According to the records in the National Archives (Records Group 407-CFM 161 held in Suitland, MD), 138 37th Tank Battalion Soldiers were killed in action in World War II. Since the February 1944 MTO&E for a tank battalion had 698 Soldiers on strength, the 37th Tank had a 20% KIA rate in a nine months in combat in the European Theater of Operations. Below is an incomplete list with 136 of the 138 Fallen named. It is derived from veterans’ memoirs and the records of World War II dead buried overseas and in the care of the American Battle Monument Commission.
World War II Fallen Heroes
Tech 5 Abraham, Raymond, J.
Tech 4 Anderson, Arthur
2LT Anderson, Jonathan, E.
PVT Arnold, J. B.
PVT Bailey, Robert H.
Tech 4 Bentley, William W. Sr
Tech 5 Berkebile, Homer C.
PVT Bernard, Ernest, C.
1SG Binter, Joseph F.
Tech 4 Blume, Leonard, L.
Tech 4 Boggs, Ewing, B.
PFC Bradley, William, J.
CPL Brooks, Lowell H.
SGT Chernick, Nicholas
PVT Clark, Edward, H.
PVT Connelly, Aurthur M.
PFC Danielo, James, L.
PVT Davis, George H. Sr
1LT De Craene, C.L. Jr
PFC De Domenici, Frank
PVT De Rensis, Ernest
1LT Dennison, Lynn N.
CPL Depascale, Herman
SGT Doubleman, Nathan, B.
CPL Duff, Albert, A.
PFC Dunn, Timothy J.
CPL Elkins, James W.
PFC Ellis, George, L., Jr.
2LT Farese, James N.
CPL Federico, John, A.
Tech 5 Ferruzzi, Vincent, A.
PVT Fesmire, George, R.
PFC Fett, William
CPL Fibranz, Charles, T.
SSG Finch, Everett T.
PVT Furlow, John, H.
PVT Gelazela, Joseph, A.
CPL Ginoli, Angelo
CPL Gnatowski, Leo J.
Tech 5 Griffiths. Robert J.
PVT Gullett, Frederick A,
1SG Hagemeister, James, E.
PVT Hamann, Ralph, H.
PVT Hammerschmidt, Walter
Tech 5 Hardesty, Carl, H.
1LT Harris, Marion, L.
Tech 5 Hawk. Robert T.
PVT Hay, Russell J.
1LT Hellings, John, F.
PVT Hillenburg, Ollen
CPL Hoffman, Harold, P.
CPL Horbelt, Harry, F.
SGT Hourn, Michael
Tech 5 Hummel, Earnest L.
PVT Jackson, Henry Y.
2LT Jeandheur, Fred C.
PVT Jersky, Daniel
PVT Johnson, Henry, E.
SSG Kaplin, Walter, P.
Tech 5 Kelley, Lloyd, J.
SGT Krassner, Matthew M.
PVT Lawson, James E.
SSG Letcher, Edward, O.
PVT Levin, Frank
PVT Lewis, James T.
1LT Liese, Bernard, J.
Tech 4 Liner, Robert B.
2LT Lockwood, Frederick F.
Tech 4 Mancini, Phillip R-
PFC McCloskey, William, T.
PVT McCreer, Charles R.
Tech 5 McCulloch, Jesse, M.
Tech 5 Mcevey, Patrick J.
Tech 5 McEvey, Patrick, J.
CPL McGuire, Edward M.
SGT McHale, John, J.
PFC McVicker, William J.
CPL Moore, Charles, J.,
PVT Moore, George, C.
PFC Morris, Robert E.
Tech 5 Mulieri, Victor
PVT Murphy, James G.
PVT Myers, Earl R.
CPL Nardiello, Anthony
Tech 4 Olinick, John
PFC Oliver, Benjamin H.
PVT Palmer, Russell E.
Tech 4 Parish, Claude E.
SGT Parks, John, H.
Tech 5 Peck, Lester, H.
PFC Peshek, John O.
2LT Pielak, Stanley, F.
PVT Polito, Anthony V.
1LT Poore, Max
PFC Popovitch, George
PVT Porter, Jerry, J.
SGT Prevatte, Truman, H.
Tech 5 Proffitt, Raymond, S.
SGT Radlauer, Earl, S.
PFC Ratliff, Wilfred, A.
PFC Ray, Robert F.
SGT Ritland, Ernest, O.
PVT Roelfs, Harm, A.
PVT Ross, Joseph, M.
CPL Saddlemire, Alfred, G.
SGT Sadowski, Joseph, J.
Tech 4 Sallee, Robert, B.
PFC Sedlak, Joseph R.
Tech 4 Shafer, Clifford R.
PVT Shuhnicki, Anthony A.
PFC Simmons, William G.
PFC Simo, John P.
PVT Slaughter, Max J.
CPT Smith, Dale, F.
PVT Smith, Fred L.
2LT Smith, Howard, L., Jr.
SGT Sola, Philip
SGT Spina, Joseph
1LT Su Savage, Bernard, J.
Tech 4 Sutinen, Eino A.
PFC Taylor, Joseph, W.
PFC Teeple, Richard, H.
PVT Thompson, Robert, L.
CPT Trover, Charles, U.
PVT Tuchinsky, Bernard
PFC Ulivarri, Daniel B.
PVT Van Kirk, William, A.
CPL Volk, William
Tech 3 Weinstein, Harold, ,
CPL Wenrich, Conrad T.
PFC Wentzel, Ray, W.
SGT Whiteside, James A.
CPL Wisneski, Sigmund
12LT Woelfle, Edward F.
PVT Wolff, Harry W.
Tech 5 Wright, Bert, C.