Research Methods

The upcoming series of articles represents over a year of research into the enlisted personnel of the 32nd Station Hospital.  I based the officers’ biographies—originally published between January 9, 2019 and April 17, 2019 and subsequently updated as I obtained new information—on a series of rosters attached to the unit’s annual reports in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland.  However, there were no enlisted rosters among 32nd Station Hospital documents there. 

With the completion of the officers’ biographies, I began work on the enlisted men using a list compiled for the 1982 reunion (contributed by the family of Hank Knitter).  This listed approximately 160 enlisted personnel, which represented only a small fraction of the men who served in the unit.  In early 2020, I was able to obtain digital copies of a number of rosters from 1942, 1943, and 1945, as well as the unit’s morning reports from virtually the entire war.

No rosters are known to survive between January 1, 1944 and October 9, 1945 (when a final list was compiled at the time the unit went inactive).  The morning reports recorded personnel details like arrivals, departures, detached service, temporary duty, promotions, demotions, and discipline.  These records are reasonably complete, notwithstanding that there were entries (sometimes entire months) that were badly microfilmed or missing.

Although it was time-consuming, I used the morning reports along with the extant rosters to construct a master list of approximately 500 enlisted personnel who served in the unit between the time that the unit was activated on June 25, 1942 and the end of the war in Europe on May 8, 1945.  This list, as far as I know, only included full members of the unit and not those attached from other units on temporary duty.  With the morning reports, I was able to establish the arrival and departure of most (but not all) members of the unit.

Researching the enlisted biographies was in some ways easier than researching those of the officers.  One great advantage was that unlike an officer’s service number, an enlisted man’s service number could be cross-referenced to an enlistment record.  In addition to providing first name, middle initial, last name, year of birth, date of enlistment, and place of enlistment, the cards often provided state or country of birth, occupation, level of education, and county of residence at the time of enlistment. 

This data could often be cross-referenced to draft cards or dates of service in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs B.I.R.L.S. Death File.  This let me make probable or positive identifications on many men with common names (i.e. Kenneth M. Robinson and John M. Johnson) which would have been virtually impossible in the case of officers.  The enlistment records were not foolproof; I’ve found some errors that occurred either during the original data entry or when the records were digitized from microfilmed copies of punch cards.  In terms of the entire set of data cards, National Archives and Records Administration staff who evaluated the scanning process found that approximately 13% of the cards were totally unreadable, and another “1.3 percent had character errors in the serial number column” after they were digitized.  If those figures are accurate, my luck is slightly worse than average, because in at least 77 cases (15.4%) among the 32nd Station Hospital men listed below, the service number was not found or, less commonly, came back assigned to another individual. 

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Enlisted Cadre

According to “Highlights and Shadows of the Thirty-Second” (a postwar account of the 32nd Station Hospital’s early days written by an unknown individual, probably one of the unit’s officers):

When the first group of officers arrived on August 6th, 1942, at Camp Rucker, near Ozark, in the South eastern part of Alabama, they found a very new, partially filled army camp, set down on a long, curving ridge.  […]  Down in the hospital training area, on the western edge of the half moon that was Camp Rucker, these new officers found twenty-five enlisted men who had arrived on June 26, 1942 from Barksdale Field, [under Master Sergeant Charles E.] Hartley.  For six-weeks and three days these men had labored making the Headquarters and barracks ready for the group which was to compose the 32d Station Hospital, as decreed by the order of activation of June 26, 1942.  [June 25 in other sources.] To mention the fact that all these men did their work well and got into no trouble, no officer being present, speaks for the caliber of the original cadre.

This helps fill in some details since there are no known unit records prior to August 7, 1942, when the unit’s first morning report was recorded.  Although I may be able to confirm it one day if the right documents from Camp Rucker or Barksdale Field exist in the National Archives, I believe I have identified all 25 men. 

“Highlights and Shadows” was correct that as of August 7, 1942, when the first morning report was filled out, there were 25 enlisted men in the unit: One master sergeant, one technical sergeant, three staff sergeants, one corporal, two private 1st classes, and 17 privates.  (Corporal Lovestead left the unit on August 13, 1942, bound for Officer Candidate School at Camp Lee, Virginia.)  Most of these men advanced rapidly in rank.  20 of the remaining 24 men were promoted immediately upon Lieutenant Colonel Burstein’s arrival on August 13, 1942.  14 privates became noncommissioned officers (N.C.O.s) and the other three advanced to private 1st class. That included a four-grade jump by William L. Williamson from private to staff sergeant that would be unheard of in peacetime.

