The Muster Roll

The following is the company muster roll and rough breakdown for Able as they landed on Saipan, June 15, 1944.

Strength on paper: 236
Actual strength: 232

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Captain Irving Schechter (Commanding)
1st Lt. Harry Reynolds (Executive Officer)
1st Lt. Joseph Stevens
2nd Lt. Paul Rossi
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Drake
Gunnery Sergeant Walter Russell
Technical Sergeant Michael Graziadei
Technical Sergeant Arnold Richardson
Chief Cook Henry Hufnagle
Assistant Cook John Yonkers
Sergeant Kenneth Gann (MOS 652)
FM1c Harold Fritz
FM1c Lester Spangler
Corporal Virgil Cawood (Truck Driver)
Corporal William Davis (Clerk)
Corporal Lester Kincaid (Armorer)
PFC Sylvan McKinley (Shoe Repairman)
PFC Robert Walton (MOS 500)

Sergeant Peter Markovitch (521 Basic)
Corporal Joseph Leitch (521 Basic)
PFC Roy Alford (521 Basic)
PFC Joseph Chifos (521 Basic)
PFC George Hall (521 Basic)
PFC Jeff Jowers (521 Basic)
PFC James McAdams (521 Basic)
PFC Henry Purdy (521 Basic)
PFC Willard Roberts (521 Basic)
Pvt Raymond VanDam (521 Basic)

MORTAR SECTION

1st Lt. Philip Wood (Platoon Leader)
Sergeant Arthur Ervin (Section Leader)
Sergeant Kermit Shaw (Assistant Section Leader)

Corporal Claude Henderson (Squad Leader)
Corporal Wilbur Plitt (Squad Leader)
PFC Howard Haff (Squad Leader)

PFC John Franey (Gunner)
PFC Frank Gosiewski (Gunner)
PFC Edward Hackett (Gunner)
PFC Leo Ksiekievicz (Gunner)
PFC Edward Lykins (Gunner)
PFC Bartholomew Wanagaitis (Gunner)
PFC Ronald Bartels (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC John Czepiel (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC William Imm (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Tom Johnson (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Dale Owings (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Ronald Palmer (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Donald Peters (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Joe Roff (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Kenneth Shea (Ammunition Carrier)

RIFLE PLATOONS

1st Lt. Thomas Cox (Platoon Leader)
1st Lt. David Smith (Platoon Leader)
1st Lt. Roy Wood (Platoon Leader)

Platoon Sergeant Parker McBride
Platoon Sergeant Stephen Vinczi
Platoon Sergeant John Yaniga

Messengers (three per platoon)
Corporal Edgar Collins (675 Messenger)
PFC Jesse Acklam (675 Messenger)
PFC Richard Dues (675 Messenger)
PFC William Ellerd (675 Messenger)
PFC Robert Fleischauer (675 Messenger)
PFC James Jackson (675 Messenger)
PFC William Loutzenhiser (675 Messenger)
PFC Paul Scanlon (675 Messenger)
PFC Robert Wise (675 Messenger)

Squad and Fire Team Leaders:
Sergeant Warren Buchanan
Sergeant Dallas Colburn
Sergeant William Comer
Sergeant Michael Frihauf
Sergeant Randall Glawe
Sergeant George Lowry
Sergeant Leo Mann
Sergeant Jack Sayers
Sergeant Carl Schott
Sergeant Maynard Worthington
Corporal Lee Anderson
Corporal James Chvatal
Corporal Ernest Cubero
Corporal Henry Denson
Corporal Clifford Devoy
Corporal Albert Duryea
Corporal Paul Geckle
Corporal Kenneth Gray
Corporal Oscar Hanson
Corporal Edward Horan
Corporal William Linkins
Corporal Byron Marsh
Corporal Thomas McCay (Demolition Corporal)
Corporal William Quinn
Corporal Vernon Rigdon
Corporal Howard Smith
Corporal Edward Stewart
Corporal Fred Thomas
Corporal Eugene Walsh
Corporal Joseph Wendte
Corporal Carl Willenborg
Corporal Robert Williams (Demolition Corporal)
PFC Harold Carter
PFC Fred Davis
PFC James DeNicola
PFC Donald Hart
PFC Verner Lilja
PFC Laurent Palardy
PFC Gerald Patterson

