Hello all, i posted this question on another part of the forum (probably not the good one)...
I was wondering if anyone had a good picture of who were the officers of the company when they embarked for the d-day dropping?
I still really feel pretty confused about the Easy Company officers roster for the operation...
Typical infantry companies were supposed to have 8 officers, am i correct here?
A commanding officer, an executive commanding officer, 3 platoons leaders and 3 assistant platoons leaders... am i correct?
So, we have:
CO : 1/LT Meehan
XO : ????
Platoons leaders: 1/LT's Winters (1st platoon) + ??? (2nd) + Schmitz (3rd)
Assnt platoon leaders: 2/LT's Welsh (1st) + Compton (2nd) + Matthews (3rd)
Is that correct?
Also, who was LT Warren Roush who appears on the Easy Company roster for may 1944?
Who was leading the 2nd platoon?
And since the LT Schmitz was injured, who was leading the 3rd platoon then?
And a final question, how many sticks were there for the whole company? About 8 sticks, no?
If i am correct, that should be something like this:
- Stick 66 (jumpmaster: 1/LT Meehan), with HQ Section
- Sticks 67 (1/LT Winters) & 68 (2/LT Welsh), with 1st platoon
- Sticks 69 (???) & 70 (2/LT Compton), with 2nd platoon
- Stick 71 (???) & 72 (2/LT Matthews ???), with 3rd platoon
If anyone has more infos about this, don't hesitate to throw them in...

If I'm sure its

-Meehan
-Winters
-Compton
-Matthews
-Cappelluto?


Not a hundred percent sure, but some one will come around to tell you the whole answer.

Jake

Very interesting topic... I have a question.
When did Lipton become 1st S?
And who replaced him when his commission came through.

1/LT Capelluto was the pilot of the C-47 with the 1/LT Meehan stick, and that crashed on d-day, so he sure wasn't part of the 506th PIR. He was from the 439th TCG.

I think it was Floyd Talbert who replaced Lipton as 1st Sgt.

If someone has some little infos about the Easy Company officers roster, please, don't hesitate to share your knowledge...

Company CO: Capt. Meehan (KIA, Winters Acting)
Company 2IC (XO) Lt Sweeney (KIA)
Company SGTs: Evans (KIA), Murphy (KIA)
1st Platoon CO: First Lt Winters
1st Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Welsh
SGTs: Martin, Ranney, Guarnere
2nd Platoon CO: First Lt ???
2nd Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Compton
SGTs: Talbert, Diehl, Malarkey
3rd Platoon CO: First Lt Schmitz (injured, Matthews acting)
3rd Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Matthews (KIA, Sgt Lipton acting)
SGTs: Robert (KIA), Lipton, Owen (KIA), Riggs (KIA)
Pathfinders: Cpl Wright, Fenstermaker

At Market Garden:

Company CO: Capt. Winters
Company 2IC (XO) Lt Nixon
Company SGTs: Boyle, Lipton
1st Platoon CO: First Lt Brewer
1st Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Peacock
SGTs: Martin, Randleman, Rader
2nd Platoon CO: First Lt Welsh
2nd Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Heyligger
SGTs: Guarnere, Malarkey, Muck
3rd Platoon CO: First Lt Compton
3rd Platoon 2IC: Second Lt Hudson
SGTs: Rogers, Carson, Grant
Pathfinders: ?

This is the information from a miniature wargaming forum, this was compiled from the series and the book.

Sheriff, thanks for posting those infos...
Are you sure about this "LT Sweeney" being the Company XO???
I found a "Patrick J. Sweeney" in the E Company general roster which lists ALL the ones who ever served in the company during WWII, with no indication of his rank, but i didn't found a trace of him being KIA in the 2/506 list... I also didn't find his trace on that E Company roster from may, 44 that was posted on this forum... So, all in all, i'm even more confused, ahahahah...
Anyone has infos about this man? Was he really an officer in june 44? Was in serving in the E Company at this time?

As for the squad leaders you mentioned in your list, my own list seems to differ slighty from yours... Here is what i got:
- 1st platoon: SGT's Christenson, Ranney & Martin
- 2nd platoon : SGT's Talbert, Malarkey & Lipton + SGT Guarnere (mortar squad)
- 3rd platoon : SGT Taylor & ???

Nixon was no longer a member of Easy Company at this time. I believe he was transferred after advanced infantry training was completed at Camp Makall in North Carolina prior to embarkation for England. Nixon was moved up to Battalion Staff and was 2nd Battalion S-2 during Market Garden. Harry Walsh was Easy's Excutive Officer at this time.

wasn't Ranney busted to private for his involvement of ousting Sobel? Did he retain his appointment as squad leader?

Pat Sweeney was a Taccoa man and an officer from the start he made 1st Lt. he was from New York city and worked as Roy Rogers press agent.

