Nitro in Kanawha County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division

Combat Infantry Company

— Italy – France – Austria – Germany —
— World War II —
— 9 September 1943 – 8 May 1945 —

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Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 8, 2023

1. Company B 142nd Infantry 36th Division Roster

Inscription. * Indicates Prisoner Of War

Abrahamsen, Edwin C., Jr., PFC (NY) • Acerra, Thomas J., PVT (NY) • *Adams, Joseph W., PVT (ME) • Agruso, Joseph, PFC (OH) • Ahlf, Ralph P., PVT (WI) • Albritton, Dempsey E., T-SGT (FL) • Alford, Edgar L., PFC (TN) • Aliberti, Amelio, PVT (RI) • Allen, William D., PVT (N) • Allison, Vincent L., PVT (IL) • Altier, Anthony J., S-SGT (OH) • Amburgey Lloyd E., PVT (IN) • Amchin, Abraham, PFC (NY) • *Anderson, Eugene B., S-SGT (OH) • Andrews, William B., PFC (AR) • Angotti, Salvatore, PFC (WV) • Ansberry, Paul M., PVT. (OH) • Anthony, Miles L., Jr., PVT (MI) • Armstrong, Andrew F., CPL (TX) • Arnold, Harry R., PFC (KY) • Arnold, Weldon D., PFC (TX) • Arnold, Woodrow W., PVT (KY) • Atanosian, Sarkis T., PVT (MI) • Babcock, Frederick H., PFC (CT) • Badger, Lester T., S-SGT (OH) • Bailey, Charles L., PFC (PA) • Bailey, Lawrence A., PFC (ME) • *Bailey, Robert C., SGT (MO) • Bailey, William N., PVT (TX) • Baiocco, Baldovino, PFC(OH) • Balcezak, Sigmund, PVT (MO) • Baldwin, James C., PVT (MI) • Ball, William C., Jr., PFC (OH) • Bambola, Vincent J., PFC (NY) • Baniak, Stanely J., PFC (IL) • Banta, Warren M., PFC (NF) • Barber, Oscar C., PFC (TX) • *Barlow, William M., PVT (TX) • Barnaba, Roy W., PFC (NY) • Barr, Burton B., PFC (TX) • Bauer, Frederick E., PVT (NY) • *Baxter, Gene R., T-5 (OH) • Baxter Woodron J., T-SGT (TX) • *Beacham, Elmer J., S-SGT (NC) • Beatty, Richard F., T-5 (OH) • Beavington, Edmund, PFC (CT) • Becker, Milton J., PBT (NJ) • Beckering, Henry, Jr., SGT (MI) • *Benner August W., PFC (TX) • Bennett, Eugene E., PVT (OH) • Bennett, James E., PVT (TN) • Berbrich, Martin A., T-SGT (NY) • Berg, Melvin C., SGT (MI) • Bernard, Julian C., PFC (MI) • Berning, Mathias, PVT (OH) • Bier, Jack, PFC (NJ) • Bills, Howard L., PVT (UT) • Bloomer, Victor E., PFC (KY) • Bobolink, David, PFC (MN) • Boggs, Richard J., PFC (PA) • Bohannon, Travis S., SGT (TX) • Boireau, George E., PFC (MA) • Bollella, Arcangelo, PVT (NY) • Bond, Claude E., PVT (AR) • *Bonnerlin, Lester L., PFC (KS) • Booher, Lestol R., PFC (TN) • Borboa, Alfredo D., PVT (AZ) • Boster, Gilbert H., SGT (Ch) • Bostick, John T., PFC (TX) • Boulette, Harold F., PFC (MA) • Bowers, William R., PFC (MI) • *Bowser, Floyd C., PFC (PA) • Boyd, Harold W., PVT (CA) • Boyd, Robert W., PVT (OH) • Boyer, John R., SGT (DE) • Boyle, Lloyd O., SGT (TX) • Bozell,

