473rd INFANTRY REGIMENT

Dedication

"---The men of the 473rd whose names appear on this and the following page are among the thousands of our comrades who now sleep peacefully in U. S. Military Cemeteries throughout Italy.

They demonstrated their love of country and their desire for a better future for mankind in a manner which no man can challenge.

This book is not dedicated to them.

It is dedicated to the proposition that, with the help of God, we who are left may keep faith with the fallen. Keep faith by continuing to strive for that better world which they died trying to establish.---"

--The editors of the 473rd History, Published; Italy-1945

KILLED IN ACTION

CPL. HOWARD D. ADAMS, PFC. FREDERICK A. ADCOCK, PFC. RAYMOND C. ANDERSON, T-5 CLIFFORD E. AUDINET, PFC. Y. G. A. BARGER, PVT. JOSEPH S. BARNES, 1ST LT. WILLIAM T. BARNS, PVT. HARRY A. BEAVER, T-5 HOWARD E. BENSON, PFC. WALTER C. BERESH, PVT. WARD P. BIRK, PFC. HOWARD A. BLAKE, PVT. HENRY BOW, PFC. CLIFFORD H. BROCK, PFC. STEPHEN J. BUCKO, T-SGT. WILLIAM E. BURGIN, PFC. JOHN S. CAMP, PFC. CHARLIE W. CANTRELL, PFC. WILLIAM CARPENTER, PFC. FRED F. CARSON, S-SGT. PAUL E. J. CASEY, PFC. ANDREW B. CHAMBERS, S-SGT. WILLIAM J. CLARK, PVT. JESSIE D. CLAYTON, T-4 CLARENCE M. COMER, PVT. ORLAND L. CONWAY, PFC.RICHARD A. COOK, PVT. EDDIE CORMIER, PFC. SAVERIO CORTESE, PFC. CALVIN R. COX, PVT. THOMAS R. CRAIG, MAJ. ROBERT W. CRANDALL, PVT. CLIFFORD E. CRAWFORD, T-SGT. JAMES H. CROCKETT, PVT. ROBERT L. DALTON, PVT. MARSHALL G. DANCY, PVT. JAMES R. DANIELS, PFC. DIEGO R. J. DI FRANCESCO, CPL. ERNEST R. DILEO, PFC. COYD W. DILLARD, PVT. VINCENZO N. DI TOMASO, PFC. LESTER J. DIXON, SGT. PETER L. DOLAN, S-SGT. ITALO DONOFRIO, PVT. JAMES M. DOWDY, S-SGT. HAROLD V. ECKSTROM, PFC. PATRICK J. EGAN, PFT. HAROLD T. FOUNTAIN, JR., PVT. HOMER D. FRAZIER, CPL. HARVEY P. GALLOWAY, PVT. LEONARD R. GRANTSKI, PFC. RALPH GRAVES, JR., S-SGT. WILLIAM D. GREVEY, T-SGT. WARREN E. GULSVEG, PFC. HAYDEN O. HAMMOND, PVT. JAMES F. HEFNER, SGT. WALTER L. HENRY, PVT. CLYDE J. HILTON, PVT. JOSEPH A. HINES, PFC. YULIAN HNIDOWICH, PVT. LEROY D. HORMES, PVT. ORVILLE J. HOFFMAN, PVT. HARWELL B. HUNTLEY, CPL. FRED O. JALLEN, PVT. DANIEL G. JAMES, T-5 RICHARD J. JANOS, CPL. CARL J. JENSEN, PFC. WILLARD M. JOHNSON, PFC. JOSEPH L. JONES, T-5 ROY JONES, T-5 AUSTIN F. KARR, SGT. WILLIAM J. KEENE, PVT. THEODORE KOWTKO, PFC. WILLIAM H. KREIS, SGT. MATHEW KUPSKI, PFC. GEORGE R. KYHNN, PFC. EDWARD H. LAFIN, PVT. IRVIN D. LA HUE, S-SGT. LAWRENCE P. LAUDERDALE, PFC. CARMON C. LEWIS, PVT. PAUL K. LIMES, PVT. CHARLES F. LINK, LT. COL. HAMPTON H. LISLE, PFC. LUKE W. LOBSINGER, JR., PVT. WILLIAM H. LONG, PFC. VERNON L. LORD, S-SGT. GROVER G. LYNN, PVT. HUBERT C. MACKRETH, PVT. FORREST F. MANN, 1ST LT. NORMAN H. MAREAN, PFC. ELMER MARTIN, CAPTAIN JOHN F. MCCARTHY, T-5 CLARENCE H. MCLELLAND, T-SGT. PAUL A. MEISINGER, 1ST LT. EDWARD F. MEAGHER, 2ND LT. MERLE W. MELTON, 2ND LT. PATSY MINNICUCCI, PVT. EARL M. MOORE, PFC. NORRIS R. MOORE, PFC. ROBERT S. MUNN, T-SGT. THOMAS L. MURPHY, PVC. TONY NAVE, PVT. ROY J. NEAL, T-5 FRED O. OGDAHL, PFC. RICHARD F. OSBORNE, T-3 WARD W. OVERHOLSER, PFC. HUBERT F. PADGETT, PVT. STANLEY J. PALANY, T-3 GEORGE R. PALSER, PFC. ANGELO PAPPANICHOLAS, PVT. CLINTON J. PARKER, JR., PFC. JAMES W. PAYNE, PVT. EMIL T. PENSAS, PFC. CARL V. PERSON, S-SGT. RAY L. PETERSON, LT. COL. JOHN J. PHELAN, PVT. CHARLES S. PIKULSKI, PVT. GEORGE J. POILES, PVT. CHARLES M.PULEO, PVT. RANDALL RATLIFF, PVT. JOHN C. REESE, PFC. FRANCIS J. REVETTE, PVT. CHARLES E. RIDGELY, S-SGT. JACK RIPPETOE, PFC. RAYMOND E. ROBTOY, S-SGT. VERNON C. ROETTGER, PVT. JACK ROWLAND, PVT. EDGAR B. RUBY, PFC. JOSEPH E. RUBY, PFC. CLETUS M. RUNNELS, PVT. GORDON A. SCOBIE, PVT. EDWARD J. SELLERS, SGT. STEPHEN B. SOKOLOWSKI, S-SGT. CHARLES H. SOUVA, PFC. ROBERT F. STAMPER, PFC. ROSS A. STISHER, PFC. THEDFORD C. STONE, PVT. EUGENE R. STOWELL, SGT. LEON D. STRAUSBORGER, PVT. ELMER E. STYCK, PVT.JOSEPH SZWARA, PFC. STANLEY SWALA, S-SGT. DEWEY TILLERY, S-SGT. CHESTER W. TRZUSKOWSKI, PVT. PETIS M. TUCKER, PFC. JOHN A.VARCONDA, JR., PVT. WILLIE T. VIGH, T-4 EARL R. VOLLINTINE, PFC. FREDERICK L. WABSCHALL, PFC. DARYL C. WAGNER, PFC. GEORGE O. WALKER, PFC. CHARLES R. WELLS, SR., PFC. CHARLES H. WEIDERMAN, PVT. PAUL E. WHITE, S-SGT. ELMER WIESE, PVT. ELLIS WILLIAMS, CPL. WILLIAM D. WILLIAMS, PVT. LEWIS B. WILSON, PVT. THOMAS W. ZAIA, T-4 STANLEY E. ZIEBARTH,