I believe the following men are the original 25 members of the 32nd Station Hospital, who joined the unit at Camp Rucker, Alabama between activation on June 25, 1942 and the arrival of the first officers on August 7, 1942. They are arranged alphabetically, including service numbers; names in bold were still with the unit on V-E Day.

1. Leonard F. Albano, 36310625
2. Charles E. Ballard, 35255578
3. Ralph G. Bomgarden, 36312372
4. Bernard J. Bucher, 36312694
5. Walter W. Butler, 36312808
6. Emmett P. Devereaux, 36232545
7. Donald W. Godfrey, 36233074
8. Charles E. Hartley, 6519220
9. Arthur C. Jones, 32215826
10. Henry V. Knitter, 36232711
11. Howard S. Lovestead, 36232678
12. Harry F. Manley, 35255862
13. Jesse E. Martin, 35254407
14. Raymond R. McBride, 36312833
15. Earle S. Metcalf, 36232523
16. Charles A. Peckham, 36232486
17. Raymond F. Plzak, 36232637
18. Irvin N. Rogers, 14068492
19. Glenn R. Snodgrass, 35272629
20. John Tenuta, 36232647
21. Rudolph J. Tupala, 36232332
22. Fred Weber, 36232478
23. William L. Williamson, 36232608
24. Harold F. Yonker, 16033832
25. Milton H. Young, 36232648

Note: I am virtually certain that Corporal Lovestead was Howard S. Lovestead, with the service number listed above, but that’s not confirmed at this time.

21 of the 25 men were drafted just after the beginning of World War II and entered the U.S. Army at installations in the Midwest: 17 at Fort Sheridan or Camp Grant (both in Illinois) during January 10–24, 1942; three at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on January 31 or February 4, 1942; one at Fort Hayes, Ohio on January 20, 1942. The four exceptions were Charles E. Hartley (apparently a career soldier), Irvin N. Rogers (volunteer, joining the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on January 31, 1942), Arthur C. Jones (draftee, joined the U.S. Army at Camp Upton, New York on February 13, 1942), and Harold Yonker (volunteer, joined at Fort Custer, Michigan on April 29, 1942).

As the unit expanded during stateside training at Camp Rucker, Alabama and Fort Benning, Georgia, additional enlisted personnel were assigned to the unit.  Most of the men came from the following installations, about half of which hosted Medical Replacement Training Centers:

1. Camp Pickett, Virginia
2. Camp Robinson, Arkansas
3. Fort Meade, Maryland (76th Infantry Division)
4. Camp Barkeley, Texas
5. Camp Grant, Illinois
6. Camp Wheeler, Georgia
7. Fort Benning, Georgia
8. Camp Blanding, Florida

Like the original 25 cadremen, some of these additional enlisted personnel were from the Midwest, but many were from the Northeast and some from the South. The enlisted men were largely working class men drafted into the Army of the United States (some before Pearl Harbor, but most after).  Of the enlisted members of the unit at the time it went overseas on January 14, 1943, only about 4% were Regular Army or volunteers. 

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Overseas Service

A total of 269 enlisted men went overseas with the 32nd Station Hospital aboard the U.S.S. Ancon.  During operations in Tlemcen, Algeria and Caserta, Italy during the next two and a half years, most transfers into and out of the unit were via local replacement depots, although some men transferred directly between units.  Occasionally, the hospital’s own patients became members of the unit rather than returning to their old outfits after discharge.  Although the men who joined the 32nd Station Hospital stateside had been particularly concentrated from the Northeast, Midwest, and South, replacements came from all over the United States.  

Although the vast majority of 32nd Station Hospital enlisted personnel were born in America, its ranks included a handful of men born overseas, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, the Philippines, and Bulgaria.  Due to the segregation of the armed forces in the United States, no 32nd Station Hospital personnel were African-American.  There were a handful of Hispanic, Native American, and Japanese-American members of the unit.

Considering military necessity and the strain of overseas service, the unit saw relatively low turnover between 1943 and the summer of 1945.  Of the 269 enlisted men who went overseas with the unit on January 14, 1943, at least 140 (and possibly as many as 149) were still present on V-E Day; approximately 69 of these men were with the unit when it arrived at the Boston Port of Embarkation on October 8, 1945.