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Albert E., T-5 (IN) • *Brady, Patrick J., PFC (NY) • Brandon, George C., Jr., PFC (NC) • *Bratcher, Jesse W., PFC (KY) • Brazas, Albert J., PVT (MD) • Brazeau, Alphonse W., SGT (MI) • Breech, Carl K., PFC (OH) • Bresin, Millard, PVT (NY) • Briggs, William E., CPL (TX) • Broach, Marvin H., S-SGT (VA) • Brosst, Jack A., PFC (OH) • Brock, James M., PVT (WV) • Brooner, Troy G., PFC (Ok) • Brown, Earle, PFC (PA) • Brown, Leonard K., PVT (MD) • Brown, Norman N., PVT (OH) • Brucker, Harley R., PFC (OH) • Brumley, Raymond N., PVT (PA) • Bucci, Vincent W., PFC (NY) • *Buckley, James L,. PFC (NY) • Buckner, Edgar W., SGT (TN) • Buczek, Walter F., SGT (PA) • Bumpus, Frederick E., PFC (MA) • Bunch, Chester A., PFC (TN) • Bunnell, Clarence D., PFC (MI) • Burch, Edward E., PFC (NY) • Burga, Bill, SGT (KY) • Burke, Myles J., PVT (PA) • Burkett, Preston G., S-SGT (TX) • Burkhalter, Johnnie J., PFC (MS) • Burns, Everette A., S-SGT (MI) • Buskohl, Harry A., PVT (SD) • Cahill Matthew W., PFC (NY) • Calhoon, Ira E., CPL (TX)

Campbell, Grady C., Sr., PVT (NC) • *Campbell, Ira M., PFC (WV) • Cancilla, Dominic, PVT (CA) • Cannon, John A., PFC (GA) • Carbon, Donald A., PVT (IL) • Carbone, Salvatore A., PVT (NY) • Cardinal, Francis J., PVT (NY) • Cariker, Neil E., PFC (CA) • Carpenter, Jack T., PFC (TN) • Cariger, John H., SGT, (TX) • Carter, Elodn L., S-SGT (TX) • Case, Walter R., PFC (OH) • Cass, Clinton R., PFC (NY) • Casano, Samuel, PFC (PA) • Cazares, Carlos, PVT (TX) • Cazares, Gilbert F., PFC (OK) • Chambers, Joseph O., PFC (OH) • Chavez, Ernest L., PFC (CA) • Chavez, Prisiliano G., PVT (CA) • Christian, Clair E., PVT (PA) • Christner, Rollie H., PFC (OH) • *Chudej, Albin F., PFC (TX) • Cisneros, Philiberto, PFC (TX) • Clendenon, John R., S-SGT (VA) • Clevenger, Haskel E., T-SGT (TX) • Cole, Roy L., PFC (MI) • Collins, Melvin J., PVT (CA) • Collins, Ralph F., PFC (SC) • Conley, Raymond G., PFC (KY) • *Connaly, Wendell, PFC (TX) • Conners, Michael F., PFC (NY) • Conway, Patrick T., PVT (PA) • Cook, George R., PFC (OH) • Cook, William E., PFC (IA) • Cornelison, Vernon C., PFC (MO) • *Cotone, Angelo S., PFC (OH) • Covey, Donald J., PFC (IN) • Creglisk, John R., PFC (NY) • Crescenti, Italo A., PVT (MA) • Cross, James W., T-SGT (NC) • Cullins, Floyd J., PFC (TX) • Cummings, Edward L., PVT (NY) • Cunningham, Clare B., PFC (MI) • Daniels, Edward C., Jr.,

Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division Memorial Wall in Nitro WV image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 8, 2023

2. Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division Memorial Wall in Nitro WV

This tablet is the large center tablet.

