Roster of the WW1 US95th Aero Squadron
The WW1 roster of the US95th Aero Squadron is arranged by date of service, name (first, last), rank, confirmed victories, awards and any remarks.
The awards abbreviations are: DSC – Distinguished Service Cross, DSCw/OLC – Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, LOH – Legion of Honor, COG – Cross of Leopold, CDG – Croix de Guerre.
Pilots
2/10 – 3/9/1918 James Ely Miller; Captain; CO of US95th 2/10 – 3/9/1918, killed in action
2/14 – 11/11/1918 Alexander “Alex” H. McLanahan; Captain; 3 victories; CDG
2/14 – 11/11/1918 Harold Robert Buckley; Captain; 5 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC, CDG
2/14 – 5/15/1918 Richard “Dick” Ashley Blodgett; 1st Lieutenant; killed in action
2/14 – 7/26/1918 Edward Buford; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; awards – DSC, LOH, CDG
2/14 – 5/30/1918 Wilfred V. Casgrain; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victories; awards – CDG; captured
2/14 – 11/11/1918 Edward “Ted” Peck Curtis, Sr.; 1st Lieutenant; 6 victories; awards – DSC, CDG
2/14 – 7/5/1918 George Fisher; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – CDG
2/14 – 11/11/1918 H. Russell Hall; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories
2/14 – 9/17/1918 Waldo Heinrichs; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; awards – CDG; wounded, captured
2/14 – 7/7/1918 Steuart E. McKeown; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; awards – CDG; wounded, captured
2/14 – 11/11/1918 Sumner Sewall; 1st Lieutenant; 7 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC, LOH, COL, CDG
2/14- 4/20/1918 10/20 – 11/11/1918 Raymond B. Quick; 1st Lieutenant
2/14 – 7/5/1918 Carlisle Rhodes; 1st Lieutenant; captured
2/14 – 7/19/1918 10/20 – 11/11/1918 Lawrence Richards; 1st Lieutenant; awards – CDG; wounded in action
2/14 – 6/25/1918 9/6 – 9/18/1918 William H. Taylor; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – CDG; killed in action
2/14 – 6/3/1918 Eugene B. Jones; 1st Lieutenant; killed in action
2/14 – 3/5/1918 Joseph Eastman; 1st Lieutenant
2/14 – 7/26/1918 Charles H. Woolley; 1st Lieutenant
2/17 – 3/12/1918 Seth Low; 1st Lieutenant; CO of US95th 3/9 – 3/12/1918
3/12 – 6/25/1918 1918 Davenport Johnson; Major; CO of US95th 3/12 – 6/25/1918
4/20 – 11/11/1918 John L. Mitchell; Captain; CO of US95th 10/13 – 11/18/1918; 3 victories; DSC, CDG
4/20 – 7/22/1918 John A. Hambleton; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC, CDG; CO of US95th 6/25 – 6/27/1918; wounded in action
5/19 – 7/31/1918 Paul Montague; 1st Lieutenant; captured
6/27 – 10/15/1918 David McKelvey Peterson; Major; 6 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC, LOH, CDG; CO of US95th 6/27 – 10/13/1918; 4 of 6 victories were earned while serving in other units; units – French Escadrille LaFayette N124, US94th, US95th, US103rd
6/7 – 7/5/1918 Sydney P. Thompson; 1st Lieutenant; awards – CDG; killed in action
6/7 – 7/25/1918 Grover C. Vann; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – CDG; killed in action
6/11 – 10/15/1918 Charles M. Gravatt; 1st Lieutenant 1 victory
6/17 – 7/14/1918 Quentin Roosevelt; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – CDG; killed in action
7/5 – 11/11/1918 James Knowles, Jr.; 1st Lieutenant; 5 victories; awards – DSC, CDG
7/16 – 11/11/1918 Lucas Proudfit; 1st Lieutenant
7/17 – 8/10/1918 Irby “Rabbit” R. Curry; 1st Lieutenant; killed in action
7/17 – 8/11/1918 William Muir Russel; 1st Lieutenant; killed in action
7/17 – 7/26/1918 George Puryear; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; captured
7/17 – 11/11/1918 Clarence S. Gill; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – CDG; wounded in action
7/23 – 11/11/1918 Lansing “Denny” Colton Holden, Jr.; 1st Lieutenant; 7 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC
7/23 – 10/3/1918 Walter L. Avery; 1st Lieutenant; 3 victories; awards – DSC, DSCw/OLC, CDG; wounded, captured
7/25 – 11/11/1918 Thomas F. Butz; 1st Lieutenant 1 victory
7/25 – 9/29/1918 Granville O. Woodard; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; wounded, captured
7/25 – 9/15/1918 George Bailey; 1st Lieutenant
7/25 – 11/11/1918 Robert Eoff; 1st Lieutenant
7/25 – 9/8/1918 Norman S. Archibald; 1st Lieutenant; captured
9/6 – 11/11/1918 Albert J. Weatherhead, Jr.; 1st Lieutenant; 4 victories
9/15 – 11/11/1918 Josiah “Josh” Pegues; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories; awards – DSC
9/15 – 11/11/1918 Henry Popperfus; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory
9/17 – 11/11/1918 Heyliger “Buck” Church; 1st Lieutenant
9/20 – 11/11/1918 Meredith J. Roberts; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory
9/28 – 11/11/1918 Richard L. Johnson; 1st Lieutenant
9/28 – 11/11/1918 John P. Treanor; 1st Lieutenant
9/29 – 11/6/1918 William H. Vail; 1st Lieutenant; 1 victory; awards – DSC, CDG; wounded in action
9/30 – 11/11/1918 Archibald S. McNiel, Jr.; 1st Lieutenant
9/30 – 11/11/1918 Frank Tillman; 1st Lieutenant
10/8 – 11/11/1918 Lawrence H. Cannon; 1st Lieutenant
10/8 – 11/11/1918 Elmer G. Rhenstrom; 1st Lieutenant; 2 victories
10/18 – 11/11/1918 Augereau G. Heinsohn; 1st Lieutenant
10/19 – 11/11/1918 Sigourney Thayer; 1st Lieutenant
Staff Officers
Edward L. Thomas; 1st Lieutenant; supply officer
Roy S. Ripley; 1st Lieutenant; adjutant
Stanton Higgins; 1st Lieutenant; adjutant
Royal U. St. John; 1st Lieutenant; operations officer
Edward Butts; 1st Lieutenant; operations officer
Guy L. Berry; 1st Lieutenant; supply officer
Barry S. Rubin; 1st Lieutenant; gunnery officer
John F. Wheelock; 2nd Lieutenant; gunnery officer
DeWitt Hathorn; 2nd Lieutenant; gunnery officer
John Van de Water; 2nd Lieutenant; engineer officer
Enlisted Men (partial list)
Edgar Huffman
Joseph Kingston
George Swenson
Harold Thompson
Artemis Pratt
Raymond Coughenour
Edward Millar
Walter Smith
Harold Clarke
David Babbit – mechanic
Lawrence Wirth – mechanic
John Griffin – mechanic
Everett E. Moller – mechanic
William A. Dougherty – mechanic
James B. Shelton – mechanic
Herbert Garrison – machinist
Darrell McFarland – machinist