February, 1945 - Muster Roll

The following men formed Able Company, 24th Marines the day they landed on Iwo Jima.

Of the original complement of 196, less than 70 remained. Many had been previously wounded and returned to duty. Some others had transferred to other units within the 24th Marines - most to headquarters duty after returning from the hospital. Their long-time Skipper, Irving Schechter, had been promoted to Major and was serving as the battalion Operations and Training officer (Bn-3). Of the 70, most had been promoted at least once. Longtime senior NCO Walter Russell had become that rarest of things, a "mustang" or enlisted Marine promoted to officer status. Former riflemen James McAdams and Willard Roberts now served as cooks. David Spohn, who had carried ammunition for the machine guns, had recovered from his wound on Saipan and now carried the title "Rifleman" - whether this was because of his injury, or a typographical error is unclear.

The MOS system, which has been unclear at best in the 1944 rolls, takes on an additional level of complexity in 1945. For example: MOS 600, which appears to apply to most of the NCOs from the machine gun platoon, and the apparent swap of MOS 737 for the previous 653 to denote a squad leader. Also, the notation of "Basic," "Duty Marine," or "Duty NCO" appears to mean that an individual was in the process of being re-trained or re-evaluated for a new specialty, not a brand-new Marine - hence why very senior NCOs like Lewis Gregory, Luther Diehl, and John Donohue hold this MOS. As such, this roster should not be taken as gospel, but rather as a basic guide.

Total Strength: 223
Original Members of Company: 68

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Major William Stewart (CO)
1st Lieutenant Roy Wood (Executive Officer)
1st Sergeant Howard Burton
Gunnery Sergeant Joe Driskell
Technical Sergeant John Gibson (824 - Mess Sergeant)
Staff Sergeant Henry Hufnagle
Staff Sergeant Norman Mayfield (824 - Mess Sergeant)
Sergeant Edgar Collins (765 - Visual Signalman)
Sergeant William Davis (Clerk)
Sergeant Luther Diehl (Duty NCO)
Sergeant Lewis Gregory (Duty NCO)
FM1c Harold Fritz
FM1c George Wolf
Asst. Cook William Greco
Asst. Cook James McAdams
Asst. Cook Willard Roberts
Corporal Russell Sanderlin (345 - Driver)
PFC James Howard (522 - Duty Marine)
PFC John Kirnan (522 - Duty Marine)
PFC Harn Mandemaker (345 - Driver)
PFC Michael Ward (Messenger)
Pvt William Knicely (022 - Barber)
Pvt Norman Lamphere (765 - Visual Signalman)

Sergeant John Donahue (521 - Basic)
Corporal Robert Price (521 - Basic)
PFC Edward Bookwalter (521 - Basic)
PFC Donald Kardok (521 - Basic)
PFC George Marion (521 - Basic)
PFC Leonard Ohlrich (521 - Basic)
PFC Anthony Santagto (521 - Basic)
PFC Herman Schwabl (521 - Basic)

MORTAR SECTION

Platoon Sergeant Wilbur Plitt

Sergeant Dalton Chriswell
Corporal Hugh Bosworth
Corporal Frank Gosiewski
Corporal Edward Lykins
Corporal Ronald Palmer

Corporal William Imm
Corporal Bartholomew Wanagaitis
PFC Ronald Bartels
PFC Otto Buchle
PFC John Cabale
PFC George Couch
PFC Orville Franklin
PFC Claude Godwin
PFC Richard McClanahan
PFC Leo Ksiekievicz
PFC Raymond Proulx
PFC Wallace Reeves
PFC Maurice Rosenthal
PFC Howard Pratt
PFC Henry Schoenfelder
PFC Jack Sides
PFC Harold Stephens
PFC Charles Ward
Pvt James Cavender
Pvt Edward Rezendes
Pvt Ernest Rollings

RIFLE PLATOONS

1st Lt. Marshall Salvaggio (Platoon Leader)
2nd Lt. Walter Russell (Platoon Leader)
2nd Lt. William Springman (Platoon Leader)

