Name |
Serial number |
Row |
Grave number |
Details of capital offense & notes |
Agee, Amos |
34163762 |
1 |
14 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 3 March 1945 with convicts John C. Smith and Frank Watson for rape |
Anderson, Roy W. |
35407199 |
2 |
29 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 25 October 1944 |
Bailey, Milbert |
34151488 |
4 |
90 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 19 April 1945 |
Baldwin, Walter J. |
34020111 |
2 |
43 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 17 January 1945[citation needed] |
Bennerman, Sidney, Jr |
34174757 |
3 |
57 |
Executed by firing squad in the European Theater on 15 October 1945 |
Brinson, Eliga |
34052175 |
4 |
93 |
Hanged at Shepton Mallet on 11 August 1944 with Willie Smith for rape |
Burns, Lee A. |
38520648 |
4 |
74 |
Hanged in Aversa, Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 11 March 1945 |
Clarke, Ernest L. |
33212946 |
3 |
68 |
Along with co-convicted Augustine M. Guerra, raped and strangled 15-year-old Elizabeth Green at Ashford on 22 August 1944 |
Clay Jr, Matthew |
38490561 |
1 |
3 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 4 June 1945 |
Cooper, John D. |
34562464 |
4 |
81 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 9 January 1945 |
Crews, Otis B. |
14057830 |
2 |
30 |
Hanged in the Mediterranean Theater on 21 February 1945 |
Davis, Arthur E. |
36788637 |
4 |
82 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 22 November 1944 |
Davis, Lee A. |
18023362 |
3 |
61 |
Convicted of raping Muriel Fawden after fatally shooting her friend, 19-year-old Cynthia June Lay, near Savernake Hospital, Marlborough, Wiltshire on 28 September 1943[10] |
Davis, William E. |
33541888 |
1 |
19 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 27 December 1944 |
Davison, Tommie |
34485174 |
3 |
60 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 29 March 1945 |
Donnelly, Robert L. |
13131982 |
4 |
95 |
Hanged in the Mediterranean Theatre on 31 May 1944 |
Downes, William C. |
33519814 |
1 |
16 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 28 February 1945 |
Ervin, Charlie, Jr |
34042926 |
3 |
54 |
Executed by firing squad in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre on 19 October 1945 |
Farrell, Arthur J. |
32559163 |
1 |
21 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 19 January 1945 |
Gordon, Tom |
34091950 |
1 |
10 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 10 July 1945 |
Grant, General L. |
34557976 |
3 |
59 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 11 March 1945 |
Green, George, Jr |
38476751 |
2 |
36 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 15 May 1945 |
Guerra, Augustine M. |
38458023 |
2 |
44 |
Along with Ernest L. Clarke, convicted of the rape and murder of 15-year-old Elizabeth Green at Ashford on 22 August 1944 |
Hall, Willie |
33268841 |
4 |
83 |
|
Harris, Wiley, Jr |
6924547 |
4 |
92 |
Hanged at Shepton Mallet on 26 May 1944 for fatally stabbing a man |
Harrison, William, Jr |
15089828 |
3 |
62 |
Raped and strangled 7-year-old Patricia Wylie in Northern Ireland on 25 September 1944. |
Heard, Haze |
34562354 |
2 |
38 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 21 May 1945 |
Hendricks, James E. |
33453189 |
1 |
13 |
Hanged near Plumaudan on 24 November 1944 for the murder of Victor Bignon and the attempted rape of his wife Noémie |
Holden, Mervin |
38226564 |
1 |
8 |
Hanged in Namur, Belgium on 30 January 1945 |
Hopper, Benjamin F. |
32720571 |
1 |
7 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 29 March 1945 |
Jefferies, Charles H. |
33181343 |
4 |
78 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 5 July 1945 |
Johnson, Willie |
38270465 |
2 |
28 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 26 June 1945 |
Jones, Cubia (a.k.a. Parson) |
34563790 |
1 |
15 |
Raped and murdered Joyce Brown, who was pregnant, on 3 December 1944 |
