Scroll of
Honor
15th Field Artillery
Regiment
WORLD WAR TWO |
This Scroll of Honor is
dedicated to the memory of those men
of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment who made the
supreme
sacrifice for freedom on the field of battle during WW II
| Name |
Death |
Place |
| 1LT Rudolph A. Ardelean |
10 Aug 1944 |
Normandy |
| PVT Elmer Curley |
25 Mar 1945 |
Germany |
| T5 Martin E. Davis |
10 Aug 1944 |
Normandy |
| PVT James H. Dodd |
7 Jun 1944 |
Normandy |
| PFC Carl R. Enman |
3 Aug 1944 |
Normandy |
| 1LT Leslie E. Evans |
3 Aug 1944 |
Normandy |
| PFC Harold F. Frost |
7 Mar 1945 |
Germany |
| T4 Cornelius W. Gammill |
29 Jul 1944 |
N. France |
| SGT Earl J. Holmes |
28 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| T4 Edward E. Honea |
29 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| 2LT Donald E. Johnson |
11 Aug 44 |
Normandy |
| T5 Arnold A. Krysch |
16 Dec 1944 |
Germany |
| PFC Edward Kuba |
15 Apr 1945 |
Germany |
| PFC Arthur H. Lane |
13 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| CPL Gordon U. Lawrence |
25 Feb 1945 |
Germany |
| T5 Anthony W. Marlowe |
28 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| 1LT Frank M. Marson |
15 Jun 1944 |
Normandy |
| CPL Herschel E. McClung |
29 Aug 44 |
N. France |
| PFC Sam Mineo |
31 Jul 1944 |
Normandy |
| PVT Walter J. Pijanowski |
21 Oct 1944 |
Germany |
| T5 Norman A. Pittman |
30 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| 1LT Harry J. Simon |
15 Jun 1944 |
Normandy |
| 1LT Edwin T. Stanard |
3 Feb 1945 |
Germany |
| PVT Sidney J. Torressen |
28 Aug 1944 |
N. France |
| T5 Marvin I. Vigran |
3 Feb 1945 |
Germany |
| SGT Walter S. Ward |
3 Feb 1945 |
Germany |
| CPL Wallace B. Watkins |
26 Jan 1945 |
Germany |
| PVT B. D. Wiginton |
25 Mar 1945 |
Germany |
| T4 Harry G. Windham |
10 Aug 1944 |
Normandy |
Note: There
were 170 Purple Hearts (29 Posthumously) awarded to members of the 15th FA Battalion for
wounds suffered between 7 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. Also, 6 Silver Star Medals (4
Posthumously), 91 Bronze Star Medals for Gallantry (4 Posthumously), and 83 Bronze Star
Medals for Meritorious Service (1 Posthumously). Additionally, 6 Men were awarded a total
of 25 Air Medals.
Reference:
Weidlein, Robert B., Captain, "History of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion in the
European Theater of Operations", 1945
Compiled
by Dan Gillotti, 15th Historian
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