The Longest Day for the Long Gray Line
Remembering West Point Grads on D-Day
We honor members of the Long Gray Line who were in assault units in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click on the links to learn more. Contact Desrae.Gibby@wpaog.org to contribute names and stories.
| Class | Last, First | Unit | Award earned on D-Day | Interment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Barton, Raymond | 4th ID CG | DSM | Augusta, GA |
| 1915 | Bradley, Omar | US First Army CG | DSM | Arlington |
| 1915 | Van Fleet, James | 4th ID 8th IN CDR | DSC | Arlington |
| 1917 | Cota, Norman | 29th ID | DSC | West Point |
| 1917 | Fales, Clarke | 90th 359th | Arlington | |
| 1917 | Gerhardt, Charles | 29th CG | DSM | Winter Park, FL |
| 1917 | Goode, Paul | 29th 175th CO | SS | Arlington |
| 1917 | Ridgway, Matthew | 82nd CG | DSC | Arlington |
| 1918 | March, Francis | 82nd Divarty CG | SS | Fort Sam Houston, TX |
| 1919 | McAuliffe, Anthony | 101st DCG | SS | Arlington |
| 1919 | Wyman, Willard | 1st ID Assis. Div CDR | DSC | Arlington |
| 1922 | Taylor, George | 1st ID 16th CDR | DSC | West Point |
| 1922 | Taylor, Maxwell | 101st CG | DSC, DSM | Arlington |
| 1923 | Howell, George | 82nd DCO | Congaree, SC | |
| 1924 | Eaton, Ralph | 82nd CS | Asheville, NC | |
| 1926 | Charles, Canham | 29th 116th CDR | Arlington | |
| 1926 | Reeder, Russell | 4th ID 12th IN CDR | DSC | West Point |
| 1927 | Moseley, George | 101st 502nd PIR CDR | PH, LM | Franklin Co, MA |
| 1927 | Sink, Robert | 101st 506th CDR | SS | Arlington |
| 1928 | Jack, George | 82nd G2 | Shreveport, LA | |
| 1928 | King, Charles* | VII Corps G2 | Normandy | |
| 1928 | Upham, John | 743rd Tank BN CO | DSC | Arlington |
| 1929 | Gavin, James | 82nd ACG | DSC | West Point |
| 1929 | Millett, George Jr. | 82nd 507th PIR CO | SS | Arlington |
| 1929 | Seitz, John | 1st 26th CDR | SS | Arlington |
| 1929 | Thompson, Paul | 6th Engineer Special BN | DSC | West Point |
| 1930 | Gibbs, George | 1st ID 7th FA | DSC | West Point |
| 1930 | Lindquist, Roy | 82nd 508th CO | West Point | |
| 1930 | Millener, Raymond | 101st G3 | DSC | Lorraine, France |
| 1930 | Moore, Ned | 101st G1 | SS | Arlington |
| 1931 | Boyd, Richard | 82nd 1/325 GL IN BN CDR | Arlington | |
| 1931 | Kohls, Carl | 101st G4 | Ft. Bliss, TX | |
| 1931 | Mathews, John** | 1st ID 16th BN CDR | DSC | Normandy |
| 1931 | Troxel, Orlando | 4th ID G3 | Arlington | |
| 1932 | Brumby, Sewell | 4th ID 1/22nd IN | BSM | Athens, GA |
| 1932 | Carrell, Charles | Mimosa | ||
| 1932 | McQuade, Bernard** | 58th FA BN(Armored) | LM, SS, PH | Arlington |
| 1932 | Spengler, Daniel* | 1110ECG PlAR | SS | West Point |
| 1932 | Welborn, John | 70th Tank BN | DSC | West Point |
| 1933 | Blatt, Richard | 29th 1/115th | SS | Cambridge, England |
| 1933 | Chase, Charles | 101st 506th PIR XO | SS | West Point |
| 1933 | Gibb, Frederick | 1st ID G3 | LM | Arlington |
| 1933 | Harris, William | HQ 12Argp; G-3 section | LM | Fort Sam Houston |
| 1935 | Batcheller, Herbert* | 82nd 508th PIR | Normandy | |
| 1935 | Metcalfe, John | 29th ID 1/116th | BSM, PH | Cambridge, England |
| 1935 | Murdoch, Francis | 1st ID 1/26 CDR | SS | Arlington |
| 1936 | Godfray, Leonard** | 1st ID 16th S4 | SS, PH | Normandy |
| 1936 | Kellam, Frederick** | 82nd 505th PIR | SS, PH | San Antonio, TX |
| 1936 | Michaelis, John | 101st 502nd CO | SS | Arlington |
