Birthdates & Birthplaces for Band of Brothers and The Pacific characters
Post-war locations of BoB/TP characters + Birthdates and Birthplaces
[West:]
California
Jay De L'Eau [July 29 1923]
lived in Redding, California post-war
Burton “Pat” Christenson [July 23 1922]
born in Oakland, California, eventual move to Alameda, California
Enlistment Record
Joseph Liebgott [May 17 1915]
born in Detroit, Michigan. moved to Oakland, California and then San Francisco, California pre-war
post-war lived in San Fran & Los Angeles & Santa Barbara
+ parents from Austria. Jewish if you go by tv!canon
Enlistment Record
Charles “Chuck” Grant [1922]
born in Pennsylvania, lived in Los Angeles, California
post-war lived in San Francisco (owning tobacco shop)
Enlistment Record
Lynn “Buck” Compton [December 31 1921]
Los Angeles, California
Lena Basilone [March 7 1913]
born in Portland, Oregon
post-war lived in Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California
+ Italian immigrant parents
Joseph Dominguez [April 3 1923]
Santa Barbara, California
Enlistment Record
Oregon
Donald Malarkey [July 31 1921]
Astoria, Oregon
+ Irish Catholic
Enlistment Record
Washington
Earl McClung [April 27 1923]
born at Colville Indian Reservation, Inchelium, Washington
eventual move to Colorado post-war
Enlistment Record
Thomas Peacock [October 9 1923]
Tacoma, Washington (went to Washington State University)
Wyoming
Alton More [April 22 1920]
Casper, Wyoming
+ son of saloon owner
Enlistment Record
Antonio Garcia [January 17 1925]
Cheyenne, Wyoming
+Replacement after Normandy
Enlistment Record
[Midwest:]
Illinois
Lew “Chuckler” Juergens [October 22 1918]
Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Sobel [January 26 1912]
Chicago, Illinois
+ Jewish
Herb Suerth Jr [October 28 1924]
Chicago, Illinois
+ Catholic, father of German descent
Frank Perconte [March 10 1917]
Joliet, Illinois (raised; lived after war) (but worked in steel mill in Gary, Indiana after high school)
+ Italian Catholic, father ran a saloon (father died in 1929)
Enlistment Record
Michigan
Edward Tipper [August 3rd 1921]
raised in Detroit, Michigan
post-war: studied at Uni of Michigan & University of Northern Colorado, got teaching job in Jefferson County in CO
+ parents were Irish immigrants; lived in Ireland from ages 3-6
Enlistment Record
Indiana
Floyd Talbert [August 26 1923]
Kokomo, Indiana [eventually settled in Redding, California]
Enlistment Record
Bill “Hoosier” Smith [January 14 1922]
Loogootee, Indiana
Ohio
John Martin [May 12 1922]
Colombus, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Minnesota
Ronald Gibson [April 6 1922]
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
[South:]
West Virginia
Wayne “Skinny” Sisk [March 4 1922]
Herndon, Wyoming County, West Virginia
Enlistment Record
Carwood Lipton [January 30 1920]
Huntington, West Virginia [enrolled in Marshall University]
[also moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey; London; Toledo, Ohio; & Southern Pines, North Carolina]
+ scottish
Enlistment Record
Virginia
Darrell “Shifty” Powers [March 13 1923]
Clinchco, Dickenson County, Virginia
+ father was a coal miner
Enlistment Record
Robert “Popeye” Wynn [July 10 1921]
South Hill, Virginia
Enlistment Record
Edward Shames [June 13 1922]
Norfolk, Virginia
Enlistment Record
North Carolina
Robert Sink [April 3 1905]
born in Lexington, North Carolina
attended Duke University & transferred to West Point
Alabama
Sidney Phillips [September 2 1924]
Mobile, Alabama
Eugene Sledge [November 4 1924]
Mobile, Alabama
Mississippi
Walter “Smokey” Gordon [April 15 1920]
born in Jackson, Mississippi,
post-war moved to Lafayette, Louisiana (had also been in Hammond, Lousiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Enlistment Record
Arkansas
Denver “Bull” Randleman [November 20 1920]
grew up in Rector, Arkansas (worked in Michigan during high school)
post-war attended trade school; became contractor in Louisiana
Enlistment Record
James "Moe" Alley [July 20 1922]
Mount Ida, Arkansas
Enlistment Record
Louisiana
Eugene Roe [October 17 1922]
Bayou Chene, Louisiana (moved to Baton Rouge post-war)
+ Cajun
Enlistment Record
Merriell “Snafu” Shelton [January 21 1922]
St. Francisville, Louisiana [ 1] (eventual move to Jackson, LA)
+ Cajun
Texas
R.V. Burgin [August 13 1922]
Jewett, Texas
[Northeast:]
Maine
Ronald Speirs [April 20, 1920]
born in Edinburgh, Scotland, grew up in Portland, Maine [eventual move to Montana]
Lester “Leo” Hashey [February 23 1925]
South Portland, Maine
+Replacement after Normandy
Enlistment Record
Massachusetts
Frederick “Moose” Heyliger [June 23 1916]
Concord, Massachusetts
Enlistment Record (prior Air Corps record)
Partick O’Keefe [April 3 1926]
Northampton, Massachusetts
+ joined Easy in March 1945
New Hampshire
Hugh Corrigan [February 19 1920]
went to Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire.
