Able Company
Able Company after Iwo Jima. Even augmented with replacements and posing with friends who had transferred to other companies, the company is a shadow of its former self. Photo by Edward DuBeck, courtesy of Shane Hickey.
The following men served with Able Company, 24th Marines. Click on a name to learn more about an individual Marine.
KWAJALEIN ROSTER | SAIPAN ROSTER | TINIAN ROSTER | IWO JIMA ROSTER
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Leon J. ABRAMS
Donald E. ACKERMAN
Harold J. ACKERMAN
Jesse George ACKLAM, Jr.
James H. ADAMS
John C. ADELMANN
Charles W. ALEXANDER, Jr.
Roy G. ALFORD
Richard T. ALLEN
Lee R. ANDERSON
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Ronald Paul BARTELS
William BECKER
Kenneth A. BEEHNER
Norman Richard BELL
Lionel V. BOLDUC
Edward Haller BOOKWALTER
Hugh H. BOSWORTH
Kenneth L. BOYLAN
Richard Joseph BRODNICKI
Robert L. BROWN, Sr.
Charles E. BROWN
David W. BRUNJES
Harold G. BRUNSON
Warren J. BUCHANAN
Otto E. BUCHLE, Jr.
George A. BURCAW
George D. BURCH
Richard BURKE
Clifford W. BURNETTE
Weston A. BURNS
Howard L. BURTON
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Winston McKay CABE
Peter J. CABRELLI
George H. CALCUTT
Aloysius T. CALLAHAN
Walter CAMPBELL
John C. CARD
Harold E. CARTER, Jr.
John A. CASALE
James W. CAVENDER
Virgil E. CAWOOD
James D. CHAVERS, Jr.
Joseph CHIFOS
James J. CHVATAL, Jr.
Charles CKAMINSKY
James A. COBURN
Dallas Merritt COLBURN
Edgar W. COLLINS
Peter COLOMBO
Jack Calvin COMER
William W. COMER, Jr.
Robert L. CONWAY
John Martin CORCORAN
George H. CORNELL
George W. COUCH
Thomas W. COX
Dalton L. CRISWELL
Earl R. CROM
Benjamin F. CROMWELL
Ernest M. CUBERO
John J. CUMMINGS
John A. CUTHBERTSON
John J. CZEPIEL
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George J. DANCIN
Fred DAVIS, Jr.
James E. DAVIS
Raymond E. DAVIS
Ray H. DAVIS, Jr.
William J. DAVIS
James L. De NICOLA
William C. DEGEN
Alfred D. DENNIS, Jr.
Henry F. DENSON, Jr.
Clifford J. DEVOY
Luther Harold DIEHL
DeWitt Landré DIETRICH, Jr.
John W. DONAHUE, Jr.
John M. DONNELLY
Glenn Edgar DOSTER
Henry R. DOXTATOR
Thomas Eugene DRAKE
Joe R. DRISKELL
Theodore DROSZCZ
Edward W. DuBECK
Richard H. DUES
Allan B. DUNCAN
Wallace W. DUNCAN
Luca A. DURANTE
Albert Benjamin DURYEA
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Bernard C. ELISSAGARAY
William Vernon ELLERD
Arthur B. ERVIN
Charles Thomas ETTY
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Burnett P. FENGER
James C. FIELDS
Charles M. FISCHER
Robert Frederick FLEISCHAUER
Henry F. FONES
Douglas B. FOOTIT
Leonard J. FORTHAUS
Joseph A. FORTIN
Louis FORTUNA
Clarence D. FOSTER
William J. FOX
John J. FRANEY, Jr.
Orville W. FRANKLIN
James Walter FREEMAN
Michael Anthony FRIHAUF
Harold J. FRITZ
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Robert E. GAMBOA
Kenneth S. GANN
David R. GARDNER
Matthew GARNER
Sperling Green GARRETT
Paul T. GECKLE
Merle Leon GEESAMAN
Raleigh C. GIBSON
John A. GIBSON
Joseph A. GILLES
Franklin Walter GILLETT
Joseph T. GILLETTE
Franklin GILSON
Daniel J. GIRDANO
Stanley GIZA
Randall L. GLAWE
Robert L. GLOGOWSKI
Edwin J. GLUCH
Claude Lorton GODWIN, Jr.
