Battledetective Case Files

File No.: Case File # 15
Title: Casualties among U.S. Paratroopers during the capture of Eindhoven
Investigation made at: Municipality of Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Period Covered: September 17, 18 & 19, 1944
Date: June-September 2010
Case Classification: Listing of casualties among US paratroopers Municipality of Eindhoven, The Netherlands during first days of Operation Market Garden
Case Status: Active Case File

REASON FOR INVESTIGATION:
It has come to our attention that the City of Eindhoven in The Netherlands commemorates the men of the 101st Airborne Division who gave their lives for its freedom. Twenty-two names appear on a commemorative plaque in a modest but elegant park with other monuments in relation to the 101st Airborne Division. It can be found on the corner of John F. Kennedy Laan and Airborne Laan in Eindhoven’s northern suburb of Woensel.

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The plaque was unveiled on the 18th of September 2004 and was an initiative of (then-) councilman Jan van Hout; who has been a source in several of our cases.

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Battle detectives Tom and Antoine can be seen during the ceremony; dressed as American liberators:

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A close study of each name on the plaque revealed that eleven of these young Americans were actually killed in Eindhoven on the 18th of September 1944, the day the city was liberated.
The other eleven soldiers either were killed on the previous day, D-Day of operation "Market Garden", or shortly after the city fell into Allied hands. Their deaths were caused by actions to consolidate the city’s defense or they died of wounds sustained during the Nazi-bombing raid on Eindhoven on the 19th.
An even bigger number of paratroopers was wounded during the liberation of Eindhoven; some of them seriously.
These facts inspired the idea of creating an as-accurate-as-possible "List of Casualties among US Paratroops during the capture of Eindhoven, Holland, September 1944".

SYNOPSIS:

The title of this casualty list calls for a definition with clear specifications.
First, it has to be evident that we do not wish to criticize any entry on the list of casualties on the plaque. Our investigation revealed that as far as we can determine, every paratrooper killed in action in Eindhoven on the 18th of September 1944, is mentioned on the plaque. The other men too, died in Eindhoven or the general area around the city. But there were also sky soldiers who paid with blood, pain and even physical and psychological limitations in their post-war lives.
Hence, the Casualty List can be defined as:

"The names of all 22 men on the plaque on Airborne Laan and all other paratroopers of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment who were either Killed In Action (KIA), Wounded In Action (WIA), Seriously Wounded in Action (SWA) or Missing In Action (MIA) when this unit was deployed within the territory of the Municipality of Eindhoven, capturing this city, establishing a bridgehead around it and defending it from 18 SEP 1944 to 20 SEP 1944"

We have discovered two more troopers who Died Of Wounds (DOW), two Seriously Wounded in Action (SWA), 26 Wounded in Action (WIA), 18 Killed in Action (KIA) and two casualties of an unknown nature.
Fortunately we have not discovered any troopers Missing in Action (MIA).
The list contains already known details, such as name, rank, Army Serial Number (ASN) and unit.
But we have also added details about the individual soldier, such as how he was killed or wounded and a photograph, if available. And we have also listed our sources.