Jones, James L. |
34221343 |
4 |
84 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 19 April 1945 |
Jones, John T. |
38315973 |
2 |
48 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 5 July 1945 |
Jones, Kinney |
34120505 |
2 |
42 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 20 March 1945 |
Jordan, Charlie H. |
14066430 |
2 |
40 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 22 November 1944 |
Kendrick, James E. |
14026995 |
1 |
5 |
Hanged in Oran, Algeria, North African Theater on 17 July 1943 |
Kluxdal, Paul M. |
36395076 |
2 |
35 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 31 October 1944 |
Leatherberry, John C. |
34472451 |
4 |
86 |
Hanged at Shepton Mallet on 16 March 1944 for the murder of a taxi driver |
Lucas, William N. |
36639075 |
4 |
96 |
|
Mack, John H. |
34042053 |
1 |
4 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 20 March 1945 |
Mack, William |
32620461 |
3 |
63 |
Executed in Plabennec, France, on 15 February 1945 |
Mahoney, Joseph J. |
12008332 |
1 |
11 |
|
Mariano, Blake W. |
38011593 |
1 |
12 |
29-year-old gunner with the 191st Tank Battalion, hanged at Loire Disciplinary Training Center in Le Mans, France on 10 October 1945 for raping two women, aged 21 and 54, and murdering their 41-year-old companion in Lauf, Germany on 15 April 1945 |
Martinez, Aniceto |
38168482 |
2 |
39 |
Convicted of raping and murdering 75-year-old Agnes Cope on 6 August 1944 |
Maxey, Curtis L. |
34554198 |
3 |
71 |
Hanged in St. Tropez, France, Mediterranean Theatre on 16 November 1944 |
McCarter, William J. |
34675988 |
4 |
91 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 28 May 1945 |
McGhee Sr, Shelton |
34529025 |
1 |
6 |
Hanged in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 4 May 1945 |
McMurray, Fred A. |
38184335 |
1 |
2 |
Convicted along with Louis Till for the murder of an Italian woman and the rape of two others, in Civitavecchia. Executed by hanging at United States Army Disciplinary Training Center north of Pisa on 2 July 1945 |
Nelson, Henry W. |
35726029 |
1 |
1 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 5 July 1945 |
Newman, Oscar N. |
35226382 |
1 |
80 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 29 November 1944 |
Norris, Clete O. |
37082314 |
4 |
79 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 31 May 1945 |
Ortiz, Victor |
30405077 |
4 |
87 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 21 June 1945 |
Parker, Woodrow |
34561139 |
3 |
56 |
Executed by firing squad in the European Theater on 15 October 1945 |
Pearson, Robert L. |
38326741 |
1 |
22 |
Convicted along with Parson Jones for the rape and murder of Joyce Brown, who was pregnant, on 3 December 1944 |
Pennyfeather, William D. |
32801627 |
3 |
66 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 18 November 1944 |
Philpot, Henry C. |
39080069 |
4 |
89 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 10 September 1945 |
Pittman, Willie A. |
34400976 |
3 |
50 |
Hanged in Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 30 August 1943 |
Pygate, Benjamin |
33741021 |
4 |
85 |
Executed by firing squad at Shepton Mallet on 28 November 1944 for stabbing a fellow American soldier |
Robinson, Charles M. |
38164425 |
3 |
70 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 28 September 1945 |
Rollins, Alvin R. |
34716953 |
3 |
51 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 31 May 1945 |
Sanders, James B. |
34124233 |
3 |
58 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 25 October 1944 |
Schmiedel, Werner E. (a.k.a. Robert Lane) |
7041115 |
3 |
53 |
Hanged in the Mediterranean Theater on 11 June 1945 |
Scott, Richard B. |
38040012 |
2 |
45 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 18 November 1944 |
Skinner, Robert L. |
35802328 |
3 |
64 |