post-war Ithaca, New York
Pennsylvania
Jack Foley [1922]
Brookline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Harry Welsh [September 27 1918]
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
+ Irish
Enlistment Record
Joseph Toye [March 14 1919]
Hughestown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Reading, Pennslyvania
+ Irish, father was a coal miner
(recovered from injury in Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Enlistment Record
Joseph Lesniewski [August 29 1920]
Erie, Pennslyvania
+ parents were Polish immigrants, spoke fluent Polish
Enlistment Record
Robert Strayer [March 2 1912]
born Rutledge, Pennslyvania.
post-war lived in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania and eventually St. Petersburg, Florida
Amos "Buck" Taylor
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania [1920]
Enlistment Record
Albert Blithe [June 25 1923]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Record
Ralph Spina [October 5 1919]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [eventaul move to Forth Worth, Texas]
+ Italian
Enlistment Record
Edward “Babe” Heffron [May 16 1923]
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+ Irish Catholic
Enlistment Records
William Guarnere [April 28 1923]
South Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
+ Italian Catholic
Enlistment Record
Richard Winters [January 21 1918]
grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
post-war: New Brunswick, New Jersey; Hershey, Pennslyvania
+ mother had Mennonite background [ 1]
Enlistment Record
New Jersey
Robert Leckie [December 18 1920]
[born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey
+ Irish Catholic
Lewis Nixon [September 20 1918]
grew up in New York City, New York and Montecito, California
post-war: Nixon, New Jersey -> New Brunswick, New Jersey (spent time in San Francisco, California as well [ 1])
Enlistment Record
New York
Wilbur “Bud” “Runner” Conley [July 19 1921]
Buffalo, New York
Bill Leyden [May 27 1926]
Brooklyn, New York
David Webster [June 2 1922]
born in New York City, New York; educated at The Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut; studied some at Harvard
worked for Wall Street Journal; then LA newspaper (lived near Santa Monica coast)
Roy Cobb [June 18 1914]
Niagara, New York
Norman Dike [May 19 1918]
raised in New York (graduated from Brown University; earned law degree from Yale University after war)
Rhode Island
George Luz [June 17 1921]
born in Fall River, Massachusetts, grew up in West Warwick, Rhode Island
+ Portuguese
Enlistment Record
+ visual map (uncompleted)
casualty list (by order):
William Evans [1910 - June 6 1944]
Harris County, Texas
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Thomas Meehan [July 8 1921 - June 6 1944]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casualty List
Robert Oswalt [1926 - September 16 1944]
Pasadena, California
Casualty List
Robert Van Klinken [October 31 1919 - September 20 1944]
born Loomis, Washington; moved to Twisp, eventually lived in Kitsap County.
