Sergeant Major
Mr Sgt Herman
S-1
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S-2
Capt Jean W. Christy
S-3
Capt Paul A. Rennord (Maj)
Asst S-3
Capt Frank Woodin ( 11/44)*
S-4
Capt George Lentz
Asst S-4
WO Flummerfelt (Air Observer)
Liaison Officers
Capt Herman Jost (1/2nd Inf)
Capt David Shia (2/2nd Inf)
Capt Norbert Garrison (3/2nd Inf)
Battalion Surgeon
Capt Albert Sumner
Medical Officer
Capt Frederick P. McIntyre, MD (TDY, 09/44)
Battery Commander
Capt Edsel Budahn*
1st Lt Baker (Capt)
1st Sergeant
1st Sgt Devries
Communication Sergeant
Tech Sgt Smooths
Liaison Pilots
1st Lt Gouchberg (KIA, 09/28/44)*
1st Lt William H. Chambers (08/20/45)
1st Lt Owens
1st Lt Walsh (KIA 03/45)*
Battery Commander
Capt Thomas H. Cooper*
Executive Officer
1st Lt Anthony J. Osage
Forward Observers
1st Lt Robert M. Webb
1st Lt Woodrow Young
2nd Lt Anthony J. Osage (then Ex-O)
2nd Lt Robert Massonet (KIA 12/44)
"B" FIELD ARTILLERY BATTERY Battery Commander
Capt Harry Grusin*
Capt John S Twist
Executive Officer
1st Lt Troutman
Forward Observers
1st Lt Irving Logue
1st Lt Ernest D.Yanarella
2nd Lt Raymer (Air Observer)
Battery Commander
Capt Robert McCartney*
Executive Officer
1st Lt Chester Ball
1st Lt Victor L. Sitton
Chief of Firing Btry
S Sgt Devine
Forward Observers
1st Lt Chester E. Ball (SilS, BrzS&CL&V,PH&CL)
1st Lt Victor L. Sitton
1st Lt Herbert T. Green
1st Lt Pisapia
1st Ly Gaddie (Air Obsr, KIA 09/28/44)
Battery Commander
Capt George Lentz *
Battalion Commander
Lt Col Hugo J. Stark *
Company Commander
Capt Nick Pokrajac *
Capt Robert J. Barlock (08/17/44)
1st Lt James Evans (11/01/44)
Company Commander
Capt Charles H. Marks *
Company Commander
1st Lt T. G. Manos *
1st Lt Ward Miller (04/01/45)
Company Commander
Capt Robert J. Barlock *
Capt Nick Pokrajac (08/17/44)
1st Lt William Rivers (12/21/44)
Platoon Leader
1st Lt Olson (WIA, 07/29/44)
Battalion Commander
Lt Col Howard H. Bass *
Company Commander
Capt Francis Fox *
Officers
1st Lt Paul Weaver
Troop Commander
Capt Theodore A. Twelmeyer *
Capt Donald E. Robinson (08/28/44)
Platoon Commanders
1st Lt Raymond W. Reed
1st Lt Norman Sterling
1st Lt Stanley A. Swieckowski
2nd Lt Howard H. Froment
2nd Lt John J. Wampler
WO Lionel G. Croteau
Symbols and acronyms used:
*: present during the Battle of Angers (August 8-10, 1944)
#: present on the roster of the 11th Infantry dated 01/31/45, neither assignment date nor departure date.
VE day: present on the roster dated 05/08/45, neither assignment date nor departure date.
SilS: Silver Star
BrzS: Bronze Star
PH: Purple Heart
&CL (2CL): with Cluster (Oak leaf cluster)
/V: V-device for Valor
DSC: Distinguished Service Cross
KIA: Killed in Action
WIA: Wounded in Action
DOW: Died of Wounds
POW: Prisoner of War
TDY: Temporary Duty, Temp
This roster is not complete because I didn't find a complete roster of the Division. It was compiled with the names I found in the following books:
- Members, 2nd Infantry regiment, Fifth Infantry Division, Army & Navy Publishing Company, 1946
- Public Relations Section, Tenth Infantry Regiment, History of the Tenth Infantry Regiment in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, TN (without roster)
- The 11th Infantry Regiment, History of the Eleventh Infantry Regiment , 5th Infantry Division, European Theater, Army & Navy Publishing Company, Baton Rouge, LA, 1945.
- David Polk, Fifth Infantry Division, Turner Publishing Company, 1994
- Martin Blumenson, Breakout and Pursuit, The European Theater of Operations, U.S.Army in WWII, Center of Military History, U.S.Army, Washington, D.C.,1961.
- Hugh M. Cole, The Lorraine Campaign, The European Theater of Operations, U.S.Army in WWII, Center of Military History, U.S.Army, Washington, D.C.,1950.
- Charles B. MacDonald, Arnaville, in Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt, U.S.Army in WWII, Center of Military History, U.S.Army, Washington, D.C.,1952.
- The Fifth Infantry Division in E.T.O. (Extracts concerning Angers, Metz, and Arnaville)
- Surviving Members of the Regiment, The Eleventh Infantry
Regiment, Fifth Infantry Division, The European Theater of Operations,
Supplement to the Regimental History-World War II, Mr. Robert
H. Williams, Regimental Historian Emeritus, Fl, 1994.
To complete the roster I wrote to many veterans of the 5th Infantry Division. The following veterans replied to my requests about the roster:
- Manford C. Bear - Fred P. Body - Matt Britten - Jean W. Christy - Robert E. Connor - Thomas H. Cooper
- Lewis M. Dilwith - Leo H. Eberhardt - Martin J. Gemoets - Tommy R. Gilliam - Odvar Haug
- Wilfrid H. Haughey - Herman H. Jost - Ferris A. Kercher - Charles H. Marks - William Handler
Other individuals sent me information about their fathers in the 5th Infantry Division:
- Kirk Higgs for William T. Basch (C Co, 10th Inf)
- Jeffrey Proffitt for John William Proffitt (K Co, 11th Inf)I thank particularly for their researches and compilations of names we sent me (the reason why the roster of the 11th Infantry is more complete) :
- Richard "Dick" Durst and Robert "Herb" Williams.
Forward Obsever Team of Lt. Roy Hardy added July 13, 2001. Thanks to Robert W. Price for information.
S Sgt John W. Moore (1/11th Inf) added October 29, 2009. Thanks to John R. Moore.
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