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WWII’s Band of Brothers down to 30

 
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geertvdb



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:28 pm    Post subject: WWII’s Band of Brothers down to 30 Reply with quote

According to this article only 30 E/506th veterans are still alive:

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/1581199-35/story.csp

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:16 pm    Post subject: Veterans Reply with quote

Geert,

The list is a little bit higher than 30

01 Bain, Rod
02 Bernat, Ed
03 Bond, Donald
04 Compton, Buck 31-Dec-1921
05 Eggert, Walter
06 Freeman Brad
07 Foley, Jack 18- August-1922
08 Gates, Roy
09 Guarnere, Bill 28-Apr-1923
10 Guth, Forrest 6-Feb-1921
11 Heffron, Babe 16-May-1923
12 Joint, Ed
13 Lesniewski, Joe 29-August 1920
14 Lowery, DeWitt
15 Lyall, Clancy 14-Oct-1925
16 Malarkey, Don 1921
17 Mampre, Al
18 Matz, Leo
19 Maynard, Bill
20 McClung, Earl 1923
21 McGrath, Jack
22 Mendoza, Ynez
23 Neitzke, Norm 12-Feb-1926
24 Pepping, Ed 4-July-1922
25 Perconte, Frank 10-Mar-1917
26 Perugini, Philip
27 Powers, Shifty 1923
28 Rogers, Paul 12-July-1918
29 Shames, Ed 13 Jun-1922
30 Soboleski, Frank 18-Jun-1925
31 Stokes, J.B.
32 Strohl, Rod
33 Suerth, Herb
34 Taylor, Amos
35 Tipper, Ed
36 Wingett, William
37 Winters, Dick Major 21-Jan-1918
38 Zimmerman, Hank 1925

There are also likely to be a few other "unknowns"

Paul
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geertvdb



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 5:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent Woody,

Thanks for that.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:57 pm    Post subject: Down to 37 Reply with quote

Norman Neitzke passed away last week, so the list of survivors shortens again - sadly

http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/35841804.html

RIP Mr Neitzke

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul , please note Shifty's passing.

Too many too soon!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes indeed, we have now lost Shifty Powers and Forrest Guth
RIP
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 12:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jack Foley too.
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