Casualty No. 01 Name: BOLTE , Rudolf E Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O1308589 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photographs of 1st Lieutenant Bolte in Camp Mackall in 1943, grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands	(click to enlarge)
Casualty No. 02 Name: DEEM, Charles R Jr Rank: Private First Class ASN: 35867556 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: KIA in Eindhoven on 18 SEP 1944 / Buried in home state of Ohio Exhibits: Photograph of grave in Ohio
Casualty No. 03 Name: DODGE, Martin J Rank: Private ASN: 33007389 Unit: 506th Nature of Casualty: DOW, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: DOW after Bombing raid on Eindhoven on 19 SEP 1944 (presumed) / Buried in Arlington US Military Cemetery Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 04 Name: KILEY, John W Rank: Captain ASN: O1285066 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Vlokhovense Weg, Eindhoven, see also Case File # 1 Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: Killed by sniper on Vlokhovense Weg Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 05 Name: MILLER, John W Rank: Private First Class ASN: 35573616 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Nuenen Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: Killed by explosion of enemy by hand grenade / Buried in home state Indiana / In Pulles Rosters listed as MILLER "James" W. Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 06 Name: MOORE, James H Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O1323232 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: In a letter dated 10FEB1945 E/506 Company CO CPT Fred T. "Moose" Heyliger described to Moore's widow that her husband was killed on September 18th 1944 on the outskirts of Eindhoven by a sniper's bullet to the head. Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 07 Name: RICK, Frank E Rank: Staff Sergeant ASN: 20656208 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Near Son at 05:30 AM Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: Exhibits: Photograph of grave on Wolfswinkel Cemetery 1940's, Reburial Service prayer card via Lori Lindner; daughter of Rick's fiancé, Photo from Milwaukee Journal, 21JAN1949, Grave at the Holey Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in Milwaukee, WI.
Casualty No. 08 Name: VANKLINKEN, Robert Rank: Private ASN: 39186454 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Nuenen Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: Of Dutch descent, witnessed to have spoken Dutch in Eindhoven 18 SEP 1944, killed by machine gun fire Exhibits: Photograph of Private VANKLINKEN, grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 09 Name: CHEEVER, Robert L Rank: Technician Grade 4 ASN: 18121201 Unit: HQ1/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA,19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Killed during bombing raid Eindhoven (presumed), buried in home state Indiana. Exhibits: Photograph of Technician Grade 4 CHEEVER
Casualty No. 10 Name: DELUCA, Victor J Rank: Private ASN: 36177147 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Buried in home state Indiana Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 11 Name: GIBBS, Fred A Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O1305415 Unit: G/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Woensel Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 12 Name: KROM, Irving F Rank: Private First Class ASN: 32746769 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Died of wounds sustained during bombing raid on Eindhoven (presumed) Exhibits: Photographs of grave in New York & Wolfswinkel Cemetery 1940's
Casualty No. 13 Name: MILLER, William T Rank: Private First Class ASN: 37607805 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Nuenen Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Buried in home state Ohio Exhibits: - Photograph of Private First Class MILLER
Casualty No. 14 Name: MYERS, William R Rank: Sergeant ASN: 06964633 Unit: HQ/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 21 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Died of wounds sustained during bombing raid on Eindhoven (confirmed) Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 15 Name: STEPHENS, John H Jr Rank: Private First Class ASN: 34548496 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 16 Name: DAVIDSON, James L Rank: Sergeant ASN: 15116593 Unit: HQ/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Stratumseind Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Died of wounds sustained during bombing raid on Eindhoven (confirmed), See Battle Relic # 10, Buried in home state Virginia Exhibits: Photograph of Sergeant DAVIDSON
Casualty No. 17 Name: DESCANT, Marvin J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 38486267 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Died of wounds sustained during bombing raid on Eindhoven (presumed) Buried in home state Louisiana Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 18 Name: HANSON, Godfrey J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 19087862 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Woensel Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Shot by sniper, buried in home state California Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 19 Name: MENZE, Vernon J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 39040879 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Nuenen Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Buried in home state California Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 20 Name: MODRACEK, Robert J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 37427281 Unit: D/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: own fragmentation grenade detonated Pastorie Straat Eindhoven As a result of the detonation of Modracek’s hand grenade, 33 year old Eindhoven citizen Johannes P.J.M. Pellegrino residing at the nearby address of Pastoriestraat No. 87, born 16th of August 1911 was killed as well. Sources: Page 128 of the book "Bevrijding Woensel, ooggetuigen vertellen" by Barry M.G. Wonder, 2019 ISBN 978-90-9032172-1 (https://bevrijdingwoensel.nl/) and https://stichting18september.nl/de-namenlijst/ consulted on 20MAY2021. Exhibits: Photograph of Private First Class MODRACEK
Casualty No. 21 Name: PHILLIPS, Willis Rank: Sergeant ASN: 34513989 Unit: D/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 17 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records Details / Remarks: Died from head wound, buried in home state South Carolina Exhibits: Willis Philips grave in Clinton, South Carolina. (From Chris Boyd via Facebook)
Casualty No. 22 Name: SWANSON, Francis L Rank: Private First Class ASN: 31328849 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Woensel Source: Listed monument plaque on Airborne Laan, Eindhoven & confirmed in literature, U.S. Army records. Details / Remarks: Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands

Additional casualties within the ranks of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Eindhoven
on 18 SEPT 1944
Our investigation led to the names of the following paratroopers who Died of Wounds and were Killed or Wounded in Action within the municipal limits of Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Casualty No. 23 Name: GALBRAIGHT, William P Rank: Private ASN: 19127622 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Woenselsche Straat; near residence of Pete Klompmaker Source: Veteran’s own account and George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Shrapnel in left knee and shouldersee also Case File # 1 Exhibits: Photograph of Private GALBRAIGHT
Casualty No. 24 Name: HOVE, Marion H Rank: Technician Grade 5 ASN: 37046559 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA,18 SEP 44 Location where sustained: Eindhoven presumably Woenselse Straat Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Bullet in foot Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 25 Name: FORNEY, David H Rank: 2nd Lieutenant ASN: O-1030559 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Bokt; a hamlet North of Eindhoven Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: At Bokt, wounded by shrapnel shortly after start of assault on Eindhoven Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 26 Name: BREWER, Robert B Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O-0470464 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: SWA,18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Woensel, at present location of Technical University Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Bullet in throat Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 27 Name: MAMPRE, Albert L Rank: Staff Sergeant ASN: 18125048 Unit: HQ2/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA,18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Woensel, at present location of Technical University; while treating BREWER Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Bullet in leg Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 28 Name: HOLLAND. Robert J Rank: Private ASN: 33185235 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Woensel, at present location of Technical University; while treating BREWER Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Hit in heel Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 29 Name: MARTIN, George Rank: Sergeant ASN: 16100408 Unit: F/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Frankrijkstraat, while attacking Northern 88 Source: George Koskimaki, “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: Fragment of machinegun bullet in eye, See also Case File #2 Exhibits:
Casualty No. 30 Name: BARRET, Henry N Jr. Rank: Sergeant ASN: 11013047 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 31 Name: BRAHMSTEADT, Warren E Rank: Private First Class ASN: 37126506 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, Date and time unknown Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 32 Name: BROWN, Gene L Rank: Captain ASN: O-0447521 Unit: HQ/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944, 0915 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters / Michel Detrez & Peter Hendrikx, "Orange is the Color of the Day" Details / Remarks: CPT BROWN was WIA in the shoulder by a ricochet. He recovered and joined his unit on 29 OCT 1944. Exhibits: Photograph by John Reeder of CPT BROWN with a casualty tag on his uniform waiting in Eindhoven to be evacuated by a horse dawn cart.
Casualty No. 33 Name: DEMETRI, David A Rank: Private ASN: 35050708 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW after Bombing raid on Eindhoven (presumed) Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 34 Name: DICKENSON Rank: Private ASN: Unknown Unit: 506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 35 Name: DZIEPAK, Theodore E Rank: Technician Grade 5 ASN: 12131975 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, Date and time unknown Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 36 Name: EISLER, Clarence T Rank: Private First Class ASN: 16126871 Unit: A/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 37 Name: FENTON, Leonard Q Rank: Private ASN: 15331674 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 38 Name: FITZGERALD Rank: Private ASN: Unknown Unit: Unknown Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 39 Name: JACKSON, Paul J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 38599152 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: On 1 NOV 2012 we found a photo in the archives of the Don F. Pratt Museum in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Exhibits: Photograph showing a wounded soldier on a stretcher in what appears to be a garden. A small pet dog is visible as well as a woman, although partially. The caption in typed print on the back side of the photograph reads: "Paul Jackson 506. Eindhoven Sept. 18 1944 after being wounded."
Casualty No. 40 Name: KESSLER, Roy M Rank: Captain ASN: O-0417088 Unit: HQ/506 Pathfinders Nature of Casualty: WIA, Date and time unknown Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 41 Name: LIM, Harry H Rank: Private First Class ASN: 39858341 Unit: A/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 42 Name: NAGY, John J Rank: Private First Class ASN: 35019474 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 43 Name: PANOVICH, Mickey J Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O-0524432 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 44 Name: STANN, John W Rank: Staff Sergeant ASN: 32181418 Unit: A/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 19 SEP, 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Hit in arm / shoulder Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 45 Name: WALL, Albert J Rank: Sergeant ASN: 12141282 Unit: I/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, Date and time unknown Location where sustained: Eindhoven, unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 46 to 48 Name: 3 Unknown troopers of E/506 Rank: Unknown ASN: Unknown Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Woensel, at present location of Technical University; while trying to reach BREWER Source: George Koskimaki's “Hell’s Highway” Details / Remarks: One casualty hit in chest Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 49 Name: Unknown trooper Rank: Unknown ASN: Unknown Unit: 506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Kleine Berg, shot from roof of De Groof’s bakery shop Source: Mr. de Vries; Kleine Berg, Eindhoven, in a July 20th 2010 witness interview Details / Remarks: Exhibits:
Casualty No. 50 Name: CUMBER, William B Rank: Sergeant ASN: 14164598 Unit: H/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Woensel Source: Ken Johnson, veteran of H/506, through Ian Gardner Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 51 Name: SKULLY, Raymond A Rank: Private First Class ASN: 15320992 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven, Woensel Source: Veteran’s own account, through Ian Gardner Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -

We then expanded our search to troopers who became a casualty when their unit was deployed in Eindhoven and was establishing a bridgehead around this city from 18 SEP 1944 to 20 SEP 1944.
The Pulles Rosters revealed these names:

Casualty No. 52 Name: CRAMER, Harold F Rank: 2nd Lieutenant ASN: O-1299378 Unit: HQ1/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son at Canal Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 53 Name: BROWNLEY, Arlo J Jr. Rank: Private ASN: 37725201 Unit: 506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 54 Name: CLIFTON, Mainard D Rank: Technician Grade 4 ASN: 19122422 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photographs of Tech4 Clifton and grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 55 Name: DICKEY, Charles Jr. Rank: Private ASN: 37132287 Unit: Service Co./506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 56 Name: RANDLEMAN, Denver Rank: Sergeant ASN: 16085544 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Nuenen Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Sergeant Denver "Bull" RANDLEMAN died on 26 JUN 2003 Exhibits: Photograph of grave in Arkansas
Casualty No. 57 Name: RUSSO, Daniel H Rank: Private ASN: 35922209 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photographs of Private Russo and of his grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 58 Name: SMITH, Albert C Rank: Sergeant ASN: 14124312 Unit: C/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son at canal Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 59 Name: SMITH, James E Rank: Private ASN: 14102406 Unit: Service Co./506 Nature of Casualty: Unknown, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 60 Name: STIDMAN, Jack Rank: Private ASN: 33657881 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: Unknown, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 61 Name: TERZIU, Francis X Rank: Private First Class ASN: 13073892 Unit: HQ/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 62 Name: UTILLA, Angelo Rank: Private ASN: 32013033 Unit: 506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 63 Name: WEST, Henry Rank: Private ASN: 20468613 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 64 Name: WINANDS, Wayne E Rank: 1st Lieutenant ASN: O-1288990 Unit: HQ1/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Cause of death as listed in Pulles Rosters: “Bazooka” Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 65 Name: WINCENCIAK, Anthony M. Jr. Rank: Private ASN: 32932573 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 20 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Cause of death as listed in Pulles Rosters: “Head wound” Exhibits: -

Honor Roll of Airborne Friends
Each year, on the Sunday nearest the 18th of September, the Society of Dutch Airborne Friends has a ceremony at the Monument on Airborne Laan in Eindhoven, like the one during which the plaque was dedicated in 2004. A traditional part of the ceremony is the reading out loud of a list of names. Names of paratroopers of the 506th who gave their lives for the liberation of Eindhoven.
Close scrutiny of this Roll of Honor showed that it lists the 22 names on the plaque and seven more troopers.
They are:

2LT DIEL, James L
PFC FRITZ, Ralph H
PVT GONZALES, Eli
PVT MEDINA, Manuel T
PVT WHITAKER, Frederick W
PVT WISNIEWSKI, John C
SSGT LEE, Wilson L

PFC MILLER, James W

SSGT Wilson L. LEE’s name does not appear in the "Pulles Rosters" for the 506th.
With regards to “PFC MILLER, James W” listed in the Honor Roll we discovered an error.
A comparison of the Army Serial Number of PFC James W. MILLER in the Pulles Rosters with the Enlistment Records in the National Archives revealed that it should be “John” W. MILLER; the previously listed Casualty # 5.
The other men all died on the 19th of September 1944. On that day, the 506th was in the Eindhoven area and therefore these men must have met their deaths there.