Platoon Sergeant Dallas Colburn
Platoon Sergeant Oscar Hanson
Platoon Sergeant Leo Mann
Platoon Sergeant Charles Rogers
Platoon Sergeant Sink Sizemore
Platoon Sergeant Kermit Shaw

Squad and Fire Team Leaders
Sergeant Kenneth Gann
Sergeant Kenneth Gray
Sergeant Donald Hart
Sergeant Edward Horan
Sergeant Edward Stewart
Sergeant Fred Thomas
Sergeant Joseph Wendte
Sergeant Maynard Worthington
Corporal Leon Abrams
Corporal Lee Anderson
Corporal Lionel Bolduc
Corporal Kenneth Boylan
Corporal Joseph Chvatal
Corporal Henry Denson
Corporal John Donnelly
Corporal Charles Fischer
Corporal Douglas Footit
Corporal Robert Gamboa
Corporal Cecil Hendershot
Corporal Robert Larson
Corporal William Loutzenhiser
Corporal Marion Lyon
Corporal James Marmion
Corporal Eugene Morris
Corporal Alva Perry
Corporal James Redding
Corporal William Rewerts
Corporal Peteus Staeyert
Corporal George Svoboda

Corporal Virgil McNutt (Demolitions Corporal)
Corporal Laurent Palardy (Demolitions Corporal)
Corporal Leon Roquet (Demolitions Corporal)

Riflemen
Corporal David Spohn
Corporal Robert Walter
Corporal Leonard Yush
PFC John Cummings
PFC James Fields
PFC Leonard Forthaus
PFC Joseph Fortin
PFC Joseph Gilles
PFC Franklin Gillett
PFC Stanley Giza
PFC Johnny Haynes
PFC Early Jordan
PFC Henry Kelley
PFC John Mahaffey
PFC Edwin Metzger
PFC Floyd North
PFC Kenneth Olson
PFC James Moore
PFC Robert Santerre
PFC Paul Scanlon
PFC George Secor
PFC Randolph Tyre
Pvt Clifford Burnette
Pvt Allen Duncan
Pvt Russell Johnstone
Pvt Roy Taylor
Pvt John Tierney
Pvt Calvin Tiller

Automatic Riflemen (BAR)
Corporal James Adams
Corporal John Corcoran
Corporal James Freeman
Corporal James Jackson
Corporal Ernest Jeffrey
Corporal Tommy Lynchard
Corporal Glenn Marshall
Corporal Robert Mason
Corporal Roger Trimble
Corporal Robert Walton
Corporal Kenneth Wilson
PFC William Becker
PFC Norman Bell
PFC Alfred Dennis
PFC William Fox
PFC Robert Glogowski
PFC Wilford Goode
PFC Arthur Goshorn
PFC Richard Hammill
PFC Ernest Henderson
PFC Junior Jones
PFC Andrew Loban
PFC Joe Locke
PFC Hubert Mauney
PFC Lonnie Musgrove
PFC Patrick Organ
PFC Richard Rogers
PFC Ervin Rothe
PFC Edward Solak
PFC Paul Steele
PFC Odis Taylor
PFC John Trotte
PFC Howard Webber
PFC Charles Etty
PFC Herman Middleton
Pvt Howard Brunson
Pvt Manuel Gomez
Pvt Charles Powell
Pvt Ralph Prater
Pvt Steve Previs
Pvt Ernest Rallo
Pvt Oakley Randolph
Pvt Alfred Ranieri
Pvt Fred Rasberry
Pvt Robert Rast
Pvt Condon Raxter
Pvt William Stansberry
Pvt Frank Skobel


MACHINE GUN PLATOON
2nd Lt. Thomas Drake (Platoon Leader)
Corporal Dominick Piccolomini (Ammunition NCO)

Sergeant Paul Wakefield (MOS 600)
Sergeant Clifford Devoy (MOS 600)
Sergeant Thomas Hurley (MOS 600)
Corporal Glenn Doster (MOS 600)
Corporal Edward DuBeck (MOS 600)
Corporal Printis Parsons (MOS 600)
Corporal William Peck (MOS 600)
Corporal Peter Pecori (MOS 600)
Corporal Joseph Peterpaul (MOS 600)
Corporal James Pritchett (MOS 600)