Manuel H. GOMEZ
Wilford M. GOODE
Arthur P. GOSHORN
Frank B. GOSIEWSKI
Kenneth Russell GRAY
Michael J. GRAZIADEI
Edward W. GREAYER
William P. GRECO
Lewis E. GREGORY
Travis L. GRIER
Edwin H. GROOTE
Richard Theodore GROSCH
Charles F. GURNEY
Armand Louis GUYOT
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Edward J. HACKETT
Howard F. HAFF
George L. HALL
Walker HAMILTON
Richard J. HAMMILL
Oscar T. HANSON
Robert N. HARRIS
Donald R. HART
Ralph L. HATLEY
Johnny Brown HAYNES
John H. HAZELGREEN
Cecil Floyd HENDERSHOT
Claude Thomas HENDERSON, Jr.
David C. HENDERSON
Ernest T. HENDERSON
Roy L. HENDRICKS
James D. L. HERMAN
Frank Roscoe HESTER
Herbert A. HIBSUN
John HICKS, Jr.
Wallace Morgan HOLT
Charles D. HOOKS
Stephen Peter HOPKINS
Edward John HORAN
Charles D. HORWITZ
James A. HOWARD
Henry J. HUFNAGLE
Roland J. HULSLANDER
Robert HURDLE, Jr.
Thomas M. HURLEY
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William J. IMM, Jr.
Frederick D. IVERSON
Jacob IVEY
Amedeo A. IZZO
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James William JACKSON
Lawrence J. JASTER
Ernest M. JEFFREY
Tom L. JOHNSON
Austin W. JOHNSON
Russell E. JOHNSTONE
Junior E. JONES
Thomas C. JONES
Early Edward JORDAN
Raymond J. JORDAN
Jeff Edward JOWERS
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Donald KARDOK
Henry Clayton KELLEY
Howard M. KERR
Peter KIKOS
Lester C. KINCAID
John F. KIRNAN
William W. KNICELY
Lawrence Elmer KNIGHT
John L. KOOLE
Davis Vernon KRUSE
Leo G. KSIEKIEVICZ
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Norman F. LAMPHERE
Robert Edward LANGNER
Robert S. LARSON
Willard R. LAYNE
William J. LEISS
Armond DeVeau LEISURE
Joseph H. LEITCH
James A. LEMMA
Cecil Graham LEWIS
Verner A. LILJA
George W. LINDSTROM
William Pinkney LINKINS, Jr.
Andrew LOBAN
Joe Preston LOCKE
Jay E. LOHFF
John J. LOUGHREY
William Paul LOUTZENHISER
Robert M. LOW
George M. LOWRY
John LUKAC
Edward L. LYKINS
Tommy LYNCHARD
Marion E. LYON
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Harold J. MACFARLAND
Thomas D. MACKEY, Jr.
Joseph Anthony MAFFIOLI
John W. MAHAFFEY, Jr.
Harn Luke MANDEMAKER
Leo C. MANN
John Lloyd MANSON
William F. MARCUS
George C. MARION
Peter MARKOVICH
James P. MARMION
Byron H. MARSH
James Gay MARSH
Glenn MARSHALL
Clyde F. MASON, Jr.
Robert W. MASON
Hubert D. MAUNEY
Herbert J. MAURITZ
Bernard A. MAUSSER
Norman S. MAYFIELD
James E. McADAMS
Parker S. McBRIDE
John McCARTHY
Thomas Francis McCAY
Richard L. McCLANAHAN
Billy C. McDONOUGH
Richard C. McGINNIS
Sylvan McKINLEY
James T. McLACHLAN
Virgil M. McNUTT
Clifford MERCHANT
Emilio Vincent MEROLA
Edwin A. METZGER
Herman C. MIDDLETON
Arthur N. MILLER, Jr.
Gerald D. MILLER
Herschell O. MILLER
Paul L. MILLER
Robert E. MILLER
William P. MONAHAN
Herman Leroy MOONEY
James L. MOORE
John A. MONCK
Dean R. MOREY
Irven M. MORGAN
Eugene L. MORRIS
Lonnie Davis MUSGROVE
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Vern J. NEESON
William V. NEIGHBOR
Elijah J. NICHOL
Earl E. NICHOLS
Floyd E. NORTH, Jr.
Byers A. NUNN
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Harold J. OBERHEIDE
Leonard OHLRICH
Delbert J. OLESON
Kenneth Byron OLSON
William J. OLSON
Steven Henry OPALENIK
Robert Elmer OPHEIM
Patrick Thomas ORGAN
Endecott OSGOOD
Ardell W. OSTER
Dale L. OWINGS
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Laurent Rene PALARDY
Ronald R. PALMER
Lawrence Felix PANTLIN
Gustave A. PAPPAS
Harry R. PARSONS, Jr.