Of the 500 enlisted men who served in the 32nd Station Hospital prior to V-E Day, approximately 453 served with the unit overseas.  The men who served overseas are the focus of the upcoming series of articles.  For that reason, I’ve omitted personnel who transferred out of the unit prior to January 14, 1943, except for a couple of noncommissioned officers who were members of the original cadre in leadership positions.  I’ve also omitted all members of the unit who arrived after May 8, 1945.

Turnover was heavier after V-E Day. Long-serving members of the unit with sufficient points under the Adjusted Service Rating Score system were rotated home while replacements came in in anticipation that the unit would be deployed to the Pacific Theater.  Then, after the surrender of Japan, a significant number of additional personnel were transferred into the unit, well in excess of the number of men authorized by its table of organization.  As of June 20, 1945, the unit was organized with an authorized strength of 253 enlisted men, but 403 enlisted men (410 if the advance detail is counted) were with the unit when it arrived back in the United States on October 8, 1945.  Apparently, the intention was to get veterans (whose original units were remaining in Europe) home more quickly.

Although I would have liked to have sorted the enlisted personnel by assignment like I did the officers, that information was only available in a limited number of cases.

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Discipline and Demotions

One of the toughest curatorial choices I faced was whether to include information regarding disciplinary matters. Morning reports included when an enlisted soldier was marked as absent without leave (A.W.O.L.), arrested by military authorities, placed under arrest at the unit, or placed in confinement. In addition, the morning reports documented when enlisted personnel were tried by court-martial.  The man was invariably convicted, though some convictions or punishments were overturned by higher headquarters.  The charges were never revealed, just the sentences.  

Most men who served with the unit for a long period of time (as long as three years) had no documented discipline at all, though a handful went A.W.O.L. or were court-martialed repeatedly.  I considered whether it was fair or right to include such information as part of a “warts and all” approach to history (to use the term of a historian who previously advised me about other ethical dilemmas).  It’s been my observation that as the years go on, the members of the “Greatest Generation” have taken on a mythos almost akin to sainthood; withholding disciplinary records could potentially contribute to that a process that I view with some misgivings. 

On the other hand, including such records could amount to a smear against the good name of dozens of men; since the infractions were not disclosed, some could have been laughably minor.  Based on the punishments, I feel certain that none of the offenses would have been felonies in civilian law (and of course, some infractions—like mouthing off to an officer—would not have been crimes at all).  My understanding is that being absent without leave and alcohol-related offenses were probably the most common.  There was also a fairness issue in that officer disciplinary infractions were never documented in the unit’s morning reports, even though multiple sources make clear that officers were sometimes confined to quarters for minor infractions, such as fraternizing with enlisted men.

After much deliberation, I decided against including disciplinary information in the biographies for the time being, although I am willing to disclose such information on a case-by-case basis (like to family members of a particular soldier or to someone doing historical research).  

The decision to withhold disciplinary information did contribute to one other difficult curatorial decision.  A soldier’s grade is an important part of his story.  Though including promotions presented no great ethical difficulties, it was unrealistic to withhold information when a soldier was demoted.  By withholding disciplinary information about one man, I could inadvertently create the impression that another man had been demoted as a punishment.  At the risk of trying to have my cake and eat it too, I urge readers not to jump to such conclusions.  Again, I am willing to disclose what limited information is available on a case-by-case basis.

Certainly, in some cases, an enlisted member of the unit was reduced to the grade of private immediately after being court-martialed, suggesting that it was done as punishment.  In other cases, the demotions were clearly for administrative reasons (such as a man being demoted immediately after joining the unit, apparently because there was not a vacant slot for his grade and job under the tables of organization).  However, in many cases the reason for a demotion was not clear.  Occasionally, someone was demoted and soon after promoted without explanation.  Only rarely was a demotion specifically identified as being “without prejudice,” though I have included that detail when present.

It is difficult for me to estimate exactly what proportion of demotions were due to disciplinary action.  My impression is that roughly 1/3 of demotions were disciplinary and 1/3 administrative, but the reasons for the remaining 1/3 were unclear.  

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Full List of Enlisted Personnel Prior to V-E Day

The following section presents a list of all known 32nd Station Hospital enlisted men who served with the unit prior to Victory in Europe Day (that is, from June 25, 1942 through May 8, 1945).  Those who served in the unit overseas (between January 14, 1943 and May 8, 1945) should eventually have a biographical entry on this site.  Typically, when only a last name is known, the man served with the unit only briefly and/or transferred out before the unit went overseas.  