Corporal Peter Colombo (Gun Crew)
Corporal John Cuthbertson (Gun Crew)
Corporal Wallace Duncan (Gun Crew)
Corporal James Lemma (Gun Crew)
PFC Peter Cabrelli (Gun Crew)
PFC Walter Campbell (Gun Crew)
PFC Earl Crom (Gun Crew)
PFC Benjamin Cromwell (Gun Crew)
PFC Clarence Foster (Gun Crew)
PFC Daniel Girdano (Gun Crew)
PFC Edward Greayer (Gun Crew)
PFC Ralph Hatley (Gun Crew)
PFC Robert Hurdle (Gun Crew)
PFC Thomas Jones (Gun Crew)
PFC John McCarthy (Gun Crew)
PFC William F. Marcus (Gun Crew)
PFC Clifford Merchant (Gun Crew)
PFC Joseph Pokorny (Gun Crew)
PFC "L. J." Thomas (Gun Crew)
PFC Herbert Von Calio (Gun Crew)
Pvt Charles Brown (Gun Crew)
Pvt Robert Brown (Gun Crew)
Pvt Weston Burns (Gun Crew)
Pvt George Calcutt (Gun Crew)
Pvt Aloysius Callahan (Gun Crew)
Pvt James Chavers (Gun Crew)
Pvt George Cornell (Gun Crew)
Pvt Matthew Garner (Gun Crew)
Pvt Joseph Gillette (Gun Crew)
Pvt John Hazelgreen (Gun Crew)
Pvt John Hicks (Gun Crew)
Pvt Charles Hooks (Gun Crew)
Pvt Roland Hulslander (Gun Crew)
Pvt Jacob Ivey (Gun Crew)
Pvt Austin Johnson (Gun Crew)
Pvt Robert Langner (Gun Crew)



ABSENT
PFC George Hall (604) - reasons unknown.
PFC Lawrence Jaster (604) - reasons unknown.

Departure

On January 13, 1944, First Battalion, 24th Marines boarded the USS DuPage (APA-41).

The battalion was no stranger to the APA, or "attack transport." They had staged numerous exercises aboard similar ships, practicing boarding, clambering down nets into small landing craft, and splashing ashore on the California coast. This time, though, was different. This time they would not be returning to California.

The Fourth Marine Division was about to make history as the first American unit to be transported directly from the United States to combat. Their lengthy voyage, made longer by necessary maneuvering to throw off Japanese submarines, would not be matched by any assault unit until the British invasion of the Falkland Islands nearly forty years later.

Some of the comrades they had trained with would not join them in their first foray into combat. Second Lt. Paul Rossi, the Battalion Mess Officer, was left behind, as was Corporal Henry Doxtator, who transferred to a post at Pendleton after a lengthy illness. Company clerk PFC William Davis was sick in the hospital, as were Corporal Byron Marsh, Privates First Class Billy Plemmons, William Neighbor, Joseph Maffioli, and Private Donald Ackerman. PFC Charles Horwitz, who had recently transferred from the Headquarters company, had gone AWOL on January 9. He would not return until January 24, at which time he was promptly arrested, fined $15 of his pay for the next two months, and sentenced to thirty days of "extra punitive duty." Machine gunners Peter Markovitch and Jeff Jowers did not ship out for reasons that are unclear; the muster rolls don't indicate that they were sick or in the brig, so they might have been on detached duty.

There were also some new additions as last minute assignments were handed down. PFC James McAdams joined the company just two days prior to shipping out - he had previously served with the 24th's Headquarters and Service company.

Companies B and C each had a Marine desert, and rewards of $50 were issued for their apprehension. Able Company, to my knowledge, never lost a man to desertion.

The remaining 191 Marines in the company now faced a long journey in cramped conditions.

The officers of Able Company aboard the USS DuPage. 1st Lt. Phil Wood, 1st Lt. Roy Wood, Captain Irving Schechter, 1st Lt. Endecott Osgood, 1st Lt. David Smith.