S-SGT (FL) • Davidson, Victor J., SGT (NY) • *Davis, Glen F., S-SGT (TN) • Davis, Lloyd E., PFC (PA) • Davis Norman J., PFC (PA) • Davis Royce C., S-SGT (TX) • Dawson, Donald D., PBT (NY) • Deal, Robert L., PFC (OH) • Deanda, Juan J,, PFC (CA) • Degner, Lorenz C., PFC (N) • Deltufo, Joseph C., Jr., PFC (MA) • Dendy, Junior W., PFC (MS) • *Dent, Daly W., Jr., PBT (UT) • Diorka, John, PVT (PA) • *Dodson, Jesse E., PVT (CA) • Doering, Jesse J., T-SGT (SD) • Dolliver, Lawrence B., PFC (MA) • Downing, George F., PFC (N) • Drapola, Joseph V., PFC (NY) • Dufresne, Leo A., PFC (RI) • Duke, Raymond W., T-5 (TX) • *Dunn, Arthur, Jr., PFC (KY) • Duplaga, Bennie C., PFC (OH) • Oziedzic, Leon Fr., PFC (MI) • Dzien, Mitchell J., PFC (IL) • *Eason, John E., PVT (NY) • Edgerton, Joseph W., S-SGT (TX) • Edington, Harold J., PFC (NY) • *Elder, Vern D., PVT (A) • Ellerbrock, Robert J., PVT (IA) • Elrod, James C., PFC (TX) • Emery, William G., PFC (IN) • *Epperson, George H., S-SGT (TX) • Erdelt, Ewald L., PFC (TX) • Erickson, Clarence G., PVT (IL) • Estes, Cleo O., PFC (WV) • Ethridge, Hadley D., S-SGT (MO) • Evans, George P., Jr., PVT (U) • Evans, Irvin, S-SGT (PA) • Ewing, Elmer E., Jr., PVT (ND) • Falkner, Ford R., S-SGT (TX) • Fanello, Anton A., PFC (IL) • Farrell, Joseph F., SGT (PA) • Fast, Wesley G., PFC (M) • Fauble, Bernard C., PFC (OH) • Faught, William P., PVT (OH) • Fay, Irvin C., PFC (VA) • Feigenbaum, Charles E., PVT (OH) • Feist Marvin H., PFC (IL) • Fenton Hiram F., T-SGT (TX) • Ferguson, Dalton E., S-SGT (TX) • Ferguson, Ira L., PFC (KY) • Ferrell, Joseph E., PFC (TN) • Figuerido, Antonia A. T-5 (MA) • *Filler, Milton, PVT (RI) • Fillmon, Benrins H., CPL (TX) • Finger, Gerald H., PFC (TN) • Fischer, Elmer O., Medic-PFC (MO) • Fischetti, Michael A., SGT (NY) • Fishman, William, PVT (PA) • Flowers, Thomas A., PVT (TX) • Floyd, Chester W. PVT (IL) • Flynn, James J., PVT (NY) • Flynn, Roger S., PFC (NC) • Ford Junior, CPL (TX) • Fox, Harry W. PFC (MO) • Frazier, Donald O. PVT (PA)

Frazier, Leroy D. PVT (MN) • Freeman, Pershing E., 1st SGT (PA) • Fried, Lawrence, PVT (NJ) • Fried, Murray PVT (NJ) • Fulmer, Albert, S-SGT (PA) • Fulmer, Onus B., PVT (TX) • Furyk, Wassel, Jr., PVT (NY) • Futrell, Robert C., T-SGT (TX) • Gaeta, Dominic D., PVT (MA) • Gagnon, Joseph Q., PVT (MI) • Gajdosik, Louis J., PFC (TX) • Galati, James, PVT (CT) • Galib,

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3. Honor Respect Gratitude

“These words express why the men of Company B are the beloved ones in the hearts of families, friends, and fellow servicemen. They made the sacrifices. They paid the debt. They kept us free. Under the leadership of Capt. Dewey W. Mann, (former citizen of Nitro), this is their story.”