When known, each soldier’s service number is listed.  This is important both for learning about the man and to distinguish him from someone else with the same name.  Short service numbers (seven digits) indicate the man originally entered the U.S. Army prior to World War II, although it does not rule out a period of separation from the military followed by volunteering or being drafted back in.  One man in the unit had the rare R- prefix.  As I understand it, that means he was in the National Army during World War I (or immediately afterwards) and then joined the Regular Army.

Most men in the unit had service numbers that were eight digits long, indicating that they first entered the U.S. Army from 1940 onward.  Of these, service numbers beginning with 1 indicate that the soldier volunteered (which was possible only through late 1942); 2 indicate the soldier was a federalized member of the National Guard; 3 or 4 indicate the soldier was drafted (including those drafted before the U.S. entered World War II and those drafted after it was no longer possible to volunteer).  The second digit is a geographic code.  For further information on decoding these service numbers, see the Wikipedia article on the topic.

1. Hershell T. Adams, 18130511
2. Louis M. Agat, 32260351
3. Fred R. Ainey, 33610528
4. John S. Alba, 32876177
5. Leonard F. Albano, 36310625
6. Carl Allen, 34188996
7. Carl A. Allen, 38104126
8. Rhufus E. Allen, 39270174
9. Gustave R. Anderson, 32356237
10. Chester J. Andruszkiewicz, 36183678
11. Jorge Aponte, 31405144
12. Jerome A. Aprile, 32641511
13. George Arahovites, 32355562
14. William F. Arballo, 19176417
15. Frederick J. Archdeacon, 33310805
16. Constantine M. Arkontaky, 32509238
17. Ascher 
18. Ashal or Asahl
19. Azar
20. Donald A. Bailey, 36508630
21. Earl R. Baker, 35283411
22. Charles E. Ballard, 35255578
23. Hubert S. Banker, 36184369
24. Carl E. Bard, 16176390
25. Earl H. Barker, 34004116
26. Albert I. Barney, Jr., 31125043
27. Pete Barrett, 20818942
28. Stanley O. Bathrick, 36184525
29. Thomas E. Baumgardner, 36486329
30. Hubert N. Beasley, 33883783
31. Chester C. Beavers, 38180488
32. Felton Begnaud, 38240131
33. Vernon N. Behrendt, 36294101
34. Monroe S. Bellomy, 36073515
35. Lloyd J. Benore, 36161181
36. Otis J. Benson, 32115230
37. George L. Bessette, 31076601
38. Louis D. Berman, 36532481
39. William S. Bishop, 34189679
40. Donald G. Black, 34609062
41. Ralph G. Bomgarden, 36312372
42. James Clyde Bowen, 34653760
43. Roger D. Bowers, 35331556
44. Hugh Bradford, 6394821
45. Paul Bramnick, 33318534
46. James L. Brennan, 31124017
47. C.W. Bridges, 34395954
48. James Bruno, 32355636
49. Robert A. Bryant, 31099361
50. Edgar E. Buchanan, 35495869
51. Bernard J. Bucher, 36312694
52. Bill R. Bucinski, 35029950
53. Alex J. Buckosh, 35045015
54. James E. Buteau, 6146895
55. Robert K. Butler, 12054888
56. Walter W. Butler, 36312808
57. Robert C. Canon, 33272353
58. James H. Capps, 14018573
59. Frank Cappuccio, 32263826
60. David B. Carroll, 34189939
61. Thomas E. Cartner, 14176812 (unclear if he was full member or just on temporary duty)
62. Andrew Casp, 33363360
63. Avery Choate, 34075047
64. Leonard Z. Church, 33096481
65. Ernest S. Clark, 31079071
66. Jack G. Clausen, 36046569
67. James A. Claxton, 15042218
68. Lionel E. Cloutier, 20818399
69. Roy G. Coawette, 37162093
70. Jacob Cohen, 33317678
71. Bayard W. Coleman, 19050420
72. Mitchel C. Compton, 35254342
73. Thomas Conneely, 31131094