Prentis Mace PARSONS
Aldo PASSANTE
Gerald F. PATTERSON
William A. PECK
Peter PECORI
George W. PELISH
Hamilton T. PENDERGAST
Louis O. PENDLETON
Alva PERRY, Jr.
Joseph M. PETERPAUL
Donald E. PETERS
William Ralph PETTYJOHN
Ralph S. PHILOMENO
Dominick PICCOLOMINI
Leroy PITTMAN
Billy R. PLEMMONS
Wilbur Ellsworth PLITT
Joseph L. POKORNY
Charles F. POWELL, Jr.
Anthony A. PRAMBERGER
Ralph W. PRATER
Frank Edward PRATT
Howard Ralph PRATT
Steve PREVIS
Robert D. PRICE
James H. PRITCHETT
Raymond G. PROULX
Henry PURDY
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William Ronal RAGSDALE
Ernest S. RALLO
Oakley Brice RANDOLPH
Alfred RANIERI
Fred T. RASBERRY
Robert L. RAST
Condon A. RAXTER
John J. RAYLEY, Jr.
Norman Henry REBER
James A. REDDING
Wallace R. REEVES
William Jacob REWERTS
Harry Dare REYNOLDS, Jr.
Edward P. REZENDES
Arnold Ross RICHARDSON
Vernon D. RIGDON
Blaine RILEY
Guy D. RINKER
Willard ROBERTS
Joe Westley ROFF
Charles B. ROGERS, Jr.
Richard C. ROGERS
Ernest W. ROLLINGS, Sr.
Leon H. ROQUET, Jr.
Maurice J. ROSENTHAL
Paul J. ROSSI
Ervin D. ROTHE, Jr.
John A. RUIZ
Walter B. RUSSELL
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Lionel Perez SALAZAR
Marshall SALVAGGIO
Russell G. SANDERLIN
Anthony P. SANTAGTO
Robert U. SANTERRE
William F. SAVOY
Jack Tarleton SAYERS
Paul R. SCANLON
Irving SCHECHTER
Henry D. SCHOENFELDER, Jr.
Carl F. SCHOTT
Herman N. SCHWABL, Jr.
Charles Edward SEADER
George W. SECOR
Joseph Dale SEXSON
Kermit SHAW
Kenneth J. SHEA
Jack SIDES
Robert D. SIVERTSON
Sink J. SIZEMORE
Frank S. SKOBEL
Thomas J. SLOCKBOWER
Alan Milton SMITH
David E. SMITH
George A. SMITH
Howard Eugene SMITH
Richard D. SMITH
Vernon E. SMITH
Edward J. SOLAK
Paul Glen SOUTHERLAND
Lester Scott SPANGLER
David W. SPOHN
William H. SPRINGMAN
Peteus John STAEYERT
Charles Lee STAFFORD
William F. STANSBERRY
Paul K. STEELE
Harold A. STEPHENS
James H. STEVENS
Joseph STEVENS
Edward L. STEWART
James B. STEWART
William K. STEWART
James A. STOKES
George F. SVOBODA
John R. SVOBODA
Claud T. SWANN
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Charles L. TACKETT
Odis TAYLOR
Roy J. TAYLOR, Jr.
Fred Eugene THOMAS
Keith W. THOMAS
L. J. THOMAS
Wayne D. THOMAS
William THOMAS, Jr.
John J. TIERNEY
Robert E. TIERNEY
Calvin B. TILLER
Cecil Ray TOLLEY
Joseph TOMMASIELLO
Lawrence A. TRAPP
Paul TRAVIS
Roger W. TRIMBLE
John A. TROTT
Frank Allen TUCKER
Randolph A. TYRE
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Robert W. VAIL, Jr.
Philip VALLEY, Jr.
Raymond VAN DAM
Stephen John VINCZI, Jr.
Howard S. VOELTZ
Herbert H. VONCALIO
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Paul WAKEFIELD
Eugene R. WALSH
Robert M. WALTER
Robert K. WALTON
Bartholomew R. J. WANAGAITIS
Charles R. WARD, Jr.
Michael E. WARD, Sr.
Howard L. WEBBER, Sr.
Joseph Henry WENDTE
Kenneth WHITEHURST
Carl Joseph WILLENBORG
Robert L. WILLIAMS
Kenneth S. WILSON
Robert N. WISE
George H. WOLF
Philip Emerson WOOD, Jr.
Roy I. WOOD
Henry Niles WOODS
Maynard S. WORTHINGTON
Robert P. WYNNE
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John YANIGA
Clyde O. YATES
John M. YONKERS
Dalton J. YOUNG
Leonard YUSH