WWII: Sept. 1943 — May 1945
Naples • Foggia • Anzio
Central France • Central Europe
God Bless America

Thomas A., PFC (MA) • Gallagher, Brendan J., PFC (CT) • Galperin, Harold M., PFC (MO) • Gamble, Thomas D., Jr., S-SGT (SC) • Ganezea, Morris, PVT (CT) • Gannon, John T., PFC (RI) • Garbieri, John R., PVT (NY) • Gates, Robert L., PFC (NC) • Gaul, Frank, T-5 (OH) • Gay, Sumner N., SGT (RI) • Gelfand, Max H., PVT (NY) • Ghilardi, Bruno J., PFC (MA) • Gibbons, Dewey C., PFC (Al) • Gibson, Robert A., PFC (MA) • Gideon, Stanely A., SGT (IL) • Gilbert, Lawrence B., PVT (MA) • Gilbert, Paul W., PVT (MO) • Gilespie, Laron L, PVT (AL) • Gillespie, William E., Jr., PVT (PA) • Gladue, Omer F., PFC (CT) • Glenn, Charles R., PFC (N) • Glover, Lee A., SGT (MI) • Gnandt, Loy G., PVT (OH) • Goetz, Freddie A., PFC (IN) • Goetzen, Henry F., PFC (IN) • Gonzales, Jesse R., PFC (TX) • Gonzales, Gilberto, S-SGT (TX) • *Goodyear, Zebulonm PVT (DE) • Gooley, William C., Jr., PFC (NY) • Gordon, Herman C., PFC (NC) • Gordon, John R., Jr., PFC (NC) • *Gossett Howard P., PFC (TN) • Govas, Edward R., PFC (IL) • Goyette, Wayne L., PFC (MI) • Grace, Henry L., PFC (TN) • Graham, Robert E., PFC (MO) • Grammatas, Nicolas, PFC (PA) • Granados, Ross, Jr., PVT (CA) • Grawvunder, Kenneth R., PFC (WI) • *Gray, Billie J., PVT (LA) • Greaves, Edgar M., T-5 (TX) • Greaves, Raymond R., 1st SGT (TX) • Green, Clifton L., PFC (VA) • Griffith, Luther H., PFC (TX) • Grimm, Christian C., PFC (TX) • Grundt, Philip F., PVT (NY) • Guerin, Maurice, PVT (MA) • Gutt, John, PFC (IL) • Guttilla, Fred, PFC (NY) • Gypson, Kenneth F., PVT (NY) • *Hall, Albert K., PVT (ME) • *Hamblin, Charles B., PFC (OH) • Hamilton, Harold H., T-SGT (TX) • Hanna, Charles R. T-SGT (PA) • Hannon, James, PVT (IL) • Hansen, Henry O., PFC (MN) • Harding, Francis M., PFC (VA) • Hardulak, Emil M., PVT (OH) • Harris, Charles L., PFC (ND) • Harshman, Chester A., PFC (WA) • Hart, Eugene A., PVT (OH) • *Harter, Everett A., PVT (IL) • Hartman, Merryl R., PFC (NY) • Hatt, Francis E., PVT (ME) • Hayes, Charles E., PFC (TX) • Haynes, Ruby J., PFC (LA) • *Herbert, Joseph A., PFC (LA) • Henson, Frank, PVT (AL) • Herriott, Fredrick E., SGT (NB) • Hill, Jim I., S-SGT (TN) • Hill, Robert E., PFC (OH) • Hinds, Charles C., PFC (TX) • Hines, John N., PFC (NY) • Hionas, James, PFC (OH) • Hitlen, Edward P., PVT (LI) • Hodgson, Silas H., S-SGT (MN) • Hoffman, Charles E. SGT (NJ) • Hole, Marvin A., PFC (MI) • Holland, Lewis R., SGT (NC)

