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Ghost Army (23rd & 3133rd) Roster:

This searchable database of soldiers who served in the Ghost Army has been carefully constructed from a variety of wartime rosters, supplemented with years of painstaking research. It is a work in progress. The goal is to appropriately remember every soldier who served in the Ghost Army. The database includes those who served in the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, which operated in northern Europe; the 3133rd Signal Service Company, which operated independently in Italy; and selected soldiers from the Army Experimental Station and the 12th US Army Group Special Plans Branch, both of which were deeply involved in the deception effort. There are full bios for more than 425 of the soldiers, and work continues to create more. Please note you can also use the search function (magnifying glass) in the upper right to search the bios and the rest of the website. For questions, or to provide information on a Ghost Army soldier, please reach out to us via the Contact Page.

Last name starting with: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYZ

Orville S Wade

born 1916 in OH

ASN#35031101

23rd Headquarters Co

Gerald N Wagner

ASN#1684880

23rd Headquarters Co

Otto J Wagner

ASN#37310127

Signal Co, Special

Everet L Waid

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Myron Waldman

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Junior Walk

born 1921 in WV

ASN#13017553

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

John W Walker

born 1920 in PA

ASN#460495

3132nd Signal Service Co

Crawford Lorenza Wall

born 1913 in GA

ASN#34971802

Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp

Winfred L Wall

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Monte E Wallace

born 1923 in IN

ASN#39860383

3133rd Signal Service Co

Oliver S Wallace

3133rd Signal Service Co

Paul R Wallace

3132nd Signal Service Co

Paul W Walters

born 1920 in PA

ASN#13003553

Signal Co, Special

Ronald Wanderman

born 1922 in Canada

ASN#42160042

Signal Co, Special

Ralph T Wanerus

ASN#487433

Signal Co, Special

Louis Wang

born 1920 in NY

ASN#32613464

Signal Co, Special

James W Ward

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Leslie R Waters

ASN#36851534

Signal Co, Special

Omar H Waters

born 1919 in GA

ASN#34578015

Signal Co, Special

Charles Watkins

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Norris G Watkins

ASN#38433258

Signal Co, Special

John W Watson

ASN#278228

23rd Headquarters Co

Wallace B Watson

born 1923 in TX

ASN#38372193

Signal Co, Special

August Anthony Wavpotich

born 1922 in NJ

ASN#12181289

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Frank W Weaver

born 1906 in PA

ASN#33316004

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Robert S Weaver

born 1924 in MO

ASN#18201754

23rd Headquarters Co

Grover E Weeks

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Don V Weigand

born 1904 in KS

ASN#14158064

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Norman F Weihe

born 1916 in IL

ASN#42075195

3133rd Signal Service Co

Irving (Itzchok) Weinberg

born 1920 in Poland

ASN#32860256

406th Engineer Combat Co

Charles A Weingate

3133rd Signal Service Co

Floyd F Weinrich

born 1918 in MO

ASN#37408056

Signal Co, Special

Morris Weinstein

born 1921 in NY

ASN#32863471

406th Engineer Combat Co

Sherman Weinstein

born 1917 in NY

ASN#32965298

Signal Co, Special

Thomas A Weir Jr.

born 1920 in SC

ASN#34570918

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Walter E Weiss

3133rd Signal Service Co

Peter P Welanetz

born 1918 in NJ

ASN#32166207

23rd Headquarters Co

Raymond W Wellman

born 1913 in KY

ASN#35434561

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Charles H Wells

born 1923 in TN

ASN#34721184

Signal Co, Special

Harvey F Wells

born 1921 in WI

ASN#36272229

Signal Co, Special

Judson F Wells

born 1907 in VA

ASN#33854627

3133rd Signal Service Co

Charles E Welsh

born 1907 in NJ

ASN#32072859

Signal Co, Special

Harry C Welz

3133rd Signal Service Co

Robert Emmett Wendig Sr.

born 1922 in PA

ASN#13124234

3132nd Signal Service Co

Gordon Wentz

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Claude R West

ASN#6894932

Signal Co, Special

Leonard R West

born 1921 in KY

ASN#35664163

Signal Co, Special

Walter Ashworth West

born 1905 in PA

ASN#13124131

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Lionel A Whiffin

ASN#36715142

406th Engineer Combat Co

Harvey L White Jr.

3132nd Signal Service Co

James F White

born 1925 in PA

ASN#13133181

3132nd Signal Service Co

James R Whited Jr.

3133rd Signal Service Co

Robert Fitch Shepard Whiteley

born 1920 in DC

ASN#13074242

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Elmer Whitmore

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Charles B Whittington

born 1852

ASN#14184345

3132nd Signal Service Co

Ralph J Wickel

born 1927 in PA

ASN#13124914

3132nd Signal Service Co

Kenneth R Wigg

ASN#37312383

Signal Co, Special

Franklin W Wiggin

born 1906 in MA

ASN#20100175

Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp

Leland M Wiglesworth

born 1923

ASN#39413621

Signal Co, Special

Frank A Wilcznski

born 1911 in PA

ASN#32862365

406th Engineer Combat Co

Robert Wiley

ASN#18002400

3132nd Signal Service Co

Adam A Williams

ASN#1105919

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Charles Reuben Williams

born 1910 in IN

ASN#298867

3132nd Signal Service Co

Francis R Williams

ASN#33315997

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Harvey L Williams

ASN#38433256

23rd Headquarters Co

Robert E Williams

ASN#36702647

Signal Co, Special

Russell G Williams

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Ernest G Wilson Jr.

born 1916 in GA

ASN#34827172

Signal Co, Special

William J Wilson

born 1921 in IL

ASN#36357526

406th Engineer Combat Co

John M Winans

born 1907 in NY

ASN#32935730

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Thomas W Winfield

3132nd Signal Service Co

Willard C. Wing

Army Experimental Station at Pine Camp

Jesse C Wingo

ASN#38433314

Signal Co, Special

Elwood Wise

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Jack Woback

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Ira S Wolarsky

born 1925 in NY

ASN#32968437

406th Engineer Combat Co

Herman Wolf Jr.

3133rd Signal Service Co

Joseph Earl Wolfe

born 1921 in PA

ASN#33400840

Signal Co, Special

Frederick Woltman

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

William Fairchild Womelsdorf

born 1916 in PA

ASN#33346702

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

William L Wood

born 1923 in NJ

ASN#12164483

Signal Co, Special

Gilles C Wood-Thomas

born 1921 in IL

ASN#12127568

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

William Woods

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Cloyd Woody

ASN#38444129

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Howard Charles Wormwood

born 1913 in VT

ASN#31252981

Signal Co, Special

John Wrysch

ASN#36524885

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn

Leroy Wyland

3132nd Signal Service Co

David Wynshaw

born 1921 in NY

ASN#32441658

603rd Engineer Camouflage Bn
Last name starting with: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYZ

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