Talk:E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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Contents 1 List 2 List of Deaths 3 Complete/Accurate list of members 4 in fiction 5 Merge to 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 6 Presidential Unit Citation

[edit] List

Is it realistic to have a complete list ? With deaths/replacements, youre talking hundreds of men. Perhaps it should be the more noted soldiers? Remember, wikipedia is not supposed to be a list. user:Pzg Ratzinger

Perhaps you're correct. In that case, then, the existing list should distinguish that fact, perhaps with a link to a more complete list. Kythri 08:24, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List of Deaths

I have a list of all the members in Easy Company who died during the war...but is that appropriate to put in? If it isn't appropriate I'll just leave it at that. SlowTrainComin'

I think it would be very appropriate, actually, as long as it is from an accurate and verifiable source.Michael Dorosh^Talk 01:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

My source is from a World War II Magazine special issue on Band of Brothers. It has a total of 49 men listed as being killed in the war with the date of their deaths and the general location of their deaths (for example, Normandy or Holland). SlowTrainComin'

How about just a link to the source? It seems like adding a complete list would add unnecessary details for what should be a basic overview.Wangfoo 03:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Doesn't Ambrose's book list deaths at the end of each section?

[edit] Complete/Accurate list of members

Please check out http://www.easy506th.org/companyE.php for a much more complete list of members. I haven't found much yet to show ranking information, but at the very least, the large majority of members of Easy that aren't in the wiki article should be added. Kythri 18:27, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] in fiction

in the movie "saving private ryan", ryan states that he is a member of 506's easy company.

Link changed, new link is http://www.easy506th.org/companye.php Kythri 08:25, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I think Ryan said he was part of the 506 but not E Company RyanLupin (^talk/_contribs) 12:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

In the movie Ryan states he's with the 1st (FIRST) of the 506th--kvhuff 00:22, 26 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kvhuff (talk • contribs) 00:08, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

...And Easy Company is in 2nd Battalion. {{ÇɧĭДfrĪĔпd12}} 01:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge to 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment

No. Easy Company is one of the most widely known military companies to date. It definitely deserves its own article. RyanLupin (^talk/_contribs) 12:12, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Indeed it is. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR is probably equal to or more notable than the 506th PIR in general. But if it does get merged I think it should merge with Band of Brothers, because more people know of Easy via Band of Brothers rather than the 506th PIR. ÇɧĭДfrĪĔпd12 00:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Agreed: it certainly merits its own article. As there has been no argument for the past several months, I am removing the tags. --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 22:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Presidential Unit Citation

According to "Band of Brothers", Members of E Company were given a Presidential Unit Citation after they fought in Normandy; are there further sources to that claim? If so, was it awarded on Company level, or on another? If so, was it related to the Brécourt Manor Assault in particular, or rather to their overall performance? -- 790 (talk) 11:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)