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91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Grafenwöhr (2026)

06/02/2025

Corporal Glen Boyer Norris
BIRTH 14 January 1922 Nebo, Louisiana
DEATH 24 March 2006 (aged 84) Jena, Louisiana
BURIAL Norris Cemetery, La Salle Parish, Louisiana
Bronze Star Medal (V)

Glen Norris was born and raised in LaSalle County, Louisiana. He was the son of a large farming family with several siblings. According to the 1940 Census when Glen Norris was 18 years old, he was listed as being single and working on his family’s farm as an unpaid farm laborer in Nebo, Louisiana. He completed at least one year of high school and was living at his parent’s home when he registered for the selective service at Jena, Louisiana on 30 June 1942. He enlisted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry on December 3, 1942. He was shipped off to Fort Knox, Kentucky to complete Basic Training, then on to other bases for additional training. He shipped overseas around April 1943 and arrived shortly after the combat in Tunisia. PVT Norris was a Scout assigned to Troop C, 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and participated in the Sicily and Italian Campaigns. He must have arrived in the first group of replacements shortly before the Sicilian Campaign during the refit and reorganization period from May to July 1943. After the Sicilian Campaign, PVT Norris would fight with his unit for almost two more years of combat in Italy until the end of the war. He earned the Bronze Star Medal for Valor in Sicily and fought with Troop C during the Battle for Hill 69 and Monte Cassino in Italy. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal for bravery in action, PFC Norris fought in five major campaigns earning 5 campaign stars for his European Middle Eastern African Campaign Medal. After almost 31 months overseas, CPL Norris returned to the United States and was honorably discharged from the Army at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 8 November 1945. After the war, Glen returned home, married in 1946, and worked as a constable, and later justice of the peace in his hometown Parrish.

06/02/2025

Technician Fifth Grade Harold William “Hal” Blaesing
BIRTH 13 April 1917 Racine, Wisconsin
DEATH 23 March 1999 (aged 81) Knoxville, Tennessee
BURIAL Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
Service #: 16049068
Bronze star Medal (1OLC), Purple Heart Medal (1OLC)

Harold Blaesing from Racine, Wisconsin was the son of naturalized German American immigrants that arrived in the United States around 1882. He was born into a large working family with nine siblings. He attended local Racine schools and graduated from William Horlick High School around 1936. According to Census records, Harold lived in his parent’s home and was employed as a Lithographer for the Western Printing & Lithographing Company in Racine, Wisconsin. At the age of 23, he registered for the selective service from his hometown on 16 October 1940. Almost a year and a half later, Harold was drafted into military service and enlisted as a Private into the United States Army as an Anti-Tank Gun Crewman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 3, 1942. He was initially sent to Fort Leonard wood, Missouri for Basic Training. After his training, PVT Blaesing was assigned to Troop A, 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and departed overseas with his unit on 12 December 1942. He was an Anti-Tank Gunner assigned to Troop E, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron and fought with the Squadron in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy before he was wounded. In one action he was responsible for destroying a hidden enemy pill box, which earned him the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement. Later, T5 Blaesing was wounded in action on 5 November 1944 by shrapnel in both legs from enemy mortar shells. During this event, T5 Blaesing would remain lying on the ground wounded and silent for several hours. He refused evacuation for fear of endangering his comrades trying to rescue him and waiting until it was dark before being evacuated. He was later awarded the Purple Heart Medal for injuries incurred from that action. According to a Wisconsin news report, T5 Blaesing was also awarded a second Bronze Star and Purple Heart (no information discovered) during the war. After recovering from his wounds, T5 Blaesing would return to the United States after 29 months of fighting overseas and would be honorably discharged from the U.S. Army on August 19, 1945. After the war, Harold returned to Racine and was employed by the Western Printing & Lithographing Company.

