Scroll of
Honor
15th Field Artillery
Regiment
WORLD WAR TWO
This Scroll of Honor is
dedicated to the memory of those men
of the 15th Field Artillery Regiment who made the
supreme
sacrifice for freedom on the field of battle during WW II
Name Death Place
1LT Rudolph A. Ardelean 10 Aug 1944 Normandy
PVT Elmer Curley 25 Mar 1945 Germany
T5 Martin E. Davis 10 Aug 1944 Normandy
PVT James H. Dodd 7 Jun 1944 Normandy
PFC Carl R. Enman 3 Aug 1944 Normandy
1LT Leslie E. Evans 3 Aug 1944 Normandy
PFC Harold F. Frost 7 Mar 1945 Germany
T4 Cornelius W. Gammill 29 Jul 1944 N. France
SGT Earl J. Holmes 28 Aug 1944 N. France
T4 Edward E. Honea 29 Aug 1944 N. France
2LT Donald E. Johnson 11 Aug 44 Normandy
T5 Arnold A. Krysch 16 Dec 1944 Germany
PFC Edward Kuba 15 Apr 1945 Germany
PFC Arthur H. Lane 13 Aug 1944 N. France
CPL Gordon U. Lawrence 25 Feb 1945 Germany
T5 Anthony W. Marlowe 28 Aug 1944 N. France
1LT Frank M. Marson 15 Jun 1944 Normandy
CPL Herschel E. McClung 29 Aug 44 N. France
PFC Sam Mineo 31 Jul 1944 Normandy
PVT Walter J. Pijanowski 21 Oct 1944 Germany
T5 Norman A. Pittman 30 Aug 1944 N. France
1LT Harry J. Simon 15 Jun 1944 Normandy
1LT Edwin T. Stanard 3 Feb 1945 Germany
PVT Sidney J. Torressen 28 Aug 1944 N. France
T5 Marvin I. Vigran 3 Feb 1945 Germany
SGT Walter S. Ward 3 Feb 1945 Germany
CPL Wallace B. Watkins 26 Jan 1945 Germany
PVT B. D. Wiginton 25 Mar 1945 Germany
T4 Harry G. Windham 10 Aug 1944 Normandy
Note: There
were 170 Purple Hearts (29 Posthumously) awarded to members of the 15th FA Battalion for
wounds suffered between 7 June 1944 to 8 May 1945. Also, 6 Silver Star Medals (4
Posthumously), 91 Bronze Star Medals for Gallantry (4 Posthumously), and 83 Bronze Star
Medals for Meritorious Service (1 Posthumously). Additionally, 6 Men were awarded a total
of 25 Air Medals.
Reference: Weidlein, Robert B., Captain, "History of the 15th Field Artillery Battalion in the European Theater of Operations", 1945
Compiled by Dan Gillotti, 15th Historian
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