MEDALS

Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumous)

Major Robert W. Crandall
T-4 Stanley E. Ziebarth

Legion of Merit

T-Sgt. Edwin L. Scales

The Silver Star

T-Sgt. James N. Humphries, Major Martin O. Pattison, Capt. David Streger, 1st. Lt. Thomas A. O'Boyle, 1st. Lt. Clarence E. Doughty, Sgt. John J. Callagher, Sgt. Charles S. Grosso, Sgt. Antonio Tames, T-5 Howard E. Crummett, T-5 Roy L. Maberry, T-5 William B. MacArthur, Pfc. Robert F. Austin, Pvt. William A. Ralston, Pvt. John W. Starzynski, T-Sgt. William W. Burgin (Post.), Col. William P. Yarborough, S-Sgt. James L. Bullock, Pfc. Orville F Barron

The Bronze Star

1st Lt. Desmond L. Crawford, 1st. Lt. Wm. W. Hay, S-Sgt. Merle V. Westerly, T-4 Freeman A. Moore, T-5 Fred F. Danay, Lt. Col. Lisle, T-5 Stanley G. Swala, T-5 William J. Henning, Lt. James R. Olivo, 1st Lt. Robert J. Liddel, 1st Lt. Thomas R. Beam, 2nd Lt. Salvatore G. Mormino, T-Sgt. Francis J. MacDonald, T-Sgt. James T. Rund, S-Sgt. Wayne E. Johnson, S-Sgt. Joseph H. Morris, Sgt. Stanley M. Shostak, Sgt. Ralph E. Lytle, Cpl. Paul O. Pesse, Pfc. Vincent J. Toto, Pfc. William L. Thomas, Pfc. John J. McSorley, Pfc. Leroy C. Goodling, Pfc. Kenneth W. Beed, Pvt. William J. Galligani, Pvt. Paul A. Gallucci, Pvt. Herman S. Knoepfler, Pvt. Norman W. Romoser, Pvt. Fred A. Rawlinson, Pvt. James A. Rosen, Pvt. Zane S. Flak, Pvt. Robert W. Philbek, Capt. Albert J. Sanders, 2nd Lt. Lawrence Newhall, CWO Wallis E. Davis, T-Sgt. Ronald C. Kent, S-Sgt. Olin R. Levitt, S-Sgt. Walter J. Meinz, S-Sgt. Rupert Chapman, S-Sgt. Donald T. Klaren, Sgt. Joseph H. Ahern, Sgt. Anthony J. Garafola, Sgt. Ross B. McReaken, Sgt. John M. Boel, Sgt. J.B. Parmer, Sgt. Joseph West, Jr., T-4 John H. Nixon, Cpl. Ralph Lawson, Cpl. Charles Lee, Jr., Cpl. Guyde A. Lombari, T-5 Alex J. Bartosezek, T-5 Alonzy Smith, T-5 Delmar T. Weeks, Pfc. Charles Jenne, Pfc. Olie A. Olsen, Pfc. Robert F. Petrie, Pfc. William H. Schaefer, Pfc. Luverne C. Spanjer, Pvt. John H. Curran, Pvt. Joseph F. Hicczewski, Pvt. Fay C. Noe, Pvt. Jack J. Reynolds, Pvt. Chester S. Verbinski, Pvt. Herbert H. Wagner

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