Thread: The Malmedy Massacre. View from the ones who were there and survived.

This will take me awhile to get complete and if anyone has something on this they wish to post here-please do. Please leave any just remarks to the other thread so as not to mess up the continuity for this one. This is going to take me time to get everything i have posted. I do not have any original photos to post so it will be only text. That said, the vast majority of this info comes from an excellent book and the best on the subject ive ever seen to date--which is called: The Malmedy Massacre and is by: John M. Bauserman. The Author spent many years researching the subject as well as interviewing American and German Vets.

Ill start off with, that most of those American Soldiers murdered that day in the fields near the tiny village of: Baugnez on: December 17th 1944. Most of the Malmedy victims were from the: Battery "B" of the 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion their home Base was Fort Sill, in Oklahoma. Of the 82 men murdered that day--69 were from this Battalion including from it's Headquarters unit.

Two men from the 200th Field Artillery Battalion were victims.

Eight of the victims were from the: Recon Company of the 3nd Armored Regiment.

Two were from the 546th Ambulance Company.

The last man was from the: 86th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Pontoon)

Roster of the names of the victims. ((Coming shortly))

The Malmédy Massacre took place during the Battle of the Bulge and was one of the worst atrocities committed against prisoners of war in the West European sector during World War Two.

The names of the honorable dead.

Battery "B" 285th Field Artillery Observation battalion:

Pvt. Donald L. Bloom.
Tech 5/ Carl H. Blouch.
T/5. Charles R. Breon.
Corporal Joseph A. Brozowski.
T/5 Samuel P. Burkett.
T/5 Paul R. Carr.
Private First Class Homer S. Carson.
Pfc Frederick Clark.
Pvt James H. Coates.
Pvt John H. Cobbler.
Pfc Robert Cohen.
T/5 John Collier.
Pfc Warren Davis.
Tech Sergeant Paul G. Davidson.
Pfc Howard C. Desch.
Pvt William J. Dunbar.
Cpl Carl B. Fitt.
Pfc Donald P. Flack.
Sergeant Walter A. Franz.
Pfc Carl B. Frey.
Staff Sergeant Donald E. Geisler.
2nd Lieutenant Solomon S. Goffman.
T/5 Charles F. Haines.
Pvt Samuel A. Hallman.
Pfc Charles E. Hall.
T/4 Sylvester Herchelroth.
T/4 Wilson M. Jones Jr.
T/4 Oscar Jordan.
Sgt Alfred W. Kinsman.
T/5 Howard W. Laufer.
T/5 Alexander Lengyel Jr.
Cpl Raymond E. Lester.
T/4 Selmer H. Leu.
T/4 Alan M. Lucas.
T/5 James E. Leurs.
Cpl Lawrence Martin.
T/5 Robert McKinney.
Sgt Halsey J. Miller.
Cpl William H. Moore.
1st Lieutenant John S. Munzinger.
Pfc David M. Murray.
Cpl David T. O' Grady.
Pfc Thomas. Oliver.
S.Sgt John D. Osborne.
Pvt Walter J. Perkowski.
Pvt Peter R. Phillips.
Pvt Stanley F. Piasecki.
Pvt Gilbert R. Pittman.
1st Lieutenant Perry L. Reardon.
T/5 George R. Rosenfeld.
Cpl Carl H. Rullman.
T/4 John M. Rupp Jr.
Pvt Oscar Saylor.
T/5 Max Schwitzgold.
T/4 Irwin M. Sheetz.
T/5 John H. Shingler.
Sgt Robert J. Snyder.
Sgt Alphonse. Stabulis.
T/4 George H. Steffy.
Pfc Carl M. Stevens.
T/5 Luke S. Swartz.
Pvt Elwood E. Thomas.
Pvt Louis A. Vairo.
Pfc Richard B. Walker.
T/4 Thomas F. Watt.
T/5 Vester H. Wiles.

Headquarters Battery 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion

Cpl Ralph J. Indelicato.
Captain Roger L. Mills.
T/Sgt William T. McGovern.

200th Field Artillery Battalion.

Sgt Benjamin Lindt.
Pfc Elmer W. Wald.

Recon Company 32nd Armored Regiment.

2nd Lieutenant Lloyd A. Iames.
Pfc John Klukavy.

1st Lt. Thomas E. McDermott Jr.
T/3 James G. McGee.
Pfc L.M. Burney.
1st Lt. Carl R. Genthner.
Pfc Paul Paden.
Pvt Wayne L. Scott.

546th Ambulance Company.

Pvt Keston E. Mullins.
T/5 Dayton E. Wusterbarth.

86th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Pontoon).

John J. Clymire.

Such a solemn list of names. If you didn't know what the list of names meant it would mean nothing. How sad and such a waste of unarmed innocent men.

Originally Posted by Dog Tag

Such a solemn list of names. If you didn't know what the list of names meant it would mean nothing. How sad and such a waste of unarmed innocent men.