05/02/2025

Corporal Charles Frank “Moe” Motisi
BIRTH 30 September 1922 Madison, Wisconsin
DEATH 1 November 2004 (aged 82) McFarland, Wisconsin
BURIAL Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin
Service #: 36293108
Bronze Star Medal

Charles F. Motisi from Wisconsin was born in Madison and was the son of Sicilian immigrants that arrived in the United States around 1911. He grew up in Madison and attended Dane county schools, graduating from Madison central High School in 1941. He was a boxer and won the 1942 Golden Gloves Championship. He registered for the draft on 30 June 1942 and was selected for military service induction when he and his brother Tom worked as a truck drivers for the Fred J. Meyer company in Madison. Chuck enlisted as a Private into the United States Army on 29 December 1942 and was shipped to Camp Grant for training. He was shipped overseas to North Africa, where he joined his unit and was assigned to Troop E, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron. From North Africa PVT Motisi sailed and landed in Sicily, fighting with the Squadron through the Sicilian Campaign. While in Sicily, he was found by his brother Tom on the frontline while Chuck was in a Tank. PVT Motisi continued to fight on north with his Troop into Italy and participated 5 campaigns. Corporal Motisi was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action by General Geoffrey Keyes in January 1945. CPL Motisi remained overseas after the war until his return in March 1946. He was discharged from the Army around 8 March 1946 and returned to work as a truck driver. He married after returning from the war and remained in Wisconsin. He retired from the H&M Distributing Company in 1989.

05/02/2025

Private First Class Felix Joseph Sosnowski
BIRTH 11 February 1919 Cleveland, Ohio
DEATH 5 August 2006 (aged 87) Cleveland, Ohio
BURIAL Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
Service #: 35309376
Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal

Felix Sosnowski from Cleveland, Ohio was the son of naturalized Polish American immigrants that arrived to the United States about 1905. His father worked as a laborer in the local steel and wire mills. Felix attended local Cleveland schools with his sisters and was attending college. In October 1940, Felix was employed by the Standard Oil Company when he registered for the selective service in his hometown. He was selected for the draft and completed three years of college when he was inducted. Felix enlisted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry on 11 June 1942. He was sent to basic and advanced training in the Army and later assigned to Troop A, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron. According to his timeline, he most likely joined the Squadron as it was closing up training operations at Camp Young, California or as it arrived to Camp A.P. Hill for additional training. He was shipped overseas with the Squadron in December 1942 and arrived in Casablanca, Morrocco on Christmas Eve, 1942. He spent the next several months training and preparing for combat with his platoon. In April 1943, The Squadron was alerted to move to Tunisia and engage with the German Afrika Corps. He fought through all six campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He fought north through Italy and was wounded in the forearm by enemy artillery shrapnel in July 1944. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement and the Purple Heart Medal for wounds sustained in combat during WW II. PFC Sosnowski returned home to the United States at the end of April 1945 and was honorably discharged from the Army on 7 May 1945. He returned to Cleveland and was employed back in the Oil Industry in Cleveland.

05/02/2025

Technician Fifth Grade Henry Bradford Gentry
BIRTH 30 April 1909 Brazil, Indiana
DEATH 12 June 1965 (aged 56) Brazil, Indiana
BURIAL Summit Lawn Cemetery, Brazil, Indiana
Service #: 35150979
Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal

Henry B. Gentry was born and grew up with his parents and siblings at their home in Brazil, Indiana. His father was locally employed as a coal miner and later an engineer. Henry attended local Clay County schools with his siblings and graduated from the local high school. In 1940 he was employed as a Janitor by the Citizen’s Theater Company in Brazil, Indiana. On 16 October 1940, Henry registered for the Selective Service and was drafted for military service. Henry enlisted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 17 January 1941. He was sent to Fort Bliss, Texas for training and was assigned to the Headquarters and Services Troop, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron as a Combat Medic with the Squadron’s Medical Detachment. He participated in several training events with the Squadron before being sent to the Camp A.P. Hill Military Reservation in Virginia. While he was assigned to Camp A.P. Hill, he married his sweetheart in October 1942. In November, he accompanied the Squadron by rail to New York and New Jersey Harbors to embark onto ships headed to North Africa. On or about 12 December 1942, PVT Gentry was shipped overseas and arrived in Casablanca, Morrocco on 24 December 1942. PVT Gentry served with the Squadron during the Casablanca Conference and in April 1943 was sent to combat in Tunisia. He served honorably during the Tunisian, Sicilian and the Italian Peninsula Campaigns. While serving as a Medic, T/5 Gentry was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during his service overseas and according to military medical files, he was wounded by small arms fire when he was struck by a bullet on the hand in September 1944 awarding him the Purple Heart Medal. According to transport records, T/5 Gentry departed Naples, Italy on 27 February 1945 returned home to the United States aboard the USS General William M. Black and arrived in New York Harbor on 12 March 1945. Following his return from the war, he was discharged from the United States Army on 21 June 1945. T/5 Gentry returned to his hometown and returned to his previous employment with the Citizen’s Theater Company in Brazil, Indiana.

22/01/2025

Major Charles Joseph Vorce, Jr.
Birth 15 September 1921 San Francisco, California
Death 30 January 2005 Austin, Texas
Burial Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas
Service #: 19085103, O-1031375, A01031375
Bronze Star Medal

Charles Vorce was born on 15 September 1921 and lived with his parents in San Francisco before moving to Alameda, California in 1937. In Alameda he attended local schools and graduated from Alameda High School in 1940. Charles joined the Citizens Military Training Camp in July 1940 at Fort Ord, California, after finishing high school. He attended the San Francisco Junior College for 1-year and was a Cadet Lieutenant in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). At the age of 20, Charles registered for the selective service from his home in Alameda on 15 February 1942 and was selected by the draft in April. He joined the United States Army Cavalry as a Private on 6 May 1942 and attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas. While at Fort Riley, he participated in an Army cavalry recruiting film used to educate new enlistees. In October, Charles was admitted to Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley and subsequently commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Cavalry following his father’s footsteps as a Cavalry Officer. His first assignment as a Lieutenant was at the Fort Riley Cavalry Replacement Center. He was shipped overseas to North Africa in May or June 1943, joined the 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron and served during the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. 2LT Vorce fought at the Battle of Monte Casino with the Squadron, later assigned to the 88th Infantry Division, and served with the 350th Infantry Regiment towards the end of the war. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal during WWII and returned to the United States on 12 June 1945. After the war, 1LT Vorce was reassigned to Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, becoming part of the U.S. Air Force with its creation as a separate branch of service in 1947. CPT served as an Airforce officer during the Korean War and in various postings during his career. MAJ Vorce served 22 years in the military and retired from the USAF at Langley Air Force Base on 31 July 1964.

11/09/2024

First Lieutenant Richard Lewis “Buck” Buckingham Jr.
BIRTH 28 August 1920 Wilmington, Delaware
DEATH 16 May 1972 (aged 51) Wilmington, Delaware
BURIAL Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Service #: 32484561
Bronze Star Medal (1OLC), Purple Heart Medal

Richard Buckingham was born and raised with his siblings in Wilmington, Delaware before his parents moved to Deepwater, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, Richard was employed at the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont Chemical Co.), where his father, a veteran of WW I, was also employed manufacturing gun powder. When Richard was 21 years old, he registered for the selective service in Salem County, New Jersey on 18 September 1941. The exact date of his induction into the United States Army Cavalry and his arrival in the Mediterranean Theater of Operation is unknown. However, CPL Buckingham did serve in Italy and was wounded in action while fighting in Italy in May 1944. He was struck in the forearm by enemy indirect fire shrapnel and later returned to duty. CPL Buckingham was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic action when he maneuvered his 5-man patrol under fire to emplace a machine gun team and destroy a similar enemy position. In October or November 1944, while leading a probing patrol behind enemy lines, SGT Buckingham and his men were responsible for capturing two enemy machinegun squads, 14 enemy soldiers, and being awarded an oak leaf cluster for his Bronze Star Medal. During the War he was also awarded with a Battlefield Commission during the intense fighting of the Italian Campaign. After World War II, 2LT Buckingham was sent to Germany and served with the Constabulary Force in Stuttgart, Germany until he returned to the United States as a First Lieutenant in 1948. When he returned home he continued to serve and reenlisted as a Master Sergeant in the Army for a few more years, later working for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division and Counterintelligence Corps.

