|
COMPANY F - CAMP MACKALL, 1943 (or other location as may be noted) |
 CSM
Horace R. Pearl
[date & location unknown] |
 Pvt Roger
D. Peterson |
 Pvt Roger
D. Peterson
he later transferred to Hq 2nd and then to the 541st PIR |
 2/Lt. Lloyd L.
Polette, Jr.
DOW
22
Jan 1945 |
 Lt. Lloyd L.
Polette, Jr. with his newly earned jump wings,
probably at Camp Mackall. |
 2/Lt. Lloyd L.
Polette, Jr.
probably at the Sissone Wishing Well |
 1st
Lt Lloyd L. Polette, Jr. receiving the
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) from General Berenton.
Polette was a Pathfinder who jumped on D-Day with men
on Aircraft
Chalk 17. He also received the
Solver
Star with OLC,
Bronze Star Medal and the British Military Cross
Unfortunately,
he was wounded in action
on
January 21, 1945, just two days after he received the DSC, and died the
following day, |
 Pvt Ramon V.
Prieto
KIA 15 Jun 1944 |
