A Jewish infantryman whose company responded when the rest of his battalion was encircled
Category: European Theater
1st Lieutenant Louis J. Deputy (1918–1944)
An Eighth Air Force copilot who was most of the way through his combat tour when he took off for a night training flight with another crew
Private Samuel G. Judge (1911–1944)
An Italian immigrant, shoe manager, and father turned infantryman who went into combat in the Vosges
Technician 5th Grade John W. Fullman, Jr. (1911–1944)
A shipyard worker who became a truck driver in a segregated Quartermaster Corps unit
Staff Sergeant Dougal M. Beatson (1919–1944)
It was the first combat mission for this young Eighth Air Force gunner
Private John J. Bukowski (1912–1944)
A replacement rifleman who was reported missing over two weeks after his death and whose brief time in combat is shrouded in mystery
Private 1st Class Paul H. Rigdon (1923–1944)
A machinist who was a member of an ill-fated unit encircled during the Battle of the Bulge
Private Herbert Rubenstein (1923–1944)
A Jewish medic whose unit was encircled at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge
Private 1st Class Nathan Balick (1919–1944)
A Jewish infantryman who first went into combat in Normandy shortly after D-Day
Private Arthur Stamm (1917–1944)
Six years after fleeing Nazi Germany, a Jewish refugee returned to his homeland as an American soldier