74. Junior W. Cook, 20832939
75. Lyle P. Cook, 39312734
76. Jack M. Corbin, 36321248
77. Homer Cornwell, Jr., 36653037
78. Joseph E. Cory, 34024615
79. Raymond P. Costello, 11070071
80. Rutherford G. Costley, 34269052
81. Charles D. Crabtree, 34286115
82. Curt Crawford, R-3904921
83. John J. Cristiano, 32118587
84. Herman B. Crowe, 6984301 (service number may be incorrect or double issued)
85. Christopher Curas, 31123705
86. Frank L. Cushman, 31208222
87. Frank R. Dagostino, 42068460
88. Rocco P. Dalto, 32244688
89. Olson Damon, 38010557
90. Alfred F. Darmstadt, 12021018
91. Thomas H. Davis, 34195979
92. Francis L. DeBens, 32577369
93. Stanley E. Delinski, 36316497
94. George T. Dennis, Jr., 34031033
95. Fred G. DeRemer, 36127921
96. Raymond V. Desorcy, 11050624
97. Emmett P. Devereaux, 36232545
98. William E. Dodd, 38022612
99. Roy M. Domke, 35323098
100. Frank Domino, 36360718
101. Delmont J. Donahue, 36364410
102. Paul R. Dunbar, 34784771
103. Junior H. Dyarman, 33241654
104. Herbert L. Eaton, 39024421
105. Francis J. Egan, 31134730
106. Ernest E. Egler, 35500563
107. Sherman L. Elliott, 34333464
108. Anthony Errico, 32566072
109. Victor W. Ethridge, 34189703
110. Raymond J. Farrell, 11069951
111. Walter E. Fedorczak, 33461875
112. Gideon A. Fetterolf, 13008320
113. Maxwell Fink, Jr., 34290907
114. James A. Fisher, 33550375
115. Gerald F. Fitzgerald, 33190958
116. Edward P. Fitzpatrick, 33280054
117. Stephen J. Flak, 33146636
118. Roger D. Fleming, 20151949
119. Johnny T. Flournoy, 7005049
120. Maurice J. Foffel, 37424078
121. Mariano Fontanilla, 33233322
122. Fox
123. Free?
124. Howard Froehlich, 32269383
125. Joe M. Frye, 34497734
126. Robert A Furlani, 33494642
127. Daniel G. Furman, 34208031
128. Vincent Gange, 32037001
129. Clyde Gantt, 34386909
130. Sebastian C. Gemmel, 33345976
131. Cledoth L. Gibbs, 15040895
132. Christos P. Giotis, 32499410
133. Philippe E. Girard, 11070067
134. Marcus Glass, 32020806
135. Shelby K. Goad, 37234179
136. Donald W. Godfrey, 36233074
137. Leo Emile Godin, 11069983
138. Maurice L. Goede, 37177175
139. Louis Goldman, 32310839
140. Kenneth L. Goldy, 36040188
141. Edward J. Golik, 36354678
142. Stanley M. Gonya, 11047926
143. Isidore Goodman, 32356589
144. John E. Gorak, 36603442
145. Louis E. Grabowski, 37450468
146. Arthur J. Graham, 33272795
147. James D. Graham, 32373921
148. Carl E. Grill, 39386218
149. Leonard Gross, 39024391
150. Harold E. Grother, 37420143
151. John C. Gwinn, 35772776
152. Willis A. Gummoe, 33347642
153. Milad P. Haboush, 33158814
154. Edward J. Hackett, 32351216
155. Ernest A. Hagen, 37285503
156. Stephen A. Hair, 34195862
157. Jimmie Hale, Jr., 34001774
158. Lloyd J. Haley, 37408793
159. William J. Hall, 32307456? 
160. William R. Hall, 38041267
161. Charles J. Hammer, 32609832
162. John S. Hampton, 39024340
163. Hedge E. Hanson, 37285606?
164. Hjalmer O. Hanson, 37314885?
165. George L. Harmon, 36186137
166. Clyde E. Harrington, 33233337
167. Juel D. Harrington, 39915286
168. Robert B. Harris, 37284817
169. Charles E. Hartley, 6519220?
170. Willard O. Havemeier, 37285539
171. Edward T. Hering, 32356455
172. Rodney C. Hilt, 31099283
173. Mack Hines, 34397862
174. Terrence J. Hobbs, 32354435
175. Harry Honigs, 37283669
176. Ervin G. Hopkins, 38016380
177. Donald P. Hooper, 31085998
178. Joseph G.J. Hopper, 13087141
179. William E. Hoppock, 32521986
180. Francis R. Horne, 33131387
181. Raymond F. Hosford, 12079727
182. Ernest I. Hottin, 31097115
