This page is dedicated to locating fellow Currahees and selected postings.
Our thanks to anyone who can help to reunite us with our fellow Currahees.A Co, 1-506th PIR (WWII)
- From Mike Pollock: I would like to contact anyone/everyone from A Company, 1st Battalion, 506th PIR from World War II for historical research, especially anyone who knew T5 Joseph J. Molnar. Please eMail me at ironmikepol@comcast.net or drop me a line at 100 Gary Lane, Indiana, PA 15701 or call me at 724-464-0696. I will call you back at my expense if you call. Thank you.
- Please contact LTC Jimmie Miller at 801-412-0478 or miller_jimmie@hotmail.com if you know anyone who served with PVT George D. Sanders (A Co, 1st BN, 506th PIR, KIA 12/21/44). George was from Idaho. He was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. While in hospital, he was killed when the enemy forces surged forward on 21 December 1944 and is buried in the Luxembourg American Cemetery.
506th (Vietnam)
The family of Marcus L. Parker, Jr. (506th company/battalion unknown) would appreciate information from anyone who served with Marcus in Vietnam. Marcus died in a car accident in 1991. Send an eMail to Bill Willey (B Co, 1st ABG, 506th, 1960-1963) at billwilley1@hotmail.com, and Bill will relay the information to the family.
C Co, 1-506th (Vietnam)
- From Perry Schroeder: I am looking for the following persons who served with my brother, SGT Lyle W. Schroeder (C Co, 1st BN, 506th,1968-1969, KIA 01/26/69): SGT Walter Clute, Oklahoma; PFC Marshall, Chicago; LT Tom McCullough, Iowa; George (Pat) Smith, Oklahoma; Grenivicky (spelled phonetically); Eddie DeLeon; and Robert Stamp. Would appreciate any information. I have pictures of the above and other photos during that time. Am looking for pictures of Lyle or anyone who knew him.
D Co, 1-506th (Vietnam)
- From Richard "Doc" Daniels: looking for the following Currahees who served in D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1969, Ashau Valley: Billie Brock; Ignacio Castiio (SGT, 1st Platoon); Bob Hartley (4th Platoon); Bob Huber (3rd Platoon); Sylvester Reyez; and Herman Rouse.
B Co, 2-506th (Vietnam)
- From Basil Rivera: please contact me at 281-482-0129 or riverale1@prodigy.net if you served in 1st Platoon, B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, Dec 1967-Nov 1968 under 1LT Joseph Hillman, III (KIA 07/22/68) or LT Vandertine.
- From Julie Burnett: looking for information on my brother-in-law, Gary R. Burnett (B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, KIA 3/5/68, Phuoc Long Province). Several years ago, a fire destroyed all the photographs and letters that Gary had sent to his brother Butch from Vietnam, and we are hoping that someone who served with Gary can tell us about him.
E Co (Recon), 2-506th (Vietnam)
- From Stephen A. Ward: looking for anyone who served with me in Recon Platoon, E Co, 2nd BN, 506th in Vietnam from August 1969 to December 1969.
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| WWII Army Enlistment Records: on-line NARA Archival Database |
| Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War: on-line NARA Archival Database |
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| Unit operational records,
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