Casualty No. 66 Name: DIEL, James L Rank: 2nd Lieutenant ASN: O-887945 Unit: E/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son, bridge Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Was Sergeant (Battlefield Commission); previous: ASN 16100615 Exhibits: Photograph of grave on American Cemetery, Margraten, The Netherlands
Casualty No. 67 Name: FRITZ, Ralph H Rank: Private First Class ASN: 39614965 Unit: D/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Ralph Fritz's remains were brought back to his next of kin in Circle, Montana in 1949 Exhibits: Grave in Circle, Montana
Casualty No. 68 Name: GONZALES, Eli Rank: Private ASN: 39125569 Unit: B/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 69 Name: MEDINA, Manuel T Rank: Private ASN: 37703912 Unit: HQ/506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Cause of death as listed in Pulles Rosters: “DOW hospital in BELGIUM”, MEDINA is presumably a casualty of the Eindhoven 19 SEP 1944 bombing raid Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 70 Name: WHITAKER, Frederick W Rank: Private ASN: 42019958 Unit: 506 Nature of Casualty: KIA, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Unknown location Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: - Exhibits: -
Casualty No. 71 Name: WISNIEWSKI, John C Rank: Private ASN: 13071983 Unit: HQ3/506 Nature of Casualty: DOW, 19 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Son Source: Society of Dutch Airborne Friends Honor Roll, The Pulles Rosters Details / Remarks: Cause of death as listed in Pulles Rosters: “Wounded in SON, DOW” Exhibits: -
UPDATE May 8th 2019: In Chapter 14 titled "Holland" of author Terry Poyser's "Fighting Fox Company" (Casemate Publishers; ISBN: 978-61200-212-5) is described how another paratrooper sustained wounds during the battle for the German 88mm canons on Kloosterdreef: "The company fired and maneuvered up the street in a deadly form of leapfrog while pushing the Germans back. A Third Platoon veteran of Normandy, Pvt. Delmar Newhouse, fell wounded to rifle fire, but the attack moved forward." Casualty No. 72 Name: NEWHOUSE, Delmar C. Rank: PVT ASN: 37604606 Unit: F/506 Nature of Casualty: WIA, 18 SEP 1944 Location where sustained: Eindhoven Source: Page 173 of Terry Poyser's "Fighting Fox Company" Details / Remarks: The Pulles Rosters do not mention these injures but does list: "W/Bast 01-02" referring to wounds sustained at Bastogne in Belgium on 1FEB1945. Exhibits: -

CONCLUSIONS

The task of drawing up a complete list of all the American casualties, sustained in the liberation of Eindhoven, is a difficult one.
As the president of the Dutch Society of Airborne Friends, Matthew VanLuyt put it during the September 4th, 2010 board meeting:
"Trying to make that complete list can drive you mad!"
We, however, tried and at least came up with the stories of 72 men who came all the way from their homes in the United States of America to liberate a people they had possibly only heard about in history lessons and nevertheless gave their blood or even their lives for this people's freedom.

After listing the men named on the Airborne Monument in Eindhoven and the names of further casualties according to the Pulles Rosters, the seven additional names on the Airborne Friends' Honor Roll were added.
Seventy-one recorded instances were found of soldiers of the 506th Regiment who got wounded or killed during the Regiment's deployment in the Greater Eindhoven area.

The unknown soldier killed in casualty No. 49 and the 3 unknown soldiers wounded in casualties No.'s 46, 47, and 48 are unconfirmed and may result in a double count of confirmed casualties.
Therefore it is safe to say that the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment sustained 68 casualties in capturing and holding the city of Eindhoven.

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