10/09/2024

Staff Sergeant Lyndon Earl “Frank” Marshall
BIRTH 13 Dec 1914 Forbes, North Dakota
DEATH 10 Sep 2003 Mesa, Arizona
BURIAL Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton, Mercer, New Jersey
Service #: 38115976
Silver Star Medal (2OLC), Bronze Star Medal (1OLC)

Lyndon Marshall, a.k.a. Frank, was born and raised along with his siblings in Forbes, North Dakota. His parents were farmers and originally from Iowa. Lyndon and his siblings attended local schools and he graduated from Forbes High School in 1932. He went on to become a well-known horse breaker, trader, and professional cowboy (rider). He became a lifetime member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and was inducted into the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame shortly before his passing. He was a well-known Bull Rider in the rodeo circuit and ranked 4th in the world. Lyndon registered for the selective service when he was 25 years old on 18 October 1940 while working as a Ranch Hand in Dickey County, North Dakota. He indicated that he was employed as a Rodeo Contestant in his registration form and was living in Forbs, North Dakota. He was later inducted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry on 3 June 1942 in Dallas, Texas. Private Marshall was ship to Fort Riley, Kansas for basic and advanced cavalry training. He went through horse cavalry training around the same time that Fred H. Salter was at Fort Riley, Kansas and mentions him in his book, “Recon Scout.” PVT Marshall joined the Squadron en route to the ports of embarkation and was assigned to the 91st Reconnaissance Squadron. He was assigned to 3rd Platoon of Troop B, and participated in the North African, Sicilian, and Italian Campaigns. He rapidly rose in rank and fought in all six campaigns with the same Troop. By the end of the war, Lyndon had been promoted to Staff Sergeant and was honorably discharged on 19 July 1945. According to his obituary, SSG Marshall rescued wounded U.S. soldiers while under fire, captured enemy soldiers whose intelligence aided the Allies, and he prevented a burning munitions truck from exploding. SSG Marshall was one of the most decorated Soldiers in the Squadron with three Silver Star Medals, Two Bronze Star Medals and the Good Conduct Medal, the Europe- Middle East- Africa Campaign Medal and the French Croix de Guerre. After the war, Frank enrolled into North Dakota Agricultural College under the GI Bill and earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1951. He worked as an engineer in several states and for several organizations before his retirement in 1983.

09/09/2024

Technician Fourth Grade Harvey John Mattson
BIRTH 15 August 1920 Chisholm, Minnesota
DEATH 22 June 2005 Duluth, Minnesota
BURIAL Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Minnesota
Service #:
Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal

Harvey Mattson was born in Minnesota and grew up there living with his mother and older brother Arnie. Harvey’s parents were immigrants from Finland, arriving in the United States around 1913. His father was employed as a local miner before he passed away in 1927. Harvey and his brother were raised by their mother and attended local St. Louis County schools. Harvey graduated from Chisholm High School in 1938 and was later employed as a Truck Driver. At the time of his registration for the selective service on 16 October 1940, Harvey was employed by the United States Government Civilian Conservation Corps in the vicinity of Side Lake, Minnesota. He enlisted 5 months after his older brother as a Private into the United States Army Tank Corps on 2 December 1942. After his basic training, PVT Mattson was shipped overseas in 1943 and assigned to Company F, 91st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. He fought overseas and was awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action. T4 Mattson was also wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart Medal. At the end of the war, T4 Mattson returned to Minnesota and was honorably discharged from the Army on 14 October 1945. After the war he married his wife Hazel in December 1947 and went to work for the Minnesota Highway Department as a Driver’s License Examiner.

