Are any of the 101st Airborne still alive? "Wild Bill" Guarnere (April 28, 1923 - March 8, 2014) (served as a platoon leader as Staff Sergeant, before demotion) Staff Sergeant Herman "Hack" Hanson (January 3, 1918 - May 15, 1971) Staff Sergeant Terrence C. "Salty" Harris (1920 - June 18, 1944) Staff Sergeant Albert "Al" Mampre (b. Funds are paid by Greater Good Charities to benefiting organizations as a grant. Edward Shames during World War II. Bradford Clark Freeman, the last surviving member of Easy Company's Band Of Brothers Cast Guide: Every Actor & Cameo - ScreenRant Both of his optic nerves were severed by the shot, leaving him blind. Kaufering concentration camp in Bavaria, Germany, was liberated on April 29, 1945. I thought my legs were gone; I'm about to die," said one of the survivors when he re-told the events of when the allied forces liberated Holland. According to his obituary, Shames was the last surviving officer and oldest surviving member of Easy Company. Last 'Band of Brothers' Officer Edward Shames Dead at 99 - Peoplemag How many of Easy Company survived the war? The minute we heard about this we were going to support this (funeral) 100 percent, Maj. Scott Krasko, Operations Officer, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, told the Army. He was 97. Physically exhausted, the men that were left only had a few days to recover before their next mission. On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched a massive offensive into the Ardennes woods of Belgium, which caught allied forces by surprise. He died on September 30, 1987 due to malnutrition. Those recollections became the basis for Band of Brothers and an earlier book with the same name written by Ambrose. Nine of the Easy Company lost their lives in Holland. Airborne troops had to be flown into The Netherlands in three lifts rather than all at once and later thick flog in England and low clouds over the battlezone meant reinforcements and supplies could not be quickly flown in. He was known for his service for the Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division, United States Army during the Second World War. He volunteered for the paratroopers and on February 5, 1944, he went into Foreign Service with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, the obituary said. Enlisted at Los Angeles, California. Its something to really be proud of.. B. Stokes (September 2, 1922 - February 24, 2013) First Lieutenant Harry Welsh (September 27, 1918 - January 21, 1995) Second Lieutenant Robert B. Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99 The unit was made famous by the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, based on the book of the same name by historian Stephen Ambrose. He was 97 years old. Enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of Sobels mens son met Michael at a speaking arrangement and hugged him. Thick winter fog plagued the Allied forces' efforts to destroy German strongholds, and with Nazi troops donning U.S. Army uniforms to sabotage communications between divisions by snapping phone lines, victory was unlikely.