Officers of First Battalion, 24th Marines, on board the USS DuPage. Schechter, Phil Wood, Osgood, and Roy Wood are the four rightmost officers in the front row. David Smith is on the far left of the second row. Other notables include Major Maynard Schultz [center of second row, future battalion commander, killed on Saipan, June 16 1944], 2nd Lt. Charles Bechtol [second from left in fourth row, D Company, a friend of Phil's], 1st Lt. Joseph Swoyer [far left, top row, D Company, another friend of Phil's].

The following list is based on the combined January and February muster rolls of the First Battalion. Starting in February, each man on the roll was listed with a three digit number indicating his MOS, or Military Occupational Specialty. Also referred to as the Service Specialty Number (SSN), this indicated what job a Marine had trained for. Some, like 745 (Rifleman, carrying an M1) or 746 (Automatic Rifleman, carrying the BAR) are fairly common, while some (Kenneth Gann's MOS 800 or Sylvan McKinley's MOS 204) are still unknown to me. [Note: 204 in some databases appears as "shoe repairman," though unless McKinley was a cobbler in civilian life I doubt he would have been in a front line unit after training to re-sole boondockers]. Likewise, some Marines who later appear in photographs with the Weapons company are listed as riflemen (Czepiel, Roff, and others bear the MOS 745 for Rifleman, while mortar crew are listed as 607) and Corporal Oscar Hanson is named as a section leader, though I have no other information indicating that he has in the Weapons platoon at all. It's likely that some individuals were shifted around later in 1944, or also that their MOS does not directly correspond to the weapon they ended up carrying: each Marine was trained as a rifleman, after all, and some on this list [IE Raymond Van Dam] are listed as "521 - Basic" - meaning that they had received training in boot camp and were deemed capable of assuming any regular duty with minimal extra training. Also, it was expected that each Marine possess a basic understanding of every weapon in his outfit, which explains how Cecil Tolley (745 Rifleman) came to win his Navy Cross with a light machine gun, or how Howard Smith (745 Rifleman) won his with a BAR. Finally, the MOS system does not deliniate between the various positions on a gun crew (604 for machine gunners, 607 for mortars). In the rare event that someone has been noted as an ammunition carrier, they have been separated slightly; of particular note is John Svoboda's rating as "Ammunition NCO" - he is the Marine who was busted to PFC after being AWOL in November 1943. Nor does it specify between Squad Leaders and Assistant Squad Leaders (653). It would appear that each Sergeant led a squad backed up by a Corporal (three squads per platoon times three platoons equals nine squads; there are nine Sergeants and nine Corporals) though the two PFCs holding that MOS (McCay and Thomas) throw a bit of a monkey wrench into that assumption. So, too, does Al Perry's recollection that Bill Quinn was leading his squad into the fight, though he misidentifies Quinn's rank as a corporal, so it's possible that he was simply mistaken after many years and Quinn assumed command of the squad at a later date.

At any rate, in January, 1944, the following men were at home in Able Company and would soon face the ultimate test of combat.

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Captain Irving Schechter (Commanding)
1st Lt. Harry Reynolds (Executive Officer)
Gunnery Sergeant Walter Russell
Platoon Sergeant Charles Ckaminsky
Staff Sergeant Henry Fones (Clerk)
Staff Sergeant Michael Graziadei (Mess Sergeant)
Corporal Raymond Davis (Carpenter)
Corporal Kenneth Gann (MOS 800)
Assistant Cook John Yonkers
PFC Richard Brodnicki (Clerk)
PFC Robert Fleischauer
PFC Sylvan McKinley (MOS 204)
PFC Laurent Palardy
Field Music First Class Harold Fritz
Field Music First Class Lester Spangler
Field Music First Class Joseph Cardinal
Private Maurice Rosenthal
Private Raymond VanDam

RIFLE PLATOONS

1st Lt. Endecott Osgood (Rifle Platoon Leader)
1st Lt. David Smith (Rifle Platoon Leader)
1st Lt. Roy Wood (Rifle Platoon Leader)

Platoon Sergeant Jay Lohff
Platoon Sergeant Parker McBride
Platoon Sergeant Stephen Vinczi

