C-47 42-24077
Details:
The exterior wall of an isolated farmhouse on the eastern side of Founecrop.
Marker
A weathered plaque commemorating the airmen and paratroopers that died in the C-47's crash there.
Monument Text:
AT THIS LOCATION
TWENTY-ONE AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR FREEDOM
0120 HR JUNE 6, 1944
AIR CREW 77TH SQUADRON
435TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP
|
1ST LT JAMES J. HAMBLIN |
PILOT |
|
2ND LT JOSEPH E. KOWALSKI |
CO-PILOT |
|
SSGT MILTON E. JONES |
ENGINEER |
|
SGT CLARENCE A. REVERSKI |
RADIO OPERATOR |
G COMPANY
501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
2ND LT EVERETT G. CROUCH
SGT MATHEW J. YAQUINTO
CPL JAMES M. YOUNG
CPL MELVIN D. EDWARDS
T/5 JOHN C. BERLIN
PFC FRANK M. GOODALL
PFC CHARLES L. SMITH
PFC WALTER A. SIMMONS
PVT EARL T. WILLIAMS
PVT GEORGE T. VATHIS
PVT EDWARD DZIEDZIC
PVT LEONARD L. BROWN
PVT DONAT M. PLOURDE
PVT EDWARD L. JONES
PVT MANUEL R. VASQUEZ
PVT JOSEPH C. SIRIANE
PVT JACK L. MARLOW
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group
9th Troop Carrier Command
United States Air Force
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion