List of living Band of Brothers veterans

Rod Bain

Technical 5th Class

Lynn Compton

1st Lieutenant

31 December 1921

87

Attended UCLA University in Autumn of 1939. Commanded Easy Company’s 2nd Platoon in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment being ranked as 2nd Lieutenant. Some medals earned are World War II Victory Medal, Silver Star, and Purple Heart. Postwar, became a policeman at the LAPD. He later became a prosecutor and served as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeals.

Jack Foley

1st Lieutenant

18 August 1922

86

Attended University of Pittsburgh. On June 29, 1943, made request for active duty. Became 2nd Platoon leader of Easy Company on November 1943 becamoming 1st Lieutenant. Discharged from war April 1946.

Roy Gates

1st Lieutenant

Assisted in freeing France and German concentration camp. Captured Kehlsteinhaus fortress in 1945.

Forrest Guth

Sergeant

6 February 1921

88

Enlisted in the army in 1942. Trained as a flamethrower operator at Camp Mackall in North Carolina. Volunteered for the United States paratroopers, Partook in the Battle of Bastogne and jumped in Operation Market Garden. Discharged from serveice in October 1945. Earned a Bachelor and Masters Degree, retired from teaching for thirty years.

Ed Joint

Private 1st Class

18 February 1923

86

Joined Easy Company in Liverpool, England Wounded while at Foy. Arm had been shot up by mortar fire. After making his first jump on the war grounds of D-Day, he lost teammate Joseph Lesniewski and instead went with some 82nd Airborne members.

Dewitt Lowrey

Corporal

Currently resides in Montgomery, Alabama.

Donald Malarkey

Technical Sergeant

31 July 1921

87

Attended University of Oregon in 1941. Drafted in July 1942. Volunteered as a paratrooper in the United States Army. Awarded the Bronze Star for participation in Brécourt Manor Assault during the invasion of Normandy.Published the book Easy Company Soldier with Bob Welch.

Leo Matz

Staff Sergeant

Earned a Bronze Star.Became a priest after World War II.

Bill Maynard

Technical 5th Class

Jack McGrath

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Frank Perconte

Technical 5th Class

10 March 1917

92

Had been busted all the time, his rank went from Corporal to Private, happened about 4 times. Had been wounded at Foy in Belgium on January 13, 1945.

Paul Rogers

Sergeant

12 July 1918

90

During jumping out of plane on D-Day, he got caught in trees and lost most of his equipment and was eight miles from the drop zone. Had been hurt while jumping at Holland as part of Operation Market Garden and spent one month in the hospital

Frank Sobelski

Private

18 June 1925

84

Enlisted in the army in 1943 at age 18. Stayed in Austria, and Germany for six months after World War II had ended. Released from service January 1946.

Roderick Strohl

Sergeant

Amos Taylor

Sergeant

September 1918

90

Earned a Silver Star for commanding 2nd platoon in which bumped his rank up to lieutenant. Awarded Purple Heart for being injured in Normandy right after the battle at Carentan. Shot while on the road to Foy right after the attack. Wounded in January 1945 in which ended his participation in the war. Released from rehab in December 1945.

William Wingett

Private

1922

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Wounded during Operation Market Garden in Holland. For his achievements in his European theater, was awarded Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Attended reunion for Band of Brothers survivors in Camp Toccoa, Georgia.

Hank Zimmerman

Private 1st Class

26 March 1925

84

Born in Larksville, Pennsylvania. Basic training began on 30 December 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina. Non injured throughout World War II. Attended a 50th anniversary Band of Brothers reunion. Currently resides in Oak Island, North Carolina.