They Gave Their Lives to Fight Tyranny, and Now Their Stories Will Be Told

Since the Institute's inception, the cornerstone project of the program is the Colleville-sur-Mer research project. Each team picks a soldier from their hometown (or close) who is currently buried in the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer. The team will research the life of this soldier from birth to death, utilizing a number of resources in order to find out who this soldier was. The student and teacher will then present their findings to not only their peers, but also the Cemetery itself. While in Normandy, each team will visit their soldier's grave and deliver the eulogy that they have been owed since their service came to an end. 

Here are Just a Few that Students in the Past have Researched and Eulogized 

Soldier
​1st Lt. Don E Colton
​Pvt. Leo A Indelicato
Tech. Sgt. Frank P. La Bella
​1st Lt Edmund Duckworth
​PFC Louie Hernandez
​PFC Lawrence T. Riley
​PFC Ruel H. Wilson
​PFC William Howard Byers
​PFC Robert Bachar
​1st Lt. Melvin M. Spruiell
​Capt. Richard L. Davidson
​PFC Nathan Garnitz
​Capt. Demarrah L. Turner
​2nd Lt. Fred Wallace Jr.
​SSgt. Mitchell Bacon
​TSgt. William Thomas Lemon
1st Lt. Robert W. Ahern, Jr.
Pvt. Andrew Babjak
Flight Officer Steve Casimir Baran
2d LT Louis J. Beatrice
Cpl. Frank E. Benson
Pvt. Jack R. Billings
Tech. Sgt. Durwood H. Brown
Pvt. Roger G. Brulotte
Seaman 1st Class Fletcher Burton
1st Lt. Bernard G. Bucior
T3 Abram J. Butts
1st Lt. Julian “Rex” Buzzett
2d Lt. Vincent Byrne
Pvt. John Michael Cabey
TSgt. Clarence C. Campbell
2d Lt. Franklin R. Chaimson
PFC Charles J. Cheetham
2nd Lt.Donald V. Chubb
Pvt. Albert L. Cobb, Jr.
Sgt. Edward L. Currier
PFC John W. Davis
Pvt. William DeVellis
PFC Nicholas J. Dieter
1st Lt. Harold C. Donaldson
PFC. John J. Donovan
Capt. Louis Drnovich
Pvt. George T. Durante
Cpl. Edmond Paul Elisar
Pvt. Fredrick George Ellingham, Jr.
Sgt. Aaron Woodrozwe Essex
1st Lt. Morton C. Eustis
SSgt. Leo H. Flaherty
Cpl. Joseph W. Foraker, Jr.
Pvt. John Henry Funk
Capt. Jerre S. Gross
1st Lt. Arthur L. Gump
1st Lt. Walter J. Gunther, Jr.
PFC Terrence C. Harris
1st Lt. Louis E. Hartman
1st Lt. Theodore S. Henderson
Major William H. Houston
2nd Lt. Edward T "Ted". Jenkins, III
2nd Lt. Larry F. Kallish
2nd Lt. Richard A. "Rick" Kersting
Pvt. Thomas A Kopystecki
Capt. Laurence A. Madill
SSgt. Norman G. Manning
PFC Gordon C Mannix
PFC Joseph F. Maragioglio
Pvt. Ernest R. Martin
Pvt. Aram Menzigian
1st Lt. William Heyward Messer
SSgt. Clarence Mohler
SSgt. William “Bill” Moreland
SSgt James A. "Jim" O'Hearn
Coxswain Anthony A. Oliver
Sgt. Everette Osgood Jr.
Cpl. T5 Leo P. Packham
Pvt. William “Billy” D. Parker
Sgt Robert J. Raymond
Albert B. Reisinger, Jr.
2d Lt.Harlan E. Rugg
James A Ryan, Jr.
PFC Anthony Salemi
Sgt. Grover Lee Scoggins
PFC Robert N Shotton
SSgt. Frederick D. Smith
PFC Rudolph Stalzer
T5 Joe T. Stokes
PFC Edward D. Verdugo
SSgt. Richard V. Weber
SSgt. Richard F. Westdahl
PFC James R. "Whit" Whitcomb
Lt Col. John Ward Wynne
​Pvt. Cecil E. Garner
Pvt. John Harris
S. Sgt. James McMahon
MoM2 Joseph Vanasky Jr.
Corp Eugene Morrison
Sgt. John Ray
Tech 5 Terrence Cosgriff
Major Courney Neilson
Pvt. Arvid Setran
Corp. Albert Jensen
2nd Lt. Dean Woods
Pvt. Ruben Tellez
PVC Horace Bennino
Tech 5 Frank Bennino
1st Lt. Brigido Gonzalez
S. Sgt. John Guerrero