Sergeant Warren Buchanan (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Dallas Colburn (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Lewis Gregory (Squad Leader)
Sergeant George Lowry (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Thomas Mackey (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Leo Mann (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Jack Sayers (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Carl Schott (Squad Leader)
Sergeant Maynard Worthington (Squad Leader)

Corporal William Comer (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Albert Duryea (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Michael Frihauf (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Paul Geckle (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Randall Glawe (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Oscar Hanson (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal William Linkins (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Joseph Leitch (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Vernon Rigdon (Fire Team Leader)
Corporal Eugene Walsh (Fire Team Leader)
PFC Thomas McCay (Fire Team Leader)
PFC Fred Thomas (Fire Team Leader)

PFC Jesse Acklam (Rifleman)
PFC John Adelmann (Rifleman)
PFC Roy Alford (Rifleman)
PFC Lionel Bolduc (Rifleman)
PFC Kenneth Boylan (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC George Burch (Rifleman)
PFC Winston Cabe (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC John Card (Rifleman)
PFC Harold Carter (Rifleman)
PFC Joseph Chifos (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC James Chvatal (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Edgar Collins (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Robert Conway (Rifleman)
PFC John Corcoran (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC John Czepiel (Rifleman)
PFC Fred Davis (Rifleman)
PFC James Davis (Rifleman)
PFC James DeNicola (Rifleman)
PFC Henry Denson (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC DeWitt Dietrich (Rifleman)
PFC John Donnelly (Rifleman)
PFC Burnett Fenger (Rifleman)
PFC Charles Fischer (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Douglas Footit (Rifleman)
PFC James Freeman (Rifleman)
PFC Sperling Garrett (Rifleman)
PFC Kenneth Gray (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Donald Hart (Rifleman)
PFC Cecil Hendershot (Rifleman)
PFC David Henderson (Rifleman)
PFC Frank Hester (Rifleman)
PFC Edward Horan (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Frederick Iverson (Rifleman)
PFC James Jackson (Rifleman)
PFC Ernest Jeffrey (Rifleman)
PFC Tom Johnson (Rifleman)
PFC Junior Jones (Rifleman)
PFC Lawrence Knight (Rifleman)
PFC Davis Kruse (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Larson (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Cecil Lewis (Rifleman)
PFC Verner Lilja (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Andrew Loban (Rifleman)
PFC Joe Locke (Rifleman)
PFC William Loutzenhiser (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Low (Rifleman)
PFC Tommy Lynchard (Rifleman)
PFC John Manson (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC George Marion (Rifleman)
PFC Glen Marshall (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Mason (Rifleman)
PFC Hubert Mauney (Rifleman)
PFC James McAdams (Rifleman)
PFC Virgil McNutt (Rifleman)
PFC Gerald Miller (Rifleman)
PFC Herschell Miller (Rifleman)
PFC Eugene Morris (Rifleman)
PFC Vern Neeson (Rifleman)
PFC Elijah Nichol (Rifleman)
PFC William Olson (Rifleman)
PFC George Pelish (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Alva Perry (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Robert Price (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC William Quinn (Rifleman)
PFC John Rayley (Rifleman)
PFC William Rewerts (Rifleman)
PFC Blaine Riley (Rifleman)
PFC Willard Roberts (Rifleman)
PFC Joe Roff (Rifleman)
PFC Leon Roquet (Rifleman)
PFC Lionel Salazar (Rifleman)
PFC Paul Scanlon (Rifleman)
PFC Howard Smith (Rifleman)
PFC Richard Smith (Rifleman)
PFC Edward Solak (Rifleman)
PFC Peteus Staeyert (Rifleman)
PFC Edward Stewart (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC James Stokes (Rifleman)
PFC Odis Taylor (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Robert Tierney (Rifleman)
PFC Charles Townsend (Rifleman)
PFC Roger Trimble (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Vail (Rifleman)
PFC Philip Valley (Rifleman)
PFC Howard Voeltz (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Walter (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Walton (Rifleman)
PFC Joseph Wendte (Rifleman)
PFC Kenneth Whitehurst (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Carl Willenborg (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Williams (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Kenneth Wilson (Rifleman)
PFC Robert Wise (Rifleman)
PFC Henry Woods (Rifleman)
PFC Clyde Yates (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Dalton Young (Rifleman)
PFC Leonard Yush (Rifleman)