Riflemen:
Corporal Leon Roquet
PFC James Adams
PFC Kenneth Boylan
PFC Richard Brodnicki
PFC George Burch
PFC Bernard Elissagaray
PFC Burnett Fenger
PFC Charles Fischer
PFC Frank Hester
PFC Wallace Holt
PFC Junior Jones
PFC John Manson
PFC Clyde Mason
PFC Hubert Mauney
PFC Herbert Mauritz
PFC Richard McGinnis
PFC George Pelish
PFC John Rayley
PFC John Ruiz
PFC Lionel Salazar
PFC Robert Tierney
PFC Robert Vail
PFC Philip Valley
PFC Howard Voeltz
PFC Robert Walter
PFC Kenneth Wilson
PFC Robert Wynne
PFC Clyde Yates
PFC Leonard Yush
Pvt Earl Crom
Pvt James Fields
Pvt Claude Godwin
Pvt Wilford Goode
Pvt Edwin Groote
Pvt Walker Hamilton
Pvt Johnny Haynes
Pvt Ernest Henderson
Pvt Lawrence Pantlin
Pvt Joseph Sexson
Pvt Robert Sievertson
Pvt Harold Stephens
Pvt Cecil Tolley

Automatic Riflemen (BAR)
PFC John Adelmann
PFC Lionel Bolduc
PFC Winston Cabe
PFC Robert Conway
PFC John Corcoran
PFC James Davis
PFC DeWitt Dietrich
PFC John Donnelly
PFC Douglas Footit
PFC Leonard Forthaus
PFC James Freeman
PFC Sperling Garrett
PFC Armand Guyot
PFC Robert Harris
PFC Cecil Hendershot
PFC Frederick Iverson
PFC Ernest Jeffrey
PFC Lawrence Knight
PFC Davis Kruse
PFC Robert Larson
PFC Andrew Loban
PFC Joe Locke
PFC Tommy Lynchard
PFC George Marion
PFC Glen Marshall
PFC Robert Mason
PFC Virgil McNutt
PFC Gerald Miller
PFC Herschell Miller
PFC Eugene Morris
PFC Vern Neeson
PFC William Olson
PFC Gustave Pappas
PFC Alva Perry
PFC Robert Price
PFC William Rewerts
PFC Blaine Riley
PFC Edward Solak
PFC Peteus Staeyert
PFC James Stokes
PFC Odis Taylor
PFC Roger Trimble
PFC Kenneth Whitehurst
Pvt Robert Gamboa

MACHINE GUN PLATOON

Sergeant Frank Tucker (Section Leader)
Sergeant John Donahue (Assistant Section Leader - 652)
Sergeant Armond Leisure (Assistant Section Leader - 652)
Corporal Luther Diehl (Ammunition NCO)
PFC William Peck (675 Messenger)
PFC James Pritchett (675 Messenger)

Corporal Thomas Hurley (Squad Leader)
Corporal Anthony Pramberger (Squad Leader)
Corporal Norman Reber (Squad Leader)
Corporal George Svoboda (Squad Leader)
Corporal John Svoboda (Squad Leader)
PFC Edward DuBeck (Squad Leader)

PFC David Brunjes (Gunner)
PFC Peter Colombo (Gunner)
PFC John Cuthbertson (Gunner)
PFC Richard Grosch (Gunner)
PFC Joseph Peterpaul (Gunner)
PFC Luca Durante (Gunner)
PFC Printis Parsons (Gunner)
PFC Peter Pecori (Gunner)
PFC Hamilton Pendergast (Gunner)
PFC Dominick Piccolomini (Gunner)
PFC George Smith (Gunner)
PFC David Spohn (Gunner)

PFC Jack Comer (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Glenn Doster (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Theodore Droszcz (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Wallace Duncan (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Merle Geesaman (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Amedeo Izzo (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Lawrence Jaster (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Raymond Jordan (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Howard Kerr (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC James Lemma (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Aldo Passante (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Louis Pendleton (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC William Pettyjohn (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC William Savoy (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Alan Smith (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Vernon Smith (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Charles Stafford (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Keith Thomas (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Henry Woods (Ammunition Carrier)

NOT PRESENT

Sergeant Lewis Gregory - reasons unknown.
Corporal Ray Dutton - reasons unknown.
Pvt Charles Horwitz - reasons unknown, possibly still in disgrace for missing Namur due to A/WOL status.
Pvt Maurice Rosenthal - reasons unknown.