Photographed by J. J. Prats, October 8, 2023

4. Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division Memorial Wall in Nitro WV

• Holmes, Lonnie, PFC (MS)

Horton, Raymond D., PFC (TX) • Howard, Romane, PVT (KY) • Howell, George C., PFC (OH) • Hubbard, James R., 1st SGT (TX) • Hubbard, Leverett, PFC (TX) • *Huffman, Harvey L., PFC (VA) • Hughes, Arthur N., PVT (TX) • Humphrey, Willie W., S-SGT (LA) • Hundely, Isaac A., PFC (IL) • Hunt, Chester R., PFC (KS) • Hutton, Robert E., PFC (IL) • Huss, Anthony M., SGT (MN) • Hyre Carl E., PVT (MT) • Heidel, David W., PVT (MI) • Ingram, Wilson W., PFC (MS) • Jenkins, Floyd A., PVT (NC) • Jennings, Noble R., PVT (TX) • Jensen, Verne G., CPL (WI) • Johnson, Arnold, PVT (IL) • Johnson, George M., PFC (SC) • Johnston, Daniel F., PFC (OH) • Jones, David R., SGT (OH) • Jones, James V., PVT (GA) • Jordan, James F., SGT (OH) • Kallick, Stanley L. PFC (IL) • Kaska, John J., S-SGT (TX) • Kauffman, Sheldon J., S-SGT (PA) • Kayser, William A., PFC (WV) • Keach, Kenneth L., PFC (WI) • Kekic, Walter W., PFC (OH) • Kelley, Joseph L., PVT (VA) • Kendall Hamilton K., PVT (WV) • Kenney, Elvis C., PFC (TX) • Keppen, Alvin W., PFC (MI) • Kessler, John H., PVT (IN) • *Kiernan, James F., PVT (NY) • Kimble, William E., PFC (WV) • Kimbrell, Forrest C., S-SGT (TX) • Kinder, Ralph G., 1st SGT (KY) • King, Donald D., PVT (TX) • King, Thomas J., PFC (CT) • Kinman, Delbert A., PFC (KY) • Klaene, Gilbert G., S-SGT (KY) • Klass, Francis R., PVT (NY) • Klein, Michael H., PVT (IN) • Klem, James C., PFC (NY) • Klimek, John P., PFC (ME) • *Kneisely, Walter G., PFC (PA) • Koishor, Joe F., PFC (IL) • Konecek, Carl R., PFC (IL) • Kopec, Joseph B., S-SGT (NY) • Kopinca, Joseph J., PFC (PA) • Kovach, William J. PFC (Canada) • Kotula, Stanley F., PFC (PA) • Kratzer, William S., PFC (PA) • Krouse, Shelby E., S-SGT (KS) • Kudloski, Raymond J., PVT (MI) • Kuyzjo, Stanley F., PVT (MA) • Laclair, Louis T., PFC (VT) • Lafferty, Earl R., PFC (MI) • Lamacchia, Joseph P., PFC (PA) • Lenzo, Leo S., PFC (OH) • Letchworth, William C., PFC (MS) • Leutsch, Edwin W., PFC (MA) • Lew, Murray, PVT (MA) • Lewon, Walter S., PVT (MA) • Liller, William R., PVT (MD) • Lindau, Eugene M., PFC (WI) • *Linet, Harry, PFC (OH) • Little, Harvey W., PFC (FL) • *Lock, Irvin T., PVT (MO) • Lollar, Charlie F., 74(MS) • Long, George M., PFC (NC) • Lopez, Bentura, PFC (TX) • Lopez, Juan T., PVT (IL) • Lopez, Pedro, PFC (TX) • Lopresti, Joseph R, SGT (MA) • Lott, Glennett, T-5 (MS) • Luchansky,

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5. Thank You for Our Freedom

Soldiers – Sailors – Marines – Airmen – Coast Guard
“I am a soldier too” —Jessica Lynch