183. Stanley E. Howe, 32200553
184. William F. Hudman, 34199855
185. Howard R. Hudson, 6887919
186. Joseph Ihasz, Jr. 35393067
187. Abraham S. Immerman (officially changed his name to Alan S. Immerman in the fall of 1944), 32356554
188. Walter N. Isaacson, 37289117
189. Steven Ivanoff, 36171082
190. Theodore B. Jargowsky, 42080671
191. Paul R. Jarvi, 11063789
192. Andrew J. Jashko, 12007176
193. Leon O. Jedynak, 20245171
194. Roy L. Jeffrey, 31137354
195. Frank M. Jenkins, 34248553
196. Charles J. Jennee, 32208558
197. Carl R. Johnson, (service number hard to read, like 31026230, though that’s not it)
198. John M. Johnson, 34967613
199. Joseph W. Jonak, 32246042
200. Arthur Cortland Jones, 32215826
201. James O. Jones, 37330662
202. John M. Jones, 33348381
203. William L. Jones, 37210046
204. Aloysius F. Kallal, 36359204
205. Aloysius Kaminski, 36354646
206. Matthew A. Kass?, 36621636 or 36626636
207. Patrick Keane, 32925783
208. Elva D. Kellhoffer, 37373591
209. John M. Kelly, 33172818
210. William E. Kendall, 31102555
211. Robert J. Kenner, 37289115
212. Martin C. Keogh, 32224651
213. Berthold D. Kesler, 36357957
214. Stephen W. Keytak, 33131638
215. Herbert Knight, 34258890
216. Henry V. Knitter, 36232711
217. Kenneth R. Kohout, 16100034
218. Alfred J. Kojalo, 32352592
219. Leo Krein, 37285729
220. William H. Kreis, 34189933
221. Joseph A. Kudamik, 33281389
222. Vito J. LaBarbera, 32204821
223. Joseph J. Laciak, 35159640
224. Bruno J. Lagosz, 36167840
225. Benjamin L. Lambert, 33067842
226. Berry H. Lambert, 34199819
227. Dominick La Monica, 32348452
228. John O. Lankford, 34397302
229. Roy A. Larson, 37285753?
230. William O. Larson, 33272800
231. Milton A. Lax, 32355864
232. Irvin L. Layman, 35254711
233. Harold J. Lazzaro, 35914824
234. Joseph Leibenhaut, 42132872
235. Lloyd A. Lehman, 33907025
236. Godfrey C. Leland, 39178144
237. Lemoine
238. Lendink?
239. William D. Leonhard, 33269710
240. Carmon C. Lewis, 35254317
241. James E. Lewis, 34275940
242. Lloyd L. Lightfoot, 37294024
243. Peter A. Livingston, 37448053
244. Charles J. Lockwood, 14029691
245. Henry W. Loflin, 34608701
246. Lloyd A. Lohman, 33907025
247. Richard E. Lohman, 32879388
248. Calogiaro J. Lombardo, 32116315
249. Charles Z. Lopez, 20826765
250. Christoval V. Lopez, 39113702
251. Ernest L. Lott, Jr. 14010049
252. Howard S. Lovestead, 36232678 (unconfirmed)
253. Earle L. Lowell, 32852932
254. Joseph Luce, 38095871
255. Carl C. Ledford, 34653110
256. Sigmund J. Lukowski, 32399492
257. Lupo or Lupd?
258. Ernest Maier, 35048015
259. Sigsbee Mainous, 15041171
260. Michele A. Malcangio, 31086153 (enlistment record has first name Michael)
261. James N. Mallon, 33202064
262. Harry F. Manley, 35255862
263. Pat Mannine, 32641550
264. William H. Marion, 34420016
265. Frank W. Marino, 36354989
266. William E. Marler, 34800208
267. Maroney
268. Richard J. Marshall, 37208053
269. Donald H. Marston, 19100481
270. George L. Melson or Nelson? 37540245
271. James W. Martin, 34827969
272. Jesse E. Martin, 35254407
273. Erich J. Marx, 32348254
274. Maslak
275. Deleon P. Mateeff, 16061578
276. John A. Matuszak, 12017848
277. Joseph S. Matzcak, 32353496 (last name Matczak on some documents)
278. Anthony Mazzella, 32348456
279. Gerald B. Mayes, 37369837
280. Lawrence W. Mayfield, 37369985
281. Raymond R. McBride, 36312833
282. James McBrinn,33054310
283. Charles K. McCaffrey, 33276739
284. James W. McCarty, Jr., 37055708
285. Ernest D. McClellan, 37206089