Yes Ranney was busted to private and did not retain squad leadership

Sweeney was transferred into Easy Company along with Meehan after Sobel was removed. Winters came back as a platoon leader, but then before D-Day, Sweeney was transferred back out and Winters was elevated back to XO

Larrya, thanks for this great info...
So, this brings more questions... If Winters was elevated back to XO, was he also still leading the 1st platoon before D-Day (i don't know if it is possible at all, i'm just trying to guess)? If not, who was in charge of the platoon? And who was leading the 2nd platoon before the drop?

Lipton became First Sergeant shortly before or after Market Garden, I can't fully remember. I remember it from Replacements, but not when.

EDIT: Found it at this link:

Smokey: "Hey, ya all! Listen up! I got us an announcement to make."
Smokey: "This here is Carwood Lipton."
Malarkey: "He's already married, Smokey."
Smokey: "This here is Carwood Lipton, the new Easy Company first sergeant!"
Dukeman: "Go Carwood!"
Smokey: "As befitting his position, he says he has to make an announcement."
Lipton: "Well, I hate to break the mood here, boys, but we're moving out again."

Just before Operation Market Garden.

In Normandy:

CO: 1LT Meehan, KIA
XO: 1LT Sweeney, transferred?¿
1SG: 1SG Evans, KIA
1SG (after Evans KIA): TSG Punchy Diel (transferred)
HQ Sgt's (Supply, Mess, Communications): Murray, Roberts, Riggs (maybe Smith).
1st Pl Lead: 1LT Winters
1st Pl Lead Assist: 2LT Welsh
1st Pl Sgt: TSG Diel, Squads Leaders: SGT's Martin, Boyle¿?
2nd Pl Lead: 2LT Compton?¿
2nd Pl Lead Assist: 2LT Roush ?¿, transferred?¿
2nd Pl Sgt: SSG Guarnere, Squads Leaders: SGT's Rader¿?, Grant
3rd Pl Lead: 1/2LT Schmidz (didn't make the jump), KIA in holland
3rd Pl Lead Assist: 2LT Matthews, KIA
3rd Pl Sgt: SSG Lipton, Squads Leaders: SGT's Talbert, Amos Taylor
Mortar Squads Leaders: Burr Smith¿?, Alley¿?, Muck

PD: sorry for the vocabulary, i'm spanish

Breakdown of Leadership For E/506th in Normandy was as follows:

CO 1Lt Thomas Meehan
XO LT. Pat Sweeney
1SGT William Evans

1st Platoon:
Co 1Lt. RD Winters
XO 2Lt Harry Welsh



2nd Platoon:
CO 2Lt Warren Roush
XO 2Lt Lynn D Compton


3rd Platoon:
CO 1Lt Raymond G Schmitz
XO 2Lt Robert Mathews


KidNapEasyWhite

HMMMMMMMMMM, I wonder who this could be???????????

jimary, showing up for his birthday!!!

I don't usually post just to laugh at a previous post, but I gotta do it this time.

It would have been more difficult if it was RedHorseSix 2. Happy birthday anyway.

Thanks! I was just about to ask where Capt. Heyligger was. Where was he on D-day?

Maybe this should be a new thread, and if y'all think so I will set it up that way.

Does anybody know who the chaplain(s) was/were who served Easy? What became of them? I'm thinking of the scene (I believe) in Carentan, where the priest is administering last rites under fire.

Thanks!

First off the Chaplains were not assaigned to Battalion or Company levels. They held a Regimental position. Which chaplain are you interested in?

Sherriff's game info is wrong. And Moose was with Battalion 2nd Battalion Heavy Weapons on D-Day.

Currahee!

KidNapEasyWhite

Any of them. Easy must have been about half Catholic, at a guess. Do you know the names of any of the priests? What happened to them?

Thanks!

The Chaplains for the 506th were as follows:

- John S. Maloney He was a Major in Normandy and later made LTC. He won the DSC and was wounded in Bastogne. He was the Catholic Priest. Maloney was the one depicted in the mini-series in Carentan.
- Tildon S. McGhee (aka "TS"= for "tough doo doo") Captain and later Major. He too won the DSC. Wounded and briefly taken POW in the fight at Veghel in Holland. He was the Protestant Chaplain. He won his DSC on D-Day at the bridges.
- John R. Hines Captain. Joined the Regiment later in the war at Bastogne. He was a Protestant Chaplain.

Hope this helps.

KidNapEasyWhite

KidnapEasyWhite (and others),
Thanks a lot for posting those infos about the easy company officers prior to D-Day...
Since you seem to be pretty documented, do you have a list for all the easy NCO's priori to the invasion?
Squad leaders, assistant squad leaders, and the HQ section ones too???
If so and you are willing to share, don't hesitate, ok?

Who is you? Documented? And yes in due time.

KidNapEasyWhite