That's the purpose for this thread to make sure those men were remembered and not just another stat from WWII. I intend on doing this for those British Soldiers murdered in that barn by the Waffen SS too-soon as I can get a list of their names.

More on this on Friday. The next list will be the names of the men who survived the massacre. Then ill do the "Story" as it happened.

"B" Battery 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion.

Sergeant Kenneth F. Ahrens. Shot in the back.
T/5 Charles F. Appman. Not wounded.
T/5 Harold W. Billow. Not wounded.
Private 1st Class Mario Butera. Shot in the foot.
T/5 Carl C. Daub. Not wounded.
Pvt. Donald W. Day. Shot in the leg.
T/5 Theodore G. Flechsig. Shot in the shoulder, leg and hand.
Corporal George L. Fox. Not wounded.
T/5 Paul Garstka. Not wounded.
Pfc. Aubrey J. Hardiman. Shot in the foot.
Pfc. Harry C. Horn. Shot in the Arms and stomach.
Pvt. John R. Kailer. Shot in the chest and arm.
T/5 Kenneth E. Kingston. Shot in the arm.
Pfc. Ralph W. Law. Shot in the leg.
1st Lieutenant Virgil T. Lary. Shot in the leg and foot.
Pfc. Paul J. Martin. Shot in the foot.
Pvt. James P. Mattera. Not wounded.
Staff Sergeant William H. Merriken. Shot in the back.
T/5 Carl W. Moucheron. Shot in the head.
T/5 John A. O' Connell. Shot in the jaw and shoulder.
T/5 Ted J. Paluch. Not wounded.
Pfc. Peter C. Piscatelli. Shot in the arm.
Pvt. Andrew J. Profanchick. Not wounded.
Pvt. William F. Reem. Not wounded.
Corporal Michael T. Sciranko. Shot in the leg.
T/5 Michael J. Skoda. Shot in the shoulder.
Sgt. Charles E. Smith. Not wounded.
Pvt. Robert L. Smith. Not wounded.
T/5 William B. Summers. Not wounded.
T/5 Albert M. Valenzi. Shot in the legs.
Pvt. Bobby Werth. Shot in the legs.

575th Ambulance Company.

Pvt. Roy B. Anderson. Shot in the foot.
Pvt. Samuel Dobbins. Shot in the arm and ankle.
Pfc. Stephen J. Domitrovich. Not wounded.
Pfc. James M. McKinney. Not wounded.

Recon Company, 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division "Spearhead"

Corporal Edward Bojarski. Not wounded.
Sgt. Marvin J. Lewis. Shot in the leg.
Cpl. Walter J. Wendt. Shot in the arm.
Staff Sergeant Henry R. Zach. Shot in the leg and hip.


Company "M" 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division "Indianhead"

S.Sgt. Herman Johnson. Not wounded.

"C" Company 518th M.P. Battalion.

Pfc. Homer D. Ford. Shot in the arm.

Men who drove vehicles away and became PoWs. "B" Battery, 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion.

T/5 Thomas J. Bacon. Not wounded.
Sgt. Eugene Lacy. Not wounded.
T/5 Ralph Logan. Not wounded.
T/5 D.L. Lucas. Not wounded.

Recon Company. 32nd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division.

Sgt. Vernon Anderson. Not wounded.
Pvt. William E. Barron. Not wounded.
Cpl. J.I. Cummings. Not wounded.

Men who were not in the massacre field. "B" Battery, 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion.

Pfc. Donald L. Bower. Not wounded.
Cpl. Robert B. Conrad. Not wounded.
T/5 Eugene H. Garrett. Not wounded.
Cpl. George E. Greaff. Not wounded.
T/4 Robert P. Mearig. Not wounded.
T/5 Charles E. Reding. Not wounded.
T/5 Warren R. Schmitt. Not wounded

The Germans.

Kampfgruppe Peiper.

1st SS Panzer Regiment:
1st SS Panzer Battalion:
1st.
2nd.
6th.
7th. SS Panzer Kompanies.

9th SS Panzer Pioneer Kompanie.

10th SS Panzer Aufklarungs Kompanie.

3rd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion:
9th.
10th.
11th.
12th. SS Panzergrenadier Kompanies.

13th SS Infanterie Geschutze Kompanie.

1st Battalion SS Panzer Artillerie:
1st.
2nd.
3rd. SS Panzer Artillerie Batteries.

501st SS Schwehr Panzer Battalion:
1st.
2nd.
3rd. SS Panzer Kompanies.

3rd SS Panzerpioneer Battalion.

84th Luftwaffe Flak Battalion.

Very interesting. I look forward to the development of this. HAGO, Keith

Originally Posted by Hawkswill

Very interesting. I look forward to the development of this. HAGO, Keith

I share the same sentiment.