C-47 43-30734
Details:
On the outside wall of a town house.
Marker
An old weather-beaten dark plaque with engravings commemorating the crew and passengers of the C-47 43-30734 that crashed there.
Monument Text:
AT THIS LOCATION
NINETEEN AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
01:20 HR, JUNE 6, 1944
AIR CREW: 77TH SQUADRON
435TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP
|
CAPT. JOHN H. SCHAEFERS |
PILOT |
|
2ND LT THOMAS ASHWORTH |
CO-PILOT |
|
1ST LT JOSEPH J. SULLIVAN |
NAVIGATOR |
|
T/SGT MELVIN ISSERSON |
ENGINEER |
|
S/SGT DAVID MACKENZIE |
RADIO OPERATOR |
G COMPANY
501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
101ST. AIRBORNE DIVISION
SGT JOHN A. SCHADT
CPL EUGENE W. MORRISON
CPL WILLIAM A. SOBIERALSKI
PFC TONY A. BURNETT
PFC HARRY B. BROWN
PFC ANTHONY SALEMI
PFC MILO W. LUDY
PVT OLLIE W. DEHAVEN
PVT JAMES REYNOLDS
PVT MICHAEL A. MASTANDRIA
PVT MICHAEL L. PUSHCARE
PVT CORWIN J. RANDT
PVT ERLAND W. CHELLIN
PVT FELIX J. LOPACHIN
SURVIVORS
S/SGT CHARLES F. WORD
PFC LUCIEN A. TETRAULT
PVT ARTHUR E. MORIN
Commemorates:
People:
Eugene Willard “Gene” Morrison
Units:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group
9th Troop Carrier Command
United States Air Force
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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