Private Ronald Bartels (Rifleman)
Private William Ellerd (Rifleman)
Private Edwin Groote (Rifleman)
Private Wallace Holt (Rifleman)
Private James Marsh (Rifleman)
Private Herbert Mauritz (Rifleman)
Private Richard McGinnis (Rifleman)
Private Dale Owings (Rifleman)
Private Lawrence Pantlin (Rifleman)
Private Robert Sievertson (Rifleman)
Private Harold Stevens (Rifleman)
Private Cecil Tolley (Rifleman)

WEAPONS PLATOON

1st Lt. Philip Wood (Weapons Platoon Leader)
Platoon Sergeant John Yaniga (Assistant Platoon Leader)
PFC John Svoboda (Ammunition NCO/Mortars)
PFC William Imm (Runner/Mortars)

MACHINE GUN SECTION

Sergeant Frank Tucker (Section Leader)

Corporal Arthur Ervin (Squad Leader)
PFC Frank Hurley (Squad Leader)
PFC Luther Diehl (Squad Leader)

PFC Peter Colombo (Gun Crew)
PFC Merle Geesaman (Gun Crew)
PFC Richard Grosch (Assistant Gunner)
PFC George Hall (Gun Crew)
PFC Amedeo Izzo (Gun Crew)
PFC Raymond Jordan (Gun Crew)
PFC Howard Kerr (Gun Crew)
PFC Lester Kincaid (Gun Crew)
PFC Norman Reber (Gun Crew)
PFC George Smith (Gunner)
PFC Charles Stafford (Gun Crew)
PFC Paul Southerland (Gun Crew)
PFC Virgil Cawood (Gun Crew)
PFC Stephen Hopkins (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC David Spohn (Ammunition Carrier)

MORTAR SECTION

Sergeant Kermit Shaw (Section Leader)

Corporal George Svoboda (Squad Leader)
Corporal Wilbur Plitt (Squad Leader)

PFC John Franey (Gun Crew)
PFC Frank Gosiewski (Gun Crew)
PFC Edward Hackett (Gun Crew)
PFC Howard Haff (Gun Crew)
PFC Claude Henderson (Gun Crew)
PFC William Imm (Gun Crew)
PFC Leo Ksiekievicz (Gun Crew)
PFC Ronald Palmer (Gun Crew)
PFC Donald Peters (Gun Crew)
PFC Kenneth Shea (Gun Crew)
PFC Bartholomew Wanagaitis (Gun Crew)
PFC Edward Lykins (Ammunition Carrier)

Tinian, July 24

This is a rough approximation of Able Company's strength and assignments when they landed on Tinian.


Able Company strength: 115
Temporary Attachments: 24
Total Strength: 139

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Captain Irving Schechter (Commanding Officer)
2nd Lt. Paul Rossi
Gunnery Sergeant Walter Russell
Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Drake
Chief Cook Henry Hufnagle
Chief Cook John Gibson (joined from C Company)
Sergeant Kenneth Gann (MOS 652)
Sergeant Joseph Leitch (MOS 521 - Basic)
Corporal Virgil Cawood (Driver)
Corporal Jeff Jowers (MOS 521 - Basic)
FM1c Harold Fritz
FM1c Lester Spangler
PFC George Hall (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC James McAdams (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC Philip Frocida (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC Sylvan McKinley (Shoe Repairman)
PFC Henry Purdy (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC Willard Roberts (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC Herman Schwabl (MOS 521 - Basic)
PFC Robert Walton (MOS 500)
Pvt Anthony Santagto (MOS 521 - Basic)
Pvt Raymond Van Dam (MOS 521 - Basic)

MORTAR SECTION

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

PFC John Franey (Gunner)
PFC Frank Gosiewski (Gunner)
PFC Leo Ksiekievicz (Gunner)
PFC Edward Lykins (Gunner)
PFC Richard Powell (Gunner)
PFC Bartholomew Wanagaitis (Gunner)

PFC Joe Roff (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Ronald Bartels (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Ronald Palmer (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Donald Peters (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Kenneth Shea (Ammunition Carrier)

