506th Commemorative Monument
Completed July 5, 2011
The Airborne and Special Operations Museum near Fort Bragg at 100 Bragg Boulevard in Fayetteville, NC has an entrance walkway lined with memorial stones commemorating airborne and special operations units. Regrettably, the 506th was not represented, so the 506th Association, in conjunction with the Museum Director, undertook a project to place a Currahee stone on that walkway. These stones are paid for by veterans and veterans groups.
The 506th Commemorative Monument has been placed with the other unit memorial stones lining the museum entrance walkway.
506th Airborne Infantry Regiment (Airmobile - Air Assault) "CURRAHEE" We Stand Together Then - Now - Always
Donors
Thanks go to the following who contributed to 506th Commemorative Monument
| BRONZE ($251 TO $500) |
| SFC Brian Oleen, C Co, 4th BSTB, 4th BCT (506th), 2010-current |
| ADVANCED ($100 TO $250): |
| Lawrence Bowman, C Co, 1st BN & 3rd BN, 506th, 1967-1968, in memory of Bill Glaspie, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, KIA 06/21/68 |
| Richard Keiser, D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| Gregory Phillips, D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970 |
| Wayne Beardsley, son of CPT Wayne P. Beardsley, MD (Medical, 2nd BN, 506th PIR, WWII, 1944-1945) |
| John Lally, A Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971 |
| Sabina and Fred May, A Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971 |
| COL Thomas O'Steen, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1994-1996; HHT (SQN CO), 1-61st CAV, 4th BCT (506th), 2007-2009 |
| George Kazmerski, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1967-1968 |
| Gene Langenberg, B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1966-1967 |
| LTC(R) Tom Muskus, B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1970-1971; HHC (TOC), 3rd Brigade, 101st Division, 1971 |
| LTC(R) Dennis Brewer, B/C/HHC, 1st BN, 506th, 1965-1968 |
| COL(R) Warren Kiilehua, B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| SGM(R) Kyle Worrell, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1967-1968, in memory of Richard L. Tirico, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, KIA 06/21/68 |
| CPT Christopher Tanner, HHC/C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 2010-current |
| Ian Shumaker, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| Nancy and MAJ Jon Beale, HHC, 801st BSB, 4th BCT (506th), 2008-2010 |
| Kenneth Johnson, H Co, 3rd BN, 506th PIR, 1942-1945 |
| CSM(R) Lee Rodriguez, C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1967-1968 |
| Robin Sink McClelland, in memory of her father, COL Robert F. Sink, Regimental Commander, 506th PIR, 1942-1945 |
| BASIC (under $100) |
| Timothy Joliet, A Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1970 |
| David Humphrey, HHC, 3rd BN, 506th, 1971 |
| James Buckley, C/HHC, 3rd BN, 506th, 1967-1968 |
| David Gouge, D/HHC, 2nd BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| James Monroe, III, son of James Alexander Monroe, Jr. (506th PIR, WWII) |
| Down East Militaria/Michael Sumrell, A/C Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1990-1991 |
| COL(R) Charles Bauer, Sr., HHC (BN CO), 1st BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| COL(R) Rick Lombard, C Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1970-1971 |
| Dan Linn, C Co, 3rd BN, 506th, 1969-1970 |
| Carl Rebele, M Co, 506th AIR, 1952 |
| LTC(R) John Taylor, HHC, 2nd BN, 506th, 1964 |
| LTC David Preston, 801st BSB, 4th BCT (506th), 2004-2006; HHC, 4th BCT (506th), 2006-2007; HHC (BN CO), 801st BSB, 4th BCT (506th), 2009-2011 |
| LTC(R) Terry Montei, A Co (XO), 2nd BN, 506th, 1965-1966, in memory of CPT John Milton Harrington, A Co (CO), 2nd BN, 506th, 1964-1966, KIA 09/19/66, while serving with HHC, 4th BN, 31st INF RGT, 196 INF BDE |
| MSG Shawn Willis, B Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1992-1993 |
| MAJ(R) Earl Kennedy, D Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1971 |
| LTC(R) Harry Kageleiry, HHC, 1st BN, 506th, 1968-1969 |
| Jim Wake, A/HHC (Medic), 1st BN, 506th, 1970-1971 |
| COL Thomas Vail, BDE CO, 4th BCT (506th), 2004-2007 |
| LTC(R) Donald F. Smith, HHC/C/B Co, 2nd BN, 506th, 1967-1968 |
| Tony Dooley, D Co, 1st BN, 506th, 1971 |