PVT Richard M. Ladd

Reg. HQ/502 PIR S-2 Section

Ladd assembled with a group of men led by Col. Cole on D-day morning . They encountered a column of Germans moving south and engaged them . After this encounter Ladd discovered the body of Maj. JW Vaughn the S-4 lying on the east shoulder of the road. Details surrounding his death are sketchy.

Sgt Fred Patheiger & Cpl. Dalton J. Gregory

Reg. HQ/502 PIR 

Courtesy of M. Block

PFC. Eric Block

Reg. HQ. Company Batt

502 PIR

PFC. Eric Block served in Regimental Hq. Company as a Interpreter on the IPW Team. He served during the Market Garden, Bastogne and Germany 

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