Hanged with Yancy Waiters in the village of Hameau au Pigeon in Quettetot on the Cherbourg peninsula after being convicted of murder and rape. Among spectators at their execution were twenty French witnesses, including nineteen-year-old Marie Osouf, the girl who was raped, and the family of Auguste Lebarillier (Marie's boyfriend), who was murdered |
Smalls, Abraham |
34512812 |
1 |
23 |
Hanged in Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 27 March 1945 |
Smith, Charles H. |
36337437 |
4 |
77 |
Hanged in Algiers, North African Theater of Operations on 6 September 1943 |
Smith, George E., Jr |
33288266 |
3 |
52 |
Convicted for the murder of British diplomat Sir Eric Teichman by court-martial at RAF Attlebridge on 3 December 1944. He was executed by hanging on the gallows at HMP Shepton Mallet on 8 May 1945 (i.e. VE day), despite appeals for clemency, including from Lady Ellen Teichman |
Smith, John C. |
33214953 |
3 |
67 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 3 March 1945 with Amos Agee and Frank Watson for rape |
Smith, Willie |
3456556 |
3 |
69 |
Hanged at Shepton Mallet on 11 August 1944 with Eliga Brinson for rape |
Spears, Charles E. |
32337619 |
1 |
18 |
Hanged in Oran, Algeria, North African Theater of Operations on 18 April 1944 |
Spencer, Elwood, J. |
33739343 |
2 |
33 |
Hanged in Lemur, Belgium on 30 January 1945 |
Spinks, Mansfield |
36793241 |
3 |
49 |
Executed by firing squad in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre on 19 October 1945 |
Stroud, Harvey |
33215131 |
2 |
26 |
Hanged in Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 30 August 1943 |
Taylor, John W. |
37485128 |
1 |
24 |
Hanged in Italy, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 20 March 1945 |
Thomas, Madison |
38265363 |
4 |
76 |
Convicted by a court martial in Plymouth of raping Beatrice Maud Reynolds in a field at Albaston (near Gunnislake, Cornwall) on 26 July 1944 and hanged at HMP Shepton Mallet on 12 October 1944 |
Till, Louis |
36392273 |
4 |
73 |
Convicted with Fred A. McMurray for the murder of an Italian woman and the rape of two others in Civitavecchia. Executed by hanging at United States Army Disciplinary Training Center north of Pisa on July 2, 1945[11][12] |
Twiggs, James W. |
38265086 |
4 |
88 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 22 January 1945 |
Valentine, Leo |
32954278 |
2 |
41 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 29 November 1944 |
Waiters, Yancy |
37499079 |
2 |
31 |
Hanged with Robert L. Skinner on 10 February 1945 for the murder of Auguste Lebarillier and rape of Marie Osouf |
Waters, John H. |
32337934 |
2 |
46 |
Hanged at Shepton Mallet on 10 February 1944 for fatally shooting his girlfriend |
Watson, Frank, Jr |
34793522 |
3 |
55 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 3 March 1945 with Amos Amos and John C. Smith for rape |
Watson, Ray |
33139251 |
2 |
25 |
Hanged in Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 29 August 1944 |
Watson, Joseph |
39610125 |
1 |
17 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 9 November 1944 |
White, Armstead |
34401104 |
2 |
47 |
Hanged in Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 30 August 1943 |
White, David |
34400884 |
3 |
72 |
Hanged in Sicily, Mediterranean Theatre of World War II on 30 August 1943 |
Whitfield, Clarence |
34672443 |
2 |
37 |
Hanged in Normandy, France, European Theater on 14 August 1944 |
Williams, Ellsworth |
34200976 |
2 |
32 |
Hanged in Germany, European Theater on 5 January 1946 |
Williams, John |
32794118 |
4 |
94 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 19 April 1945 |
Williams, Olin W. |
34649494 |
1 |
20 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 9 March 1945 |
Wilson, J. P. |
32484756 |
1 |
9 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 2 February 1945 |
Wimberly, Willie J. |
36392154 |
2 |
34 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 9 November 1944 |
Wray, Robert |
34461589 |
4 |
75 |
Hanged in the European Theater on 20 August 1945 |