Joseph C., Jr., PVT (PA) • *Luckey, James L., PFC (OH) • *Lyons, Hovey R., PFC (IN) • Maguire, Pat W., PVT (NY) • Magwire, Raymond B., PFC (CT) • Mancuso, Frank, PFC (CT) • Mandel, Marvin G., PFC (IL) • Mannor, La Verne B., PFC (MI) • Marino, John J., PFC (MI) • Martin, Leo J. PFC (WI) • Martin, Leonard J., PFC (WI) • Marvin, Robert W., PFC (WI) • Masterton, Thomas A., PFC (NY) • Matko, Joseph, SGT (OH)

Matter, Howard R., PVT (WI) • Matthews, Charles S., T-SGT (PA) • Maze, John A., PFC (CT) • McClellan, Robert E., PVT (TX) • McCrary, Marshall L., PFC (IN) • McDonald, Walter C., PFC (VA) • McKee, Robert E, S-SGT (FL) • McSweeney, John J., PFC (MA) • Mease, Alvin C., PVT (PA) • Meehan Thomas P., PVT (NY) • Merchant, Richard E., (VT) • Meredith, James H., PFC (TX) • Merriweathers, Arvin D., PFC (AR) • Michaelkamp, Darwin E., PFC (WI) • Mickler, John J., SGT (TX) • Middleton, Frank, S-SGT (TX) • Miron, Edward W., PVT (WI) • Mohr, Russell D., PFC (WI) • Moline, David L., PFC (NY) • Monaco, Sam, S-SGT (NJ) • Moneyhun, Bobby, CPL (TX) • Montgomery, Paul C., PFC (OH) • *Moore, Kenneth A., PVT (NJ) • Moore, Raymond, S-SGT (TX) • Moore, Robert H., PFC (NY) • Moralez, George W., SGT (TX) • Moreno, Juan A., PFC (OH) • Morin, Wilfred J., Jr., PFC (KY) • Morris, Percival J., PVT (OH) • Morris, Raymond L., PFC (KY) • Morrow, James E., PVT (KY) • *Muell, Mike E., PVT (IA) • Mullen, Howard E., PFC (WI) • Mullens, Floyd D., PFC (OH) • Myers, Charles L., PVT (OH) • Myers, Darrell E., PFC (MO) • Naccarato, Albert, PFC (MI) • Nahlen, Frank L., S-SGT (AR) • Nalbandian, Sarkis A., PFC (MA) • *Nazionale, David J., PVT (OH) • Nebinger, George R., PVT (PA) • Nelson, Roger L., PVT (M) • Nicherson, Arlo B., PFC (MI) • Noldin, Frederick L., PFC (WI) • Norris, Robert E., SGT (AR) • Norton, Dennis O., PFC (NY) • Norton, John W., PVT (NC) • O’brien, Edward J., PVT (MA) • Ogden, Matthew B., Jr., (FL) • Oliver, Sidney E., PVT (AL) • Opitz, Frank A., PVT (NY) • Orlinski, Modest P., PFC (RI) • Orsak, Gus, PFC (TX) • Pace, Ralph E., PFC (IA) • Padgett, Johnnie, PVT (PA) • Palmer, Frances W., PFC (MD) • Papaharis, Hercules., PFC (NY) • Partyka, Elmer A., PVT (NY) • *Paschall, Vernon H., PFC (TN) • *Patrick, Charles L., PVT (PA) • Patterson, Donald V., PFC (IL) • Patterson, Lester L., PVT (IA) • Paxson, Addision E., PVT (IA) • *Pehle, Melvin B., PFC (MO) • Pellerin,

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6. 142nd Infantry Regiment Coat of Arms

