The information provided in this Honor Roll has been gathered from various sources, including National Battle Monument records, the National Archives and Unit documents and Web searches. Efforts have been made to ensure accuracy. Readers are requested to provide any corrections or additions to the 102nd Cavalry Association via email.
Notes:
KIA – Killed In Action | DOW – Died Of Wounds | DOl – Died Of Injuries | MIA -Missing In Action |
NBC – Non-Battle Casualty
EAMEC I European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Arrowhead
For Participation In Assault Landings
Waddington, Harold A.
Rank: Corporal (Cpl)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Non-Battle Casualty: 23 May 1943 Location: Algeria
Gravesite: Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, NJ
Hometown: East Orange, NJ
Martyniak, Milton
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade (T/4)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Non-Battle Casualty: 30 July 1943 Location: Algeria
Gravesite: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, North Arlington, NJ
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Thormahlen, Robert Walter
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Non-Battle Casualty: 30 July 1943 Location: Algeria
Gravesite: North African American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: North Arlington, NJ
Brissee, Robert
Rank: Private First Class (PFC)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters Troop
KIA: 23 October 1943 Location: Douera, Algeria
Gravesite: Rock Island Nation Cemetery
Hometown: Enlisted In Chicago
Cooper, William Lester
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
Gravesite: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery And Memorial
KIA: 26 May 1944 Location: Sezze, Italy
Hometown: Weehawken, NJ
Horner, Kenneth Joseph
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
Gravesite: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery And Memorial
KIA: 26 May 1944 Location: Sezze, Italy
Hometown: Weehawken, NJ
Opatz, Thomas Louis
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 02 June 1944 Location: Italy
Gravesite: Saint-Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery in Bowlus, MN
Hometown: Royalton, MN
Hennessy, Thomas George
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 05 June 1944 Location: Vicinity Rome, Italy
Gravesite: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Chance, Gordon Oliver
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 07 June 1944 Location: Monterosi, Italy
Gravesite: Chesterfield Cemetery, Centerville, MD
Hometown: Centerville, MD
Freeman, Yale Horace
Rank: Corporal (Cpl)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 08 June 1944 Location: Capracole, Italy|
Gravesite: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Upper Montclair, NJ
Cohen, Theodore
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 19 June 1944 Location: Grosseto, Italy
Gravesite: Florence American Cemetery And Memorial, Italy
Hometown: Florida
Taylor, Edgar
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 19 June 1944 Location: Near Grossetto, Italy
Gravesite: Florence American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Clinton, SC
Bronze Star
Kostbar, Joseph Henry
Rank: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 23 June 1944 Location: Follonica, Italy
Gravesite: Silver Mount Cemetery, Sunnyside, New York
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
Salicido, Manuel Salome
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
KIA: 26 June 1944 Location: Follonica, Italy
Gravesite: Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX
Hometown: El Paso, TX
Carroll, Robert Emmett
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Headquarters Troop
KIA: 26 June 1944 Location: Campania, Italy
Gravesite: Florence American Cemetery And Memorial, Italy
Hometown: Detriot, MI
Ochal, John Stanley
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Died Of Wounds: 29 June 1944 Location: Rockastrade, Italy
Gravesite: Sicily Rome American Cemetery And Memorial, Italy
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
EAMEC
Stephenson, Jr., Hubert Bolar
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
Non-Battle Casualty: 29 July 1944 Location: Germany
Gravesite: United Methodist Church Cemetery, Verona, VA
Hometown: Staunton, VA
Hobby, James L.
