The men of Baker Company/ 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion/101st Airborne Division, taken in May, 1944, Basildon Park, England.

Note: Dates are given as month/day/year, KIA, Killed In Action. WIA, Wounded In Action, POW, Prisoner Of War


Left side of photograph, left to right.
Front Row
l. 2. H.E. Smith 3. 4. 5. "Chief" 6. 7. Butsch 8. Chester A. Price 9. T/5 George Shepperly, Jr. 10. Ora A. Strock

Second Row
1. Thomas? 2. T/5 WiUiam Earl Hussey 3. PVT. C. L. Paine 4. Kenneth C. Bond 5. Edward J. Radecki, WIA 12/26/44, Bastogne, Belgium 6. 7. Sgt. James Weaver, captured 10/7/44, Opheusden, Holland, POW 8. Sgt. Leslie M. Blackerby 9. Frank M. Cooksey (Cocksey) 10. Louis M. Blount 11. Sgt. J.D. Morrisey (Morrison) 12. John Blendu 13. 1stSgt. John Calhoun 14. Lt. John M. Mason, KIA, 10/7/44, Opheusden, Holland 15. Capt. Donald H. Froemke, KIA, 10/5/44, Opheusden, Holland 16. Capt. Jack L. Rogers, 6/8/44,Carentan, France 17.1stLt. Ray J. Hiltunen, Shot down and killed, 9/18/44, Oisterwijk, Holland

Third Row
1. Wagner 10. 2. Cohen 3.Cpl. Walter J. Durka, WIA 4. Sgt. Charles K. Brandt 5. Pvt. James Rogers, KIA, H 6. Davis 7. Barry? 8. Bilotta 9. Sgt. AndyUhlar 10. Williams 11. 12. 13. 14.

Fourth Row (Top)
1. 2. PFC. Joseph Pontigglia, KIA, 10/6/44, Opbeusden, Holland 3. Kish 4. 5. 6. Emmet Highland 7. Sgt. Clarence J. Blastic, KIA, 4/12/45, Germany 8. Pvt. Raymond L. Carson, Shot down and killed, 9/18/44, Oisterwijk, Holland 9. 10. Pvt. Charles A. Wilber, WIA, 10/5/44, Opheusden, Holland 11.


Right side of photograph, left to right.
1st Row Bottom
1. Ora A. Strock 2. Ivy W. Smith 3. T/4 Ignace Breaux 4. Lynz 5. Hanson 6. T/5 Robert J. LeMay, Shot down and killed, 9/18/44, Oisterwijk, Holland 7. Harry Bell 8. PFC Harry G. Yaworski 9. 10. 11. Pvt. Kenneth L. Beams?

Second row, left to right
1. 2Lt. John M. Mason, KIA, 10/7/44, Opheusden, Holland 2. Capt. Donald H. Froemke, KIA, 10/5/44, Opheusden, Holland 3. Capt. Jack Rogers, KIA, 6/18/44, Carentan, France 4. 1Lt. Ray J. Hiltunen, Shot down and killed, 9/18/44, Oisterwijk, Holland 5. SSgt. Leroy N. Ryerson 6. Faulk 7. Sgt. Henry J. Aper, KIA, 12/30/44, Bastogne, Beligium, Bronze Star 8. Sgt.PeterB. WIA, Bastogne, 2 Bronze Stars J I 9. Sgt. Leroy Jongsma 10. Dan Macejko 11. Bob Loesch 12. 13.H.R. Creech 14. Cpl. Calbert lVI. Jones, KIA, Belgium 15.

Third Row, left to right
1. 2. 3. McNeil 4. 5. 6. 7. Delbert G. Thompson? 8. PFC Monroe F. Morris 9. Joseph Zebehazy 10. 11.PFC William A. McPherson 12. Robert R. Mahon 13. 14. 15. Torelli 16. 17. 18. Pvt. Bernard Lewandowski? 19. Pvt. Edward H. Neilson

Fourth Row (Top)
1. 2. 3. 4. William Stein 5. T/4 Kenneth W. Pfafflin (Rosey) 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Cyyde Norman 12. Smalley 13. 14. Pvt. Robert Cunningham, KIA, Belgium. 15. Pvt. Frank Lavigna

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