Burkes Reed, Company D of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion passed away on 26 December 1993.

The 307th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) is having a Waal river crossing commemoration ceremony on 19 October in Fort Bragg. 

It was 4 days since the 82nd Airborne Division jumped south of Nijmegen (Operation Market-Garden) that commanding General James M. Gavin ordered his men to take the two bridges by crossing the Waal river in small canvas boats. The 1-504th PIR and 3-504th PIR would be rowed to the other side by the C-Company of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion. In the 6 crossings in broad daylight and under heavy enemy fire many men would give their lives but in the end they succeeded to take the two bridges without the enemy have the chance to destroy them.

Staff Sergeant Horace A. Sitton, Company C of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion died of wounds December 12, 1943 in Italy. He is buried at the American Cemetery of Sicily-Rome in Nettuno, Italy. (Plot G, Row 14, Grave 38)

courtesy of Betty O'Brien

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred J. Cappa, Company B of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion passed away, February 3, 2007 at Lead-Deadwood Regional  Hospital and is buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota in Section J Site 259.

Courtesy of Erika Jordan

Sergeant Jack D. L. Schulze, Company D of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion passed away August 28, 1963, in Denver, Colorado. He is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver at plot P-879.

courtesy of Alison Schulze Scott

First Sergeant Frank M. Miale, Company B of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 85, of Venice, formerly of Johnston, R.I., died Feb. 2, 2010.

Hunsberger, Harry M. Jr., Company B of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, passed November 03, 2010 in Lansdale Pennsylvania. His sister Francis is still living.

By April Dudash / Staff writer

In a century's worth of milestones, John Orr Wiggins has completed one more mission: his 100th birthday.

He celebrated the occasion Friday with family and friends in his home state of Texas, but the day did not pass unnoticed here in North Carolina.

Wiggins is the third oldest surviving member of the 82nd Airborne Division, according to the 82nd Airborne Division Association. The oldest turned 101 in June.

Private Glen M. Pultz, Company B of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion was killed on duty October 10, 1943 in Italy. He is buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, USA. 

 courtesy of Don J

Cpl James Harvey Gadberry of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion passed away, September 15, 2008. He is buried at the Center Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana, USA

courtesy of Wabash Valley Genealogy Society Cemetery Committee

Private Celestino Sandoval, Company A of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion passed away April 20, 2010 in Grants, Cibola county, New Mexico surrounded by his family.

Courtesy of Truchnsm

Private First Class Stanley F. Symin, Company C of the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion died of wounds December 25, 1944 in Belgium. He is buried at the American Cemetery of Henri-Chapelle in Belgium. (Plot C Row 7 Grave 5).

Courtesy of Peter Turnbull