07/09/2024

Sergeant Joseph Anthony Mammone, Jr.
BIRTH 4 November 1916 Oneida, New York
DEATH 4 November 1999 (aged 82–83) Fayetteville, New York
BURIAL Saint Patrick’s Cemetery Oneida, New York
Service #: 32026686
Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal

Joseph “Joe” Mammone was born in Oneida, New York and grew up there with his family. His parents immigrated to the United States from Italy between 1903 and 1913 and were later naturalized as Americans. He attended local schools and graduated from the Oneida High School around 1934. In the 1940 Census, it was recorded that Joseph lived at home with his family and was employed by the Oneida Limited Company as a Metal Worker. Later that year he registered for the selective service from his hometown on 16 October 1940. He was selected by the draft and inducted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry on 7 February 1941 at Syracuse, New York. After completing his training, he was sent to Fort Bliss, Texas and was assigned to Troop C, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division in 1941. He would participate in all of the pre-war training with the Squadron in Louisiana and at the Desert Training Center in Indio, California from April to August 1942. He would embark in New York and be shipped with the Squadron to Casablanca, Morocco, arriving on 24 December 1942. He fought with 3rd Platoon, Troop C, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy for the duration of the war. In May 1944 during the Rome to Arno Campaign, SGT Mammone was working with the combat engineers when he was wounded in the eyes by shrapnel from a b***y trapped mine while fighting in Italy. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal for his wounds and later the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action while under enemy fire in 1944. After serving 28 months overseas, SGT Mammone was sent home to the United States due to his injuries and was honorably discharged from the Army on 20 June 1945. SGT Mammone is also featured in the World War II book, “Recon Scout”, by Fred H. Salter. After the war he ended up retiring from federal civilian service working as a purchasing agent at the Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, New York.

06/09/2024

Sergeant Foster Gael Frye
BIRTH 1 August 1914 Wright, Indiana
DEATH 12 January 1986 (aged 71) Indianapolis, Indiana
BURIAL Dale Cemetery, Connersville, Indiana
Service #: 35151062
Silver Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal

Foster Frye grew up attending local schools in Sullivan County, Indiana in the early 1930’s where he lived with his parents and siblings. His father supported their family employed as a coal miner in his younger years and later as a farmer in Indiana. In 1940 Foster lived with his parents on their farm in Greene County, Indiana and was self-employed as an Enameller and farm hand. When he was 26 years old, Foster registered for the selective service on 16 October 1940 and enlisted as a Private into the United States Army Cavalry from Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 18 January 1941. PVT Frye was assigned to ride motorcycles in Troop C, 91st Reconnaissance Squadron and shipped overseas to Casablanca, Morocco on 12 December 1942. His unit arrived in North Africa on 24 December and spent the next few months preparing and training to move to the front. His unit departed Petit Jean on 4 April 1943 and conducted a vehicle road march across North Africa and arrived 5-1/2 days later in Algeria. His unit was committed to combat on 18 April 1943 and fought until the end of the campaign on 9 May 1943. He served with the Squadron through North Africa, Sicily and until the end of the war in Northern Italy. He was wounded twice during the war, once in the leg in June 1944 while fighting in Italy. He served in all six of the major campaigns that the Squadron fought in. In Italy he was promoted to Sergeant serving as a scout section leader, when his unit operating behind enemy lines, captured 14 German soldiers while on patrol. He was later awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action. At the end of the war, after 31 months overseas and six major campaigns, SGT Foster was shipped home and honorably discharged from the Army on 14 June 1945. He returned home, got married, and worked at a refrigerator factory repairing machines in Connersville, Indiana. He later became a Power House Engineer for Ford in the aerospace industry.

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