State
Utah
​New York
​Pennsylvania
​Pennsylvania
​Colorado
​Minnesota
​California
​Washington, D.C.
​Massachusetts
​Alabama
​Virginia
​Indiana
​Alabama
​Tennessee
​West Virginia
​Virginia
​Ohio
Connecticut
Illinois
Connecticut
Connecticut
Michigan
Texas
Maine
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Florida
Massachusetts 
Massachusetts
Hawaii
Washington, DC
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Massachusetts
Maryland
Florida
Maryland
Texas
New York
California
New Jersey
Louisiana
New York
Indiana
Washington, DC
Massachusetts
Texas
Oregon
California
New Mexico
Massachusetts
California
Pennsylvania
California
California
New York
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Florida
​New Jersey
Connecticut
New York
Pennsyvlania
Massachusetts
Florida
Nevada
Kansas
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Illinois
California
Florida
New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Washington, DC
Texas
Washington, DC
Connecticut
New York
Texas
California
New York
California
Colorado
Arizona
​Oklahoma
District of Columbia
Iowa
Ohio
Oregon
Louisiana
Washington
Indiana
Minnesota
Vermont
Nebraska
California
Connecticut
Connecticut
Nevada
Texas

Unit
67th Tactical Recon Group,107th Sqn
​299th Engineer Combat Battalion
​331st Inf. Reg., 83rd Inf. Div. 
​16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Inf. Div.
​22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Inf. Div.
​502nd PIR, 101 Airborne Division
​501st PIR, 101 Airborne Division
​116th Infantry Regiment., 29th Inf. Div. 
​Band, 9th Infantry Division
​377th Field Art, 101st Airborne Div. Artillery
​502 PIR, 101 Airborne Division
​47th Inf. Reg., 9th Infantry Division
​370th Fighter Grp, 485th Fighter Sqn
​957th Field Artillery Battalion
314 Troop Carrier Group, 50th Sqn.
​116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Inf. Div.
​55th Fighter Sq., 20th Fighter Group
508th PIR; 82nd AB
91st Sqn, 439th Troop Carrier Group
119th Inf. 30th ID
Counter Intel. Corps., 101st Airborne
16th Inf., 1st, ID
23rd Inf., 2nd ID
116th Inf., 29th ID
US Coast Guard; LCI(L) 94
502nd PIR, 101st Airborne
18th IR, 1st ID
327th Combat Engineers
112th IR, 28th ID
17th Eng. Bn, 2d AD
8th Inf.; 4th ID
709th Bomber Sqn, 447th Bomber Grp
506th PIR, 101st Airborne
547th Bomber Sqn, 384th Bomb Grp  
502nd PIR, 101st Airborne
329th Inf.; 83rd ID
115th Inf.; 29th ID
22nd Inf.; 4th ID
175th Inf.; 29th ID
B Company.,116th IR, 29th ID
16th Inf., 1st ID
37th Engineer Combat Bn
23rd IR, 2nd ID
447th AA Arty Bn
8th Inf.; 4th ID
262nd IR, 66th ID
82nd Recon Bn, 2nd AD
12th IR, 4th ID
300th Engineer Combat Bn
502nd PIR, 101st AB
506th PIR; 101st Airborne
113rd Chem Processing Co.
506th PIR, 101st AB
506th PIR, 101st AB
573rd Bomb Sqn. 391st Bomber Grp 
28th Inf., 8th ID