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
William Dukeman [September 3 1921 - October 5 1944]
Strasburg, Colorado (worked in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a teen)
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Edward “Hillbilly” Jones [May 1917 - October 10 1944]
Whiteford, Maryland (buried in Delta, Pennsylvania)
Casualty List
Andrew “Ack-Ack” Haldane [August 22 1917 - October 12 1944]
born in Lawrence, Massachusetts; grew up in Methuen, Massachusetts
Casualty List
John Julian [1924 - January 1 1945]
Sipsey, Alabama
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Donald Hoobler [November 9 1923 - January 3 1945]
Manchester, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Warren “Skip” Muck [January 31 1922 - January 10 1945]
Tonawanda, New York
+ german
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Alex Penkala [August 30 1922 - January 10 1945]
born in Michigan, grew up in South Bend, Indiana
+ polish, catholic
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Francis Mellett [1920 - January 13 1945]
Brooklyn, New York
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Kenneth Webb [1920 - January 13 1945]
Broome County, New York
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Harold Webb [1925 - January 13 1945]
Clermont County, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
William Kiehn [1921 - February 10 1945]
born in Minnesota, grew up in Kistap, Washington
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Eugene Jackson [1925 - February 15 1945]
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Record [lied about age, joined at 15]
Casualty List
John Basilone [November 4 1916 - February 19 1945]
born Buffalo, New York, grew up Raritan Town, New Jersey
Casualty List
Sources used include:
Social Security Death Index [now available here and here]
The National Archives
Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, Stephen Ambrose (cross-referenced with material from other sources published since, including notes from remaining family members of the soldiers)
Band of Brothers, TV Mini-series, end of show notes & Field Guide information about characters
We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers, Marcus Brotherton
Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
Islands Of The Damned: A Marine At War In The Pacific, Cpl. R.V. Burgin
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Major Dick Winters with Colonel Cole C. Kingseed
Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends, William Guarnere, Babe Heffron & Robyn Post
Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers, LT Lynn Buck Compton with Marcus Brotherton
Helmet for My Pillow, Robert Leckie
Earl McClung's Official Website
Men of Easy Company
Findagrave.com
Easy Company roster on wiki
Memories of Easy Company
The Life of Lena Basilone
...etc, etc, various sites for brief things. There was a lot of sleuthing!
Also, note, a little bit of this was some pretty heavy guesswork -- for example, there's almost no information on Ronnie Gibson, but by checking the social security death index, there was only one Ronald Gibson born in the timeframe for the age he would have been -- so, this may not have actually been him, but there's a high chance it is. And since these are things that're meant to be handy in fandom/ficcing context, all information is handy!
I tried to get down everyone who I could at least find a general birth date/birth place for. If I couldn't find any information on someone, I didn't add them to the list. If I find info in the future, I'll definitely add people!
[West:]
California
Jay De L'Eau [July 29 1923]
lived in Redding, California post-war
Burton “Pat” Christenson [July 23 1922]
born in Oakland, California, eventual move to Alameda, California
Enlistment Record
Joseph Liebgott [May 17 1915]
born in Detroit, Michigan. moved to Oakland, California and then San Francisco, California pre-war
post-war lived in San Fran & Los Angeles & Santa Barbara
+ parents from Austria. Jewish if you go by tv!canon
Enlistment Record
Charles “Chuck” Grant [1922]
born in Pennsylvania, lived in Los Angeles, California
post-war lived in San Francisco (owning tobacco shop)
Enlistment Record
Lynn “Buck” Compton [December 31 1921]
Los Angeles, California
Lena Basilone [March 7 1913]
born in Portland, Oregon
post-war lived in Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California
+ Italian immigrant parents
Joseph Dominguez [April 3 1923]