Rank: Corporal (Cpl)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 15 August 1944 Location: Near Cogolin, France
Gravesite: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC
Unit: Hometown: Durham County, NC
Distinguished Service Cross
Carroll, William Aloysius
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 16 August 1944 Location: Collobrieres, France – Possibly MIA
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Bronze Star
Merritt, Charles A.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 17 August 1944 Location: Le Muy, France
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery And Memorial
Unit: Hometown: Tennessee
Velinsky, Bernard
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
DOW: 20 August 1944 Location: Cavalaire, France
Gravesite: Sicily Rome American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: North Plainfield, NJ
Brown, Omer Forrest
Rank: Captain (Capt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop E
KIA: 15 August 1944 Location: Loriol, France
Gravesite: Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Hometown: Dunellen, NJ
Bronze Star w/ Oak Leaf
EAMEC
Military Cross
(United Kingdom)
Croix De Guerre (French)
Flournoy, Howard S.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 24 August 1944 Location: France
Gravesite: Greeneville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenville, GA
Unit: Hometown: Georgia
Michel, Robert Frank
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 02 September 1944 Location: Montrevel, France
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery, France
Hometown: Rutherford, NJ
Barsby, Laurence William
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 03 September 1944 Location: Montrevel, France
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery, France
Hometown: New Jersey
Lawson, Norman B.
Rank: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
KIA: 03 September 1944 Location: Montrevel, France
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery, France
Hometown: Newark, NJ
Distinguished Service Cross
EAMEC
Renzi, Joseph Leopold
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 03 September 1944 Location: Montrevel, France
Gravesite: South Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, NY
Hometown: Camden, NJ
Stewart, Louis William
Rank: Corporal (Cpl)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 03 September 1944 Location: Montrevel, France
Gravesite: Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, Union, NJ
Hometown: Union, NJ
Decoteau, Minel A.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 05 September 1944 Location: France
Gravesite: Rhone American Cemetery, France
Hometown: Ducthtown, LA
Moreno, Joe F.
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 05 September 1944 Location: Near Poligny, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial
Unit: Hometown: California
Pyle, Benjamin Frank
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 10 September 1944 Location: Marway, Italy
Gravesite: Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly, NJ
Hometown: Clementon, NJ
Waddington, William Cardall
Rank: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 10 September 1944 Location: Vesoul, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: West Orange, NJ
Bronze Star
Fischer, Lawrence Morgan
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 13 September 1944 Location: Port-Sur-Saone, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Ft. Smith, AR
Hebert, Alfred A.
Rank: Private (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop E
KIA: 12 October 1944 Location: Anglemont, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Williams, Robert Troy
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop E
KIA: 12 October 1944 Location: Rambervillers, France
Gravesite: Cambell County Memorial Gardens, La Follette, TN
Hometown: Block, TN
Mixon, Elverd Michael
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 13 October 1944 Location: Anglemont, France
Gravesite: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Savanah, GA
Hometown: Savannah, Georgia
Mittlesdorf, George Edward
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade (T/4 )
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Died Of Wounds: 30 October 1944 Location: Bru, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Orange, NJ
Pelser, Ernest Evert
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade (T/4)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
KIA: 02 November 1944 Location: Raon l’Etape, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Greene River, WY
Anderson, William Hugh
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 07 November 1944 Location: Merviller, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Pittsburg, PA
Beck, William A.
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
Unit: 17th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 20 November 1944 Location: Raon-l’Etape, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Bronze Star
Curry, Edward
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 22 November 1944 Location: Vacqueville, France
Gravesite: Mount Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Carnegie, GA
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Jacono, Matteo M.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 22 November 1944 Location: Vacqueville, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: New York (State)
Robertson, James H.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
Died Of Wounds: 04 December 1944 Location: Bettern Hoffen, Fr
Gravesite: Brashhear Cemetery, Brashear, MO
Hometown: Brashear, MO
Bronze Star
Workman, Jack D.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 08 December 1944 Location: France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Oklahoma
Deaton, Henry E.
