Stick 1, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States)

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Stick 1, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

United States Army Pathfinder Badge

506th Distinctive Unit Insignia

101st Airborne Division
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army

Stick 1 of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment was an airborne pathfinder unit in the United States Army that served under the 506th PIR in the 101st Airborne Division during WWII.

Formation and History

Drop zone: DZ “C” (506th PIR – 501st PIR)

Drop time: 00:25 (D-Day, June 6th, 1944)


The members of Stick 1 were :

Pathfinders – Stick 1 – 506th PIR – Team C

First Lieutenant Roy H. Kessler – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Second Lieutenant Walter Amerman – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Sergeant Walter H. Skeen – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Corporal LeRoy Sholenberg – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private First Class Donald W. Carter – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private First Class Eugene D. Doerr – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private First Class Harold G. Duty – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private First Class Terrence C. Harris – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private First Class Cleo W. Mars – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co

Private Leo C. Bert – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private George H. Blain – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private Harold W. Combs – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private John Rozsman – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private Robert Pollard – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private Manderson V. Pullin – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private George H. Slater – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

Private Fred J. Taylor – 101st Airborne Div., 506th PIR, 1st Bn

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Contributors: Paul Sidle