List of Men Alive From Easy Company

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Easy Company (twenty July 1942 in Camp Toccoa, Georgia – 30 Nov 1945 in French republic) was in the United States Army's 2nd Battalion (which also included Dog and Fox Visitor), 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.^{[1] [2]}

The unit was made famous past the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, based on the book of the same name past historian Stephen Ambrose. It chronicled their wartime experiences, from Piece of cake's bones grooming at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the finish of the war at Hitler'due south Eagle Nest.

Living Eastward Company members – 1 veteran

As of Dec three, 2021 at that place is no more surviving officers from Piece of cake Company, the last i existence Col. Edward Shames.

As of December three, 2021 Bradford C Freeman is still a surviving veteran^[3]

Rank (after belch)	Birthplace	Proper noun	Nascence	Enlistment	Death (age)	Residence	Notes
Technician fifth Form	Oregon	Bain, Roderick G.	000000001922-05-12-0000 12 May 1922	000000001942-08-xix-0000 19 Aug 1942	000000002014-02-05-0000 5 Feb 2014 (91)	Alaska	Enlisted at Tacoma, Washington. Fought at Normandy, the Netherlands, and Bastogne. Lived in Anchorage.[4] [v] [6] [seven]
Private First Class	New York	Bernat, Edward J.	000000001923-01-17-0000 17 Jan 1923	000000001942-05-23-0000 23 May 1942	000000002016-06-02-0000 2 Jun 2016 (93)	Pennsylvania	Enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lived in Erie.
Corporal	Oregon	Bond, Donald S.	000000001926-01-29-0000 29 January 1926	000000001944-05-10-0000 10 May 1944	000000002016-01-01-0000 2016 (xc)	Oregon	Enlisted at Tacoma, Washington. Trained at Camp Roberts, California. Replacement soldier. Lived in Albany.[8] [9] [10]
Sergeant	Texas	Coombs, James M.	000000001922-01-01-0000 i Jan 1922		000000002017-10-05-0000 v October 2017 (95)	Louisiana	Trained At Military camp Toccoa.Fought At Normandy, holland, and Bastogne. Lived in Lafayette. This article does not contain whatsoever citations or references. Delight amend this commodity past calculation a reference. For information well-nigh how to add references, see Template:Citation.
Private First Class	Mississippi	Freeman, Bradford C.	000000001924-09-04-0000 4 Sep 1924		Historic period: 97 Last surviving enlisted veteran (as of 03-10-2020)	Mississippi	Lives in Caledonia
Corporal	Alabama	Lowrey, Dewitt	000000001922-04-22-0000 22 Apr 1922	000000001942-08-02-0000 2 Aug 1942	000000002015-07-08-0000 8 Jul 2015 (93)	Alabama	Enlisted at Anniston, Alabama. Fought at Normandy. Lived in Montgomery.[eleven] [12] [13]
Technical Sergeant	Oregon	Malarkey, Donald M.	000000001921-07-31-0000 31 Jul 1921	000000001942-08-28-0000 28 Aug 1942	000000002017-09-xx-0000 xx Sep 2017 (96)	Oregon	Enlisted at Portland, Oregon. Fought at Normandy, the Netherlands, and Bastogne. Lived in Salem.[14] [15] [16]
Staff Sergeant	Illinois	Mampre, Albert L.	000000001922-05-25-0000 25 May 1922		000000002019-05-31-0000 31 May 2019 (97)	Illinois	Trained at Army camp Toccoa. Fought at the netherlands, and Bastogne. Lives in Skokie.[17] [18] [xix] [20] [21] [22]
Staff Sergeant		Matz, Leo Joseph	000000001925-05-24-0000 24 May 1925		000000002012-07-03-0000 3 Jul 2012 (87)	California
Individual First Form	California	Pepping, Edwin East.	000000001922-07-04-0000 iv Jul 1922	000000001942-09-03-0000 iii Sep 1942	000000002018-09-05-0000 5 Sep 2018 (96)	California	Enlisted at Los Angeles, California. Trained at Camp Toccoa. Fought at Normandy. Rescued soldier on seven June 1944. Lives in Whittier.[23] [24] [25] [26]
Private First Class	New York	Perugini, Philip P.	000000001922-05-26-0000 26 May 1922	000000001942-08-24-0000 24 Aug 1942	000000002018-08-09-0000 nine Aug 2018 (96)	New York	Enlisted at New York City, New York. Broke his leg on the D-Day Jump. Lives in Ossining.
First Sergeant	Missouri	Rogers, Paul Clifford	000000001918-07-12-0000 12 Jul 1918	000000001942-08-13-0000 13 Aug 1942	000000002015-03-16-0000 16 Mar 2015 (96)	Kansas	Enlisted at Leavenworth. Fought at Normandy, holland, and Bastogne. Lives in Overland Park.[27]
Colonel	Virginia	Shames, Edward David	000000001922-06-13-0000 13 Jun 1922	000000001942-09-22-0000 22 Sep 1942	3 Dec 2021 (99)	Virginia	Enlisted on 25 September 1942 at Richmond, Virginia. Lives in Virginia Beach.
Staff Sergeant	Minnesota	Soboleski, Frank Joseph	000000001925-06-eighteen-0000 18 Jun 1925	000000001943-08-01-0000 Aug 1943	000000002017-05-22-0000 22 May 2017 (91)	Minnesota	Trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Replacement soldier. Fought at the netherlands, and Bastogne. Lives in International Falls.[28] [29] [30]
Staff Sergeant	Pennsylvania	Strohl, Roderick M.	000000001922-06-24-0000 24 Jun 1922	000000001942-08-08-0000 8 Aug 1942	000000002019-12-02-0000 2 Dec 2019 (97)	Pennsylvania	Enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lives in Orefield.[31]
Private First Course	Illinois	Suerth, Jr., Herbert John	000000001924-10-28-0000 28 October 1924	000000001943-03-01-0000 Mar 1943	000000002017-10-14-0000 14 Oct 2017 (92)	Minnesota	Trained at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Replacement soldier. Fought at Bastogne. Lives in Wayzata.[32] [33] [34]
Sergeant	Michigan	Tipper, Edward Joseph	000000001921-08-03-0000 three Aug 1921	000000001942-08-24-0000 24 Aug 1942	000000002017-02-x-0000 10 Feb 2017 (95)	Colorado	Enlisted at Detroit, Michigan. Trained at Army camp Toccoa. Fought at Normandy. Lives in Lakewood.[35] [36] [37] [38]
Private First Class	Washington	Wingett, William T.	000000001922-07-03-0000 3 Jul 1922	000000001942-08-01-0000 Aug 1942	000000002020-x-01-0000 one October 2020 (98)	Oregon	Enlisted at San Francisco. Trained at Army camp Toccoa. Fought at Normandy, holland, and Bastogne. Lived in Lebanon, OR Veterans Home.[39] [twoscore] [41] [42]
Private	West Virginia	Whytsell, Elijah D.	000000001925-05-31-0000 31 May 1925	000000001943-12-16-0000 16 Dec 1943	000000002016-09-16-0000 16 Sep 2016 (91)	Ohio	Enlisted at Clarksburg, Westward Virginia. Lives in Wadsworth.