Rank: First Sergeant (1st Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
DOW: 18 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: Alloway Cemetery, Red Spring, NC
|Hometown: Shannon, NC
Haley, Ernest LeRoy
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 18 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cherokee, IA
Hometown: Cherokee, IA
Panzino, Vincent Charles
Rank: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 18 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Roedler, Harry George
Rank: 1st Lieutenant (1st Lt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 18 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: St. Paul Cemetery, St. Paul, MN
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Torbich, Edward
Rank: Staff Sergeant (S/Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 18 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: North Braddock, PA
Ellison, Gunnar
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) (Battlefield Commission)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
Died Of Wounds: 19 December 1944 Location: Lauterbourg, France
Gravesite: Hanover Cemetery, East Hanover, NJ
Hometown: Florham Park, NJ
Price, JR., Clay C.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 21 December 1944 Location: Beinheim, France
Gravesite: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
Hometown: Norfolk, VA
Robertson, John F.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 29 December 1944 Location: Bitche, France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery, France
Hometown: Irvington, NJ
Bowers, Edgar Laverne
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 31 December 1944 Location: Mouterhouse, France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery, France
Hometown: Waukegan, IL
Bodenhausen, Norman
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
KIA: 01 January 1945 Location: Mouterhouse, France
Gravesite: Evangelist Cemetery, Cosby, MO
Hometown: Cosby, MO
Eargood, Milton R.
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA (Declared): 01 January 1945 Location: France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery And Memorial
Unit: Hometown: Indiana
Glassock, Eldridge L.
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Medical Detachment
KIA (Declared): 02 January 1945 Location: Saint-Avold, France
Gravesite: Mobile National Cemetery, Mobile, AL
Hometown: Oncona, Alabama
Spencer, Maurice
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
KIA: 02 January 1945 Location: Goetzenbruck, France
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial, France
Hometown: Evansville, IN
Shepard, Ralph
Rank: Corporal (Cpl)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 23 January 1945 Location: Weyersheim, France
Gravesite: K.K.A.I. Cemetery, Nashville, TN
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Shapiro, Charles B.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
Died Of Wounds: 03 February 1945 Location: France
Gravesite: Beth Israel Cemetery, Upper in Rotterdam, NY
Hometown: Schenectady, NY
Haisten,Jr., Johnnie G.
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 11 February 1945 Location: Marienthal, France
Gravesite: Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Hueytown, AL
Hometown: Ensley, AL
Bagocius, Vincent D.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 16 March 1945 Location: Mouterhouse, France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery And Memorial
Unit: Hometown: New Jersey
Caldwell, Thomas Morgan
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 16 March 1945 Location: Mouterhouse, France
Gravesite: Park Lawn Cemetery, Evansville, IN
Hometown: Evansville, IN
Weiner, Jack M.
Rank: Technician Fifth Grade (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
Non-Battle Casualty: 19 March 1945 Location: Unk
Gravesite: Mount Sharon Cemetery, Morton, P
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
Bronze Star w/ Oak Leaf
Foster, William H.P.
Rank: Sergeant (Sgt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop C
KIA: 24 March 1945 Location: France
Gravesite: Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, France
Hometown: Summit, NJ
Silver Star
Goodwin, Perry J.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 29 March 1945 Location: Germany
Gravesite: Eylau Cemetery, Texarkana, TX
Hometown: Texarkana, Texas
Horton, Billy
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade (T/4)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop E
Died Of Wounds: 19 April 1945 Location: Ludwigsruhe, Germany
Gravesite: Savannah Cemetery, Savannah, MO
Hometown: Savannah, MO
Overstreet, John D.
Rank: Technician Fourth Grade (T/4)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop A
KIA: 29 April 1945 Location: Germany
Gravesite: Llano City Cemetery, Llano , TX
Hometown: Llano, TX
Bronze Star
Curtis, Gerald D.
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
KIA: 30 April 1945 / Location: Bamberg, Germany
Gravesite: Unknown
Hometown: Wister, OK
West, Elvin L.
Rank: Technician Fifth Class (T/5)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop B
Non-Battle Casualty: 25 May 1945 / Location: Germany
Gravesite: Oak Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove, LA
Hometown: Louisiana
Miller, George A.
Rank: Private (Pvt)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Company F
Non-Battle Casualty: 27 May 1945 / Location: Germany
Gravesite: Calvery Cemetery, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Hometown: Minnesota
Beck, William H.
Rank: Private First Class (Pfc)
Unit: 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Troop E
NBC: 21 December 1945 Location: Germany
Gravesite: Epinal American Cemetery And Memorial
Hometown: Pennsylvania