286. Hubert R. McClellan, 35265379 (service number may be erroneous or duplicated)
287. McFarland
288. Patrick McGetrick, 32321807
289. James H. McGlon, 38066805
290. Robert McKay, 39024274
291. McKinnon
292. William McKinster, 36512983
293. James E. McLain, 38353316
294. Dwight A. McNelly, 12088995
295. Jerome J. Mehringer, 36247627
296. Rocco F. Meile, 31078413
297. Walter Menio, 33347215
298. Clarence J. Merkling, 17106396
299. Earle S. Metcalf, 36232523
300. Walter L. Mills, 20449526
301. William H. Mitcheltree, 13086893
302. Sam K. Mitrovich, 32408419
303. Elwin L. Monroe, Jr., 32855643
304. Bohumil B. Moravec, 37285504
305. Floyd H. Moring, 34303913
306. Sueo S. Morimitsu, 37344984
307. John S. Morris or Norris, 37200687
308. Wendell W. Morris, 37200685 or 37288495 or 37288496?
309. William B. Morris, 31124794
310. Winfield Morrison, 37285526
311. Bruno J. Motyka, 36354687
312. John Edward Moyer, 20322339
313. George J. Murray, 32317112
314. Raymond F. Musselman, 33502236
315. Neal Naha, 39853637
316. Joseph J. Nagy, 33146495
317. Froylan Naranjo, 38352517
318. Benjamin Nath, 32403206
319. Isidore S. Netel, 32525827
320. Solomon Nyrhinen, 37285651 (first name may actually be Salomon)
321. Steve F. Okonski, 38203983
322. Edward S. Olszewski, 12010225
323. Julio Orta, 34200648
324. Arch M. Overbeck, 20800129
325. Richmond H. Parmenter, 31136312
326. Joe D. Parra, 38442723
327. John J. Passarella, 33781664  
328. Philip R. Pearson, 31134167
329. Charles A. Peckham, 36232486
330. Perdue
331. Amos F. Perkins, 34243162
332. Nicholas J. Petagno, 32308039?
333. Milton Peterson, 39105814
334. Anthony C. Philipowicz, 32096818
335. Robert H. Pierce, 32269629
336. Wyatt T. Pierson, 39675982
337. James T. Pilgrim, 34109105
338. Henry Pino, 34530371
339. Louis J. Pistella, 33269822
340. Frank J. Piwowar, 36353003
341. Raymond F. Plzak, 36232637
342. Clifton R. Poindexter, 38051840
343. Polk
344. John J. Pollock, 33271233
345. Andrew T. Preat 33346438
346. Bill Prochniak, 42045092
347. Joseph J. Pych, 33281302
348. Milo Quesinberry, 13024034
349. Charles W. Racine, 33726457
350. Rosario A. Regolino, 32311836
351. Robert C. Reilly, 32265293
352. Philippe L. Renaud, 31126160
353. Russell C. Renbarger, 38018071
354. Robert W. Richter, 36463635
355. William C. Roberts, 34881207
356. Kenneth M. Robinson, 33057393
357. Louis Robles 36599402
358. John D. Roe, 34234708
359. Irvin N. Rogers, 14068492
360. James E. Rogers, 34142578
361. John D. Rollins, 35637636
362. Andrew G. Roman, 33424676
363. Rosall or Rozall?
364. Ensign W. Rosebrough, 34248526
365. Hyman Rosenberg, 32992648
366. Louis Rosenkranz, 32302904
367. Robert E. Ross, 14006455
368. Thomas Rossi, 6706837
369. Mortimer Rossman, 32400033
370. Cecil D. Royal, 34248309
371. Gustavo G. Rubio, 39544038
372. Michael Russo, 32351094
373. Glen H. Salyers, 13064560
374. Hugh E. Sanders, 34645821
375. James W. Sanford, 35645015
376. Leon C. Sanford, Jr., 6958696
377. Willard J. Saunders, 39912719
378. Mario Scaramellino, 32868430
379. Joseph J. Schillaci, 36359179
380. Isidore Schiller, 32304180
381. Anthony C. Schmid, 35366294
382. Joseph F. Schneider, 37104647
383. Frank W. Schultz, 37285626
384. Philip M. Schultz, 33039074
385. George Schwartz, 32347958
386. Arthur Scott, Jr., 37213078
387. Matthew J. Scully, 33272040
388. Hernab Seidal or Seidel, 38253845
389. Lorenz A. Seiler, 33269770
390. Carlo S. Sessa, 32308226
391. Glen E. Sheldon, 36246405
392. James L. Sherbert, 34129528
393. William J. Sherman, 12047774
394. Gortrie F. Shobe, 35357043
395. Peter I. Siebert, 39008142
396. Simmons
397. Nelson R. Sins, 33280462
398. Stephen J. Sitar, 35307826
399. John Slezak, Jr., 32305903
400. Jerome G. Slocum, 33609195
401. Bill Smith, 14019397
402. James H. Smith, 38037293
403. Leonard L. Smith, 34081885
404. Lester W. Smith, 11039686
405. Glenn R. Snodgrass, 35272629
406. James G. Snow, 34189872
407. Carmine J. Somma, 42061460
408. Joseph R. Soroken, 32372279
409. William A. Southerland, 33095081
410. Paul C. Soveges, 32451766
411. Lowell W. Sparks, 36364538
412. Spaziano
413. Eddie Spencer, 38312602
414. Lyle R. Stabenow, 37128028
415. William H. Stallings, 38106940
416. Charles C. Staropoli, 32350873
417. Alva L. Stidham, 38271639
418. William Stockton, 32359122
419. Oliver W. Stokes, 34653515
420. Chester C. Stolarski, 33317097
421. Lonnie L. Stone, 38038342
422. Robert D. Stone, 36184662
423. Thurlo G. Stout, 37245891
424. Thomas C. Stoyle, 6372834
425. Phillip M. Stradley, 32371370  
426. Alvin J. Strom, 37285667
427. Anthony J. Stross, Jr., 35454635
428. Albert F. Strow, 38035588
429. Joseph G. Studzinski, 35915712
430. Frank Stumpf, 33620013
431. Donald E. Sudlow, 37349248
432. J.H.M. or J.J. Suiter, 38060470
433. Sullivan
434. Arthur C. Sundet, 17106380
435. Frank Swayze, 32308939
436. Swienzenski
437. Sam S. Teresi, 36716954
438. Edward A. Tanner, 17052590
439. John A. Tarsala, 33282135
440. Tatarek
441. John T. Tate, 39312837
442. Jack D. Taubert, 36508699
443. John F. Taylor, 17011410
444. Slator S. Taylor, 14005561
445. John Tenuta, 36232647
446. Ralph Thomas, 6946923
447. Richard A. Thompson, 34421834
448. LaRoy Thornton, 33316117
449. Arthur C. Tilsworth, 32305138
450. Michael Tito, 32527889
451. Howard B. Titus, 39900017
452. Angelo D. Tomasino, 32348394
453. Salvatore J. Tomasulo, 32011648
454. Reginald R. Trader, 33557523
455. Ralph Trapanese, 32148429
456. Arthur W. Tressler, 13093560
457. Willis J. Truhlicka, 37212812
458. Tucker
459. Rudolph J. Tupala, 36232332
460. Irving Turkowitz, 32639868
461. George J. Van Eron, 32351242
462. Joseph A. Viola, 36555011
463. Manuel Vila Ramos
464. Mike Vukson, 37285596
465. Stanley J. Wagner, 37162597
466. William E. Walker, 19012625
467. John Wallace, 34274718? (service number may be erroneous or duplicated)
468. Charles W. Wallot, 12090803
469. Martin T. Walsh, 32359363
470. Morris Waltzer, 12088999
471. Oliver B. Ward, 34367176
472. Stanley G. Wasankari, 39199243
473. John D. Waters, 35502023
474. Howard J. Watt, 752039
475. Fred Weber, 36232478
476. Martin Weissman, 32190238  
477. George A. Wells, 37285532
478. Jacob Westhoven, 32386645
479. Buford S. Widdifield, 33122692
480. Frank J. Wieczerzak, 32348882
481. Vernon W. Wilkes, 34267822
482. Leo F. Williams, 31135082
483. William L. Williamson, 36232608
484. Louis A. Wilson, 36100042
485. Sam N. Wilson, 34393859
486. William E. Wilson, 37214140
487. Woodrow W. Wince, 13075332
488. John A. Winkels, 37285624
489. Arthur W. Winsor, 31292670
490. Austin Lytle Wise, 6973731
491. Harry E. Wolfe, 35037907
492. Erwin A. Wollstein, 32356733
493. Maynard P. Wood, 33047088
494. Frank J. Yannitelli, 33574916
495. Harold F. Yonker, 16033832
496. John C. Young, 35266874
497. Milton H. Young, 36232648
498. Rudolph A. Zavala, 38035630
499. Walter S. Zaborowski, 31124998
500. Albert G. Zayat, 11044043
501. Harold Zimmerman, 31133959

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