John J., PVT (KY) • Pelt, William E., Sr., PFC (GA) • Perrotti, Pasquale H., PFC (CT) • Perry, Americo, PFC (MA) • Perry, George L., S-SGT (TX) • Perticone, Joseph J., PVT (MD) • Petruzzi, Conio J., PFC (NY) • Petty, John W., PFC (OH) • Petty, Joseph P., PVT (NM) • Philbeck, Henry D., S-SGT (IL) • Phinney, Nel R., PFC (MA) • Pickett, Paul M., PFC (OH) • Pierce, William J., SGT (MO) • Pinkerton, Warren A., PVT (PA) • Pitner, Kenneth O., 1st SGT (TX) • Plotner, Eldon L. PVT (MO) • Polak, Paul J. F., PFC (PA) • Poplin, William A., PVT (AR) • Posey, Earl B., PFC (OH) • Preciado, Loreto M., PFC (CA) • Price, Calvin C., SGT (PA) • Pridemore, Ralph H. PVT (TX) • Proctor, Duward B., SGT (TX) • Pruitt, Cecil J., PFC (FL) • Ptacek, John J., PVT (NY) • Pulley, Haravill T., PFC (TN) • Purser, William H., Jr., SGT (OH) • *Pydynkowski, Alfonse J., S-SGT (MA) • Quinn, Peter P., PVT (PA) • Quinn, Robert J., PFC (IL) • Rapone, Angelo J., Sr., PFC (OH) • Raznoff, John K., PFC (OH) • Razowsky, Norman, PFC (IL) • Rebello, George C., PVT (MA) • Rector, Lester J., PVT (CA) • Redwine, Audra G., PVT (TX) • Reed, Lee R., PFC (WV) • Reeves, Ted, PFC (MS) • Regenbogen, David, CPL (NY) • Reuland, Matthew P., PFC (IL) • Rhodes, Milan J., PVT (PA) • *Richmiller, Howard J., PVT (MA) • Rieger, Andrew C., PFC (NY) • *Rochefort Arthur H., PVT (AL) • Rodman, Paul E., PFC (AL) • Rodriguez, Ezequiel B., PFC (TX)

Ross, Elry, S-SGT (TX) • Ross, Raymond, PFC (TX) • *Ruditis, Thomas, PFC (MI) • Rupert, Edward J., PFC (WI) • Russ, Stanley C., PFC (NY) • Sackett, Robert J., PFC (CA) • Sadowski, Anthony T., S-SGT (NY) • Sams, Oral W., PFC (IA) • Sanchez, Clarence, PFC (NM) • Sanders, Henry, PVT (NM) • Sarrells, J. T., PFC (FL) • Schiffhouee, Raymond J., PFC (PA) • Schock, Lawrence, PVT (WI) • Schwartz, Lionel R., PVT (MN) • Scott, Charles W., PFC (NM) • Seeley, James E., S-SGT (OH) • Seidel, George C. F., PVT (OH) • Shadwill, Robert W., PFC(OH) • Shepherd, Ollie V., T-4 (TX) • Shipman, Gary M., PFC (SC) • Simon, Michael J., PFC (OH) • Simpson, Perry L., Jr., T-5 (KY) • Slattery, Raymond A., PFC (MN) • Smith, David D., PVT (OR) • Smith, Earl R., PFC (TX) • Snurr, Robert W., PFC (PA) • South, Johnnie A., PFC (TN) • Speyerer, Valentine J., S-SGT (NJ) • Spring, Frank M., PFC (CT) • Stachnik, Joseph E., PFC (OH) • Stanley, Bobby G., PFC (OK) • Stanley, Delmar R., PFC (WV) • *Stasica,

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7. 142nd Infantry Regiment Unit Insignia