Santa Barbara, California
Enlistment Record
Oregon
Donald Malarkey [July 31 1921]
Astoria, Oregon
+ Irish Catholic
Enlistment Record
Washington
Earl McClung [April 27 1923]
born at Colville Indian Reservation, Inchelium, Washington
eventual move to Colorado post-war
Enlistment Record
Thomas Peacock [October 9 1923]
Tacoma, Washington (went to Washington State University)
Wyoming
Alton More [April 22 1920]
Casper, Wyoming
+ son of saloon owner
Enlistment Record
Antonio Garcia [January 17 1925]
Cheyenne, Wyoming
+Replacement after Normandy
Enlistment Record
[Midwest:]
Illinois
Lew “Chuckler” Juergens [October 22 1918]
Chicago, Illinois
Herbert Sobel [January 26 1912]
Chicago, Illinois
+ Jewish
Herb Suerth Jr [October 28 1924]
Chicago, Illinois
+ Catholic, father of German descent
Frank Perconte [March 10 1917]
Joliet, Illinois (raised; lived after war) (but worked in steel mill in Gary, Indiana after high school)
+ Italian Catholic, father ran a saloon (father died in 1929)
Enlistment Record
Michigan
Edward Tipper [August 3rd 1921]
raised in Detroit, Michigan
post-war: studied at Uni of Michigan & University of Northern Colorado, got teaching job in Jefferson County in CO
+ parents were Irish immigrants; lived in Ireland from ages 3-6
Enlistment Record
Indiana
Floyd Talbert [August 26 1923]
Kokomo, Indiana [eventually settled in Redding, California]
Enlistment Record
Bill “Hoosier” Smith [January 14 1922]
Loogootee, Indiana
Ohio
John Martin [May 12 1922]
Colombus, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Minnesota
Ronald Gibson [April 6 1922]
Crow Wing County, Minnesota
[South:]
West Virginia
Wayne “Skinny” Sisk [March 4 1922]
Herndon, Wyoming County, West Virginia
Enlistment Record
Carwood Lipton [January 30 1920]
Huntington, West Virginia [enrolled in Marshall University]
[also moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey; London; Toledo, Ohio; & Southern Pines, North Carolina]
+ scottish
Enlistment Record
Virginia
Darrell “Shifty” Powers [March 13 1923]
Clinchco, Dickenson County, Virginia
+ father was a coal miner
Enlistment Record
Robert “Popeye” Wynn [July 10 1921]
South Hill, Virginia
Enlistment Record
Edward Shames [June 13 1922]
Norfolk, Virginia
Enlistment Record
North Carolina
Robert Sink [April 3 1905]
born in Lexington, North Carolina
attended Duke University & transferred to West Point
Alabama
Sidney Phillips [September 2 1924]
Mobile, Alabama
Eugene Sledge [November 4 1924]
Mobile, Alabama
Mississippi
Walter “Smokey” Gordon [April 15 1920]
born in Jackson, Mississippi,
post-war moved to Lafayette, Louisiana (had also been in Hammond, Lousiana and Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
Enlistment Record
Arkansas
Denver “Bull” Randleman [November 20 1920]
grew up in Rector, Arkansas (worked in Michigan during high school)
post-war attended trade school; became contractor in Louisiana
Enlistment Record
James "Moe" Alley [July 20 1922]
Mount Ida, Arkansas
Enlistment Record
Louisiana
Eugene Roe [October 17 1922]
Bayou Chene, Louisiana (moved to Baton Rouge post-war)
+ Cajun
Enlistment Record
Merriell “Snafu” Shelton [January 21 1922]
St. Francisville, Louisiana [ 1] (eventual move to Jackson, LA)
+ Cajun
Texas
R.V. Burgin [August 13 1922]
Jewett, Texas
[Northeast:]
Maine
Ronald Speirs [April 20, 1920]
born in Edinburgh, Scotland, grew up in Portland, Maine [eventual move to Montana]
Lester “Leo” Hashey [February 23 1925]
South Portland, Maine
+Replacement after Normandy
Enlistment Record
Massachusetts
Frederick “Moose” Heyliger [June 23 1916]
Concord, Massachusetts
Enlistment Record (prior Air Corps record)
Partick O’Keefe [April 3 1926]
Northampton, Massachusetts
+ joined Easy in March 1945
New Hampshire
Hugh Corrigan [February 19 1920]
went to Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire.
post-war Ithaca, New York
Pennsylvania
Jack Foley [1922]
Brookline, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Harry Welsh [September 27 1918]
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
+ Irish
Enlistment Record
Joseph Toye [March 14 1919]
Hughestown, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Reading, Pennslyvania
+ Irish, father was a coal miner
(recovered from injury in Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Enlistment Record
Joseph Lesniewski [August 29 1920]
Erie, Pennslyvania
+ parents were Polish immigrants, spoke fluent Polish
Enlistment Record
Robert Strayer [March 2 1912]
born Rutledge, Pennslyvania.