RIFLE PLATOONS

1st Lt. Roy Wood (Platoon Leader)

Platoon Sergeant Parker McBride
Platoon Sergeant Stephen Vinczi

Messengers
Cpl Robert Fleischauer
Cpl William Loutzenhiser
PFC Paul Scanlon

Squad and Fire Team Leaders
Sergeant Michael Frihauf
Sergeant Randall Glawe
Sergeant Oscar Hanson
Sergeant Edward Horan
Sergeant William Linkins
Sergeant George Lowry
Sergeant Leo Mann
Corporal James Chvatal
Corporal Henry Denson
Corporal Paul Geckle
Corporal Donald Hart
Corporal Howard Smith

Riflemen
Cpl Leon Roquet
Cpl Clyde Yates
PFC Kenneth Boylan
PFC Richard Brodnicki
PFC Wallace Holt
PFC Junior Jones
PFC Leonard Yush
PFC James Adams
PFC Bernard Elissagaray
PFC Charles Fischer
PFC Clyde Mason
PFC Hubert Mauney
PFC Eugene Morris
PFC George Raspotnik
PFC Lionel Salazar
PFC Robert Santerre
PFC Charles Seader
PFC George Secor
PFC Kenneth Wilson
Pvt Earl Crom
Pvt Claude Godwin
Pvt Edwin Groote
Pvt Johnny Haynes
Pvt Robert Sievertson
Pvt Joseph Sexson
Pvt Cecil Tolley

Automatic Riflemen (BAR)
PFC James Davis
PFC John Donnelly
PFC Robert Gamboa
PFC Armand Guyot
PFC Robert Harris
PFC Cecil Hendershot
PFC Robert Larson
PFC Joe Locke
PFC George Marion
PFC Virgil McNutt
PFC Gustave Pappas
PFC Robert Price
PFC William Rewerts
PFC Edward Solak
PFC Peteus Staeyert
PFC Roger Trimble
PFC Alva Perry
PFC Kenneth Whitehurst

MACHINE GUN PLATOON

Sergeant John Donahue (Section Leader)
Corporal Luther Diehl (Ammunition NCO)
PFC William Peck (Messenger)
PFC James Pritchett (Messenger)

Sergeant Thomas Hurley (Squad Leader)
Corporal George Svoboda (Squad Leader)
Corporal Edward DuBeck (Squad Leader)

PFC Peter Colombo (Gunner)
PFC John Cuthbertson (Gunner)
PFC Glen Doster (Gunner)
PFC Richard Grosch (Gunner)
PFC Peter Pecori (Gunner)
PFC Louis Pendleton (Gunner)
PFC Joseph Peterpaul (Gunner)

PFC Theodore Droszcz (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Merle Geesaman (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Amedeo Izzo (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC Howard Kerr (Ammunition Carrier)
PFC William Pettyjohn (Ammunition Carrier)

TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED FROM SECOND MARINE DIVISION

2nd Lt. James Cuddihy (Platoon Leader)
2nd Lt. Leonard Hancock (Platoon Leader)

Corporal Richard Smart (MOS 937)
Corporal Philip Hutson (MOS 566 - Duty NCO)
Corporal LeRoy Miller (Squad Leader)
PFC Leo Polverini (521 - Basic)
PFC Frederic Preite (Scout)
PFC Jerome Quimby (Rifleman)
PFC Richard Raisner (Intelligence Observer)
PFC Raymond Roche (Automatic Rifleman)
PFC Donald Roxburgh (Rifleman)
PFC Stanley Rudolewicz (Rifleman)
PFC James Schultz (Mortar Gunner)
PFC Henry Schramm (521 - Basic)
PFC Alexander Selle (Rifleman)
PFC Edward Sheridan (521 -Basic)
Private James Nealy (Rifleman)
Private Cyril Rail (MOS 521 - Basic)
Private Rafaelo Salvato (Rifleman)
Private John Schoeberlin (Rifleman)
Private Charles Shearer (Automatic Rifleman)
Private Albert Sievenaler (Rifleman)
Private Albert Smith (Rifleman)
Private Charles Smith (MOS 521 - Basic)

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.