Robert, PFC (IL) • Stern, Allen E., PFC (NY) • Stewart, Carl F., T-SGT (TX) • Stewart, Jack C., PFC (WA) • Stewart, Junior M., PVT (OH) • Stiefel, Harold R., PFC (PA) • Still, Don R., PVT (OH) • Stoner, Water M., PVT (PA) • *Strackbein, Raymond, PFC (CA) • Strickland, William T., SGT (OH) • Strobel, Delmar D., PVT (IL) • Suggs, Benjamin F., PVT (FL) • *Suliga, Edward J., PFC (NJ) • Sulley, Ernest H., PFC (UT) • Swain, Clark D., PFC (OH) • Swartz, Neil E., CPL (OH) • Swearingen, John P., PFC (NC) • Sytkowski, Henry A., PFC (MI) • Szafas, Edward S., PFC (NJ) • Szelogowski, Joseph B., PFC (MI) • Szymanowski, Adam J. PFC (NJ) • Talbert, George O., SGT (KY) • Tallman, Clayton T., PFC (PA) • Taylor, Ralph D., PFC (MI) • Terry, David A., PFC (MI) • Thomas, Robert F., PFC (PA) • Thomason, Grady I., PVT (TN) • Tijerina, Felix, PFC (TX) • Tonio, Adam M., PVT (PA) • *Tuggle, Lewis H., Jr., PFC (VA) • Tuom, Mervin J., PFC (OR) • *Turchi, Frank B., PFC (MI) • Vanderhoff, Robert E. PVT (OH) • Vangler, Samuel H., CPL (OH) • Vasily, Andrew J., PVT (NJ) • Vaughn, Grady, Jr., PFC (TX) • Vaughn, R. P., PFC (MI) • *Velius, Peter P., PVT (IL) • Venturini, Frank J., PFC (RI) • Verier, Alcide J., PVT (MA) • Vignola, Charles R., PVT (NJ) • Villani, Raymond D., PFC (NY) • Vinson, Robert S., PFC (TX) • Wallace, Arthur L. CPL (TX) • Warren, Porter R. S-SGT (NC) • Watts, William V., SGT (TX) • Webb, Eugene, PFC (SC) • Weingart, Orna L., PVT (OH) • Welch, Thomas, PFC (PA) • Welch, William Y., PFC (PA) • West, Howard, PVT (KY) • Whitfield, J., S-SGT (TX) • Whitmer, Charles J., PFC (WV) • Wilkinson, Perry S., PVT (DE) • Willnite, James, PFC (OK) • Williams, Kenneth E., PVT (VT) • Williamson, Lee E., PVT (TN) • Wilson, Roy M., SGT (TX) • Wilton, Kenneth R., PVT (IN) • Wyndham, Leon, T-4 (TX) • Windt, John A., SGT (IL) • Winrotte, Duane E. PFC (IN) • Wofford, Jonathan E., PFC (KY) • Wood, William H.. PVT (NC) • Woodall, Marc C., PFC (VA) • Woodard, Harold, S-SGT (TX) • *Woods, Charles J., PVT (OK) • Workman, James D., PVT (SC) • Wright, Harold M., PFC (MI) • Wysinski, Joseph E., S-SGT (MA) • Yagoda, Bernard, PFC (MA) • Young, Douglas K., PVT (NY) • Zeiner, Guy W., PFC (PA) • Ziener, Arthur, PVT (NY) • *Zimmerman, Joseph M., PFC (PA) • Zuchowicz, Leonard S., PFC (IL)

God Bless These Men

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 38° 25.295′ N,

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81° 50.456′ W. Memorial is in Nitro, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. It is at the intersection of 21th Street and 2nd Avenue on 21th Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Nitro WV 25143, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Charleston Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division (here, next to this marker); Nitro: WWI “Boom Town” (a few steps from this marker); Nitro War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Military Survey / Nitro (within shouting distance of this marker); Living Memorial Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Larry Barnett (within shouting distance of this marker); Lou Burdette (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nitro.

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Co. B 142nd Infantry 36th Division

Combat Infantry Company

— Italy – France – Austria – Germany —— World War II —— 9 September 1943 – 8 May 1945 —

— Italy – France – Austria – Germany —
— World War II —
— 9 September 1943 – 8 May 1945 —