Name: LADNER, Carman S
Rank:Corporal
Age:22
No.31217634
Unit:A Company
1st Battalion
501 Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Missing since:24-09-1944
Next of Kin: Portland, Kennebec County, Maine
KIA Information: Known to have been killed when the ammo truck he was on, received a direct hit, at Van der Pol Farm at Eerde.
Name: SLADE, Melvin H
Rank:Private
Age:19
No.36752091
Unit:A Battery
81 Airborne Anti Aircraft Battalion
101st Airborne Division
Missing since:19-09-1944
Next of Kin: Urbana
KIA Information: There are 3 different accounts/remarks about his death.
The one made up in 1946, mentioned being killed in action in English Channel, when the glider he was in ditched.
The one made up in 1947, said that he was reported on the 19th on the town of Son and still being listed in an unresolved casualty status.
The last one made up on 17 May 1948, stated that he has being reported as being killed in action on the 19th in the vicinity of Eerde and Dinter. Investigations were conducted in the towns of Eerde, Veghel, Sint Oedenrode, Schijndel and Dinter, for any information about him, however with negative results.
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