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Run across likewise

• E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (Usa)

References

1. ↑ Ambrose, p.289
2. ↑ Moore III, Hoyt B.. "2d Battalion 506th Infantry: Lineage and Honors". 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment. http://world wide web.506infantry.org/index.htm . Retrieved 2009-11-26.
3. ↑ https://abc3340.com/news/local/94-year-old-veteran-embarks-on-trip-back-to-normandy-for-75th-anniversary-of-d-mean solar day
4. ↑ Brotherton, p.28.
5. ↑ Brotherton, p.101.
6. ↑ Ambrose, p.314.
7. ↑ Brotherton, pp.216–217.
8. ↑ Brotherton, p.26.
9. ↑ Brotherton, pp.74–79.
10. ↑ Brotherton, p.219.
11. ↑ Brotherton, p.6.
12. ↑ Brotherton, pp.99–102.
13. ↑ Brotherton, pp.219–221.
14. ↑ Malarkey, p.12.
15. ↑ Malarkey, p.100.
16. ↑ Malarkey, p.281.
17. ↑ Brotherton, p.17.
18. ↑ Brotherton, pp.49–52.
19. ↑ Brotherton, p.98.
20. ↑ Brotherton, p.127.
21. ↑ Brotherton, pp.152–153.
22. ↑ Brotherton, pp.218–219.
23. ↑ Brotherton, p.22.
24. ↑ Brotherton, pp.52–53.
25. ↑ Brotherton, p.111.
26. ↑ Brotherton, p.218.
27. ↑ Purinton, Cait (10 July 2001). "HBO miniseries premiere spurs D-Day memories". The Kansas Metropolis Star. http://www.tircuit.com/bandofbrothers/letters/135/785.html?1029780467 . Retrieved 2009-08-26.
28. ↑ Brotherton, pp.12–xiii.
29. ↑ Brotherton, pp.66–67.
30. ↑ Brotherton, pp.212–214.
31. ↑ Brotherton, p.xx.
32. ↑ Brotherton, pp.17–19.
33. ↑ Brotherton, p.68.
34. ↑ Brotherton, pp.151–153.
35. ↑ "Ed Tipper". Men of Easy Visitor. http://www.menofeasycompany.com/home/index.php?page_id=48 . Retrieved 2009-06-08.
36. ↑ Ambrose, pp.96–97.
37. ↑ Brotherton, pp.nine–xi.
38. ↑ Brotherton, pp.44–47.
39. ↑ Graves, Lyn (vii July 2006). "Band of Brothers Span Generations". News Blaze. http://newsblaze.com/story/20060707093604nnnn.nb/topstory.html . Retrieved 2009-05-25.
40. ↑ Brotherton, p.27.
41. ↑ Brotherton, pp.53–60.
42. ↑ Brotherton, p.209.
43. ↑ WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database
44. ↑ US Search

^[1] Bibliography

• Ambrose, Stephen E. (1992). Band of Brothers: Easy Visitor, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Hawkeye's Nest. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7434-6411-6.
• Brotherton, Marcus (2009). We Who Are Live and Remain: Untold Stories from The Band of Brothers. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 0-7434-6411-7.
• Brotherton, Marcus (2010). A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Ring of Brothers and the Legacy They Left United states of america. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-425-23420-4.
• Guarnere, William J., and Edward J. Heffron, with Robyn Mail service (2007). Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: 2 WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story. Berkley Caliber. ISBN 978-0-425-21970-6.
• Malarkey, Donald Yard., with Bob Welch (2008). Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II'south "Band of Brothers". St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-37849-3.

External links

• The Band of Brothers' Middle East USO Tour
• The Ring of Brothers' visit with Prince Charles
• Band of Brothers books
• 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment
• Easy 506th
• Tircuit- Easy Company
• Men of Like shooting fish in a barrel Company
• The Boxing of Normandy

1. ↑ https://world wide web.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_6e607306-ab50-11e7-9c54-9b4819c7abaf.html

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