post-war lived in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania and eventually St. Petersburg, Florida
Amos "Buck" Taylor
Philadelphia, Pennslyvania [1920]
Enlistment Record
Albert Blithe [June 25 1923]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Record
Ralph Spina [October 5 1919]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [eventaul move to Forth Worth, Texas]
+ Italian
Enlistment Record
Edward “Babe” Heffron [May 16 1923]
South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
+ Irish Catholic
Enlistment Records
William Guarnere [April 28 1923]
South Philadelphia, Pennslyvania
+ Italian Catholic
Enlistment Record
Richard Winters [January 21 1918]
grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania;
post-war: New Brunswick, New Jersey; Hershey, Pennslyvania
+ mother had Mennonite background [ 1]
Enlistment Record
New Jersey
Robert Leckie [December 18 1920]
[born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] grew up in Rutherford, New Jersey
+ Irish Catholic
Lewis Nixon [September 20 1918]
grew up in New York City, New York and Montecito, California
post-war: Nixon, New Jersey -> New Brunswick, New Jersey (spent time in San Francisco, California as well [ 1])
Enlistment Record
New York
Wilbur “Bud” “Runner” Conley [July 19 1921]
Buffalo, New York
Bill Leyden [May 27 1926]
Brooklyn, New York
David Webster [June 2 1922]
born in New York City, New York; educated at The Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut; studied some at Harvard
worked for Wall Street Journal; then LA newspaper (lived near Santa Monica coast)
Roy Cobb [June 18 1914]
Niagara, New York
Norman Dike [May 19 1918]
raised in New York (graduated from Brown University; earned law degree from Yale University after war)
Rhode Island
George Luz [June 17 1921]
born in Fall River, Massachusetts, grew up in West Warwick, Rhode Island
+ Portuguese
Enlistment Record
+ visual map (uncompleted)
casualty list (by order):
William Evans [1910 - June 6 1944]
Harris County, Texas
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Thomas Meehan [July 8 1921 - June 6 1944]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Casualty List
Robert Oswalt [1926 - September 16 1944]
Pasadena, California
Casualty List
Robert Van Klinken [October 31 1919 - September 20 1944]
born Loomis, Washington; moved to Twisp, eventually lived in Kitsap County.
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
William Dukeman [September 3 1921 - October 5 1944]
Strasburg, Colorado (worked in Cheyenne, Wyoming as a teen)
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Edward “Hillbilly” Jones [May 1917 - October 10 1944]
Whiteford, Maryland (buried in Delta, Pennsylvania)
Casualty List
Andrew “Ack-Ack” Haldane [August 22 1917 - October 12 1944]
born in Lawrence, Massachusetts; grew up in Methuen, Massachusetts
Casualty List
John Julian [1924 - January 1 1945]
Sipsey, Alabama
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Donald Hoobler [November 9 1923 - January 3 1945]
Manchester, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Warren “Skip” Muck [January 31 1922 - January 10 1945]
Tonawanda, New York
+ german
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Alex Penkala [August 30 1922 - January 10 1945]
born in Michigan, grew up in South Bend, Indiana
+ polish, catholic
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Francis Mellett [1920 - January 13 1945]
Brooklyn, New York
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Kenneth Webb [1920 - January 13 1945]
Broome County, New York
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Harold Webb [1925 - January 13 1945]
Clermont County, Ohio
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
William Kiehn [1921 - February 10 1945]
born in Minnesota, grew up in Kistap, Washington
Enlistment Record
Casualty List
Eugene Jackson [1925 - February 15 1945]
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Record [lied about age, joined at 15]
Casualty List
John Basilone [November 4 1916 - February 19 1945]
born Buffalo, New York, grew up Raritan Town, New Jersey
Casualty List
Sources used include:
Social Security Death Index [now available here and here]
The National Archives
Band of Brothers : E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, Stephen Ambrose (cross-referenced with material from other sources published since, including notes from remaining family members of the soldiers)
Band of Brothers, TV Mini-series, end of show notes & Field Guide information about characters
We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers, Marcus Brotherton
Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War, Bill Sloan
Islands Of The Damned: A Marine At War In The Pacific, Cpl. R.V. Burgin
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, Major Dick Winters with Colonel Cole C. Kingseed
Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends, William Guarnere, Babe Heffron & Robyn Post
Call of Duty: My Life Before, During, and After the Band of Brothers, LT Lynn Buck Compton with Marcus Brotherton
Helmet for My Pillow, Robert Leckie
Earl McClung's Official Website
Men of Easy Company
Findagrave.com
Easy Company roster on wiki
Memories of Easy Company
The Life of Lena Basilone
...etc, etc, various sites for brief things. There was a lot of sleuthing!
Also, note, a little bit of this was some pretty heavy guesswork -- for example, there's almost no information on Ronnie Gibson, but by checking the social security death index, there was only one Ronald Gibson born in the timeframe for the age he would have been -- so, this may not have actually been him, but there's a high chance it is. And since these are things that're meant to be handy in fandom/ficcing context, all information is handy!
I tried to get down everyone who I could at least find a general birth date/birth place for. If I couldn't find any information on someone, I didn't add them to the list. If I find info in the future, I'll definitely add people!