| 1937 | Palmer, Robert | 82nd 307th EnBN | POW | Arlington |
| 1938 | Corley, John | 1st ID 3/26th CDR | SS, DSC 43 | Columbia, SC |
| 1938 | Ekman, William | 82nd 505th CDR | SS | West Point |
| 1938 | Jackson, Charles | 4th ID 1/12th IN CDR | DSC | Mt. Pleasant, SC |
| 1938 | Maloney, Arthur | 82nd 507th PIR XO | DSC 9 Jun | Avon, CT |
| 1938 | Swenson, John | 82nd 2/325 Glider IN company CDR | DSC | Sturgis, SD |
| 1938 | Wolverton, Robert** | 101st 506 PIR 3rd BN CDR | LM, PH | West Point |
| 1938 | York, Robert | 1st ID 1/18th | West Point | |
| 1939 | Carvey, James | 1st ID 3/26th XO | SS, PH | Lubbock, TX |
| 1939 | Cole, Robert* | 101st 502nd PIR CDR | MH, PH | Netherlands |
| 1939 | Ewell, Julian | 101st 501st BN CDR | SS (DSC later) | Arlington |
| 1939 | Kinnard, Harry | 101st, 1/501st PIR CDR | SS | Arlington |
| 1939 | Medusky, John | 82nd DIVARTY | West Point | |
| 1939 | Meyer, John | 4th 8th IN 1st BN | SS | Arlington |
| 1939 | Ostberg, Edwin | 82nd 507th BN CDR | DSC | Newburgh |
| 1939 | Ploger, Robert | 29th 121st EN BN | SS | West Point |
| 1939 | Scott, Stanley | 17th FA Gp FA Obsn Bn | SS | Normandy |
| 1939 | Shanley, Thomas | 82nd 508th PIR 2nd BN CDR | SS | Orange, CA |
| 1939 | Turner, William | 101st 506th 1Bn CDR | DSC, PH | Normandy |
| 1940 | Bennett, Donald | 62nd Armored FA BN | DSC | West Point |
| 1940 | Bingham, Sidney | 29th 116th 2nd BN CDR | DSC | West Point |
| 1940 | Colacicco, Frank | 1st ID 3/18th XO | SS | West Point |
| 1940 | LeGere, Laurence | 101st Assis. G3 | SS, PH | West Point |
| 1940 | McGinity, James** | 505th PIR | SS, PH | Normandy |
| 1940 | Mendez, Louis | 82nd 508th PIR BN CDR | DSC | Arlington |
| 1940 | Winton, Walter | 82nd G3 sec/G2 | SS | Arlington |
| 1941 | Adams, Jonathan | 82nd 508th PIR Co CDR | SS | Indiantown Gap, PA |
| 1941 | Gardner, William** | 29th 116th 1st BN | PH | Arlington |
| 1941 | Hoge, William | 1st ID; 7th FA | SS | Pullman, WA |
| 1941 | Kaiser, James | 82nd 505th PIR BN CDR | DSC 1945 | |
| 1941 | Lee, John | V Corps | Wilkes-Barre, PA | |
| 1941 | Monson, Nelson | 82nd 507th | ||
| 1941 | Myers, Francis | 82nd | Arlington | |
| 1941 | Norton, John | 82nd 505th BN CO and G3 | LM | West Point |
| 1942 | Parker, August* | 90th 359th | Arlington | |
| 1942 | Simpson, Radcliffe† | 82nd 319 GldrFABN | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1943JAN | Bullard, Robert | 1st ID PL | West Point | |
| 1943JAN | Chambliss, Turner** | 101st 506th PIR PL | BSMv | West Point |
| 1943JAN | Dulaney, Jack | 101st 502nd PIR | Arlington | |
| 1943JAN | Eberle, George** | 101st 502 PIR | DSC, PH | Normandy |
| 1943JAN | Freeman, James* | 82nd 507th PIR | BSM PH | Arlington |
| 1943JAN | Hogrefe, Walter | 101st ABNENG | West Point | |
| 1943JAN | Mills, Benjamin Jr. | 4th ID 8th IN Co CDR | SS later | Marion, SC |
| 1943JAN | Raaen, John | 5th Ranger BN HHC | SS | LIVING |
| 1943JAN | Roberts, Elvy | 101st 501st PIR | BSM | San Francisco, CA |
| 1943JAN | Saari, Albert | 926th Aviation ? | Arlington | |
| 1943JAN | Shaw, Franklin | 4th ID 22nd PLT LDR | BSM | Arlington |
| 1943JUN | Beach, John | 1st ID 16th PL | San Bruno, CA | |
| 1943JUN | Cobb, John | 82nd 505th PIR | San Antonio, TX | |
| 1943JUN | Greene, James | 5th Ranger BN | SS | Annville, PA |
| 1943JUN | Hecker, Warren | 29th | Arlington | |
| 1949 | Bush, William | 82nd 508th | Pusan, Korea |
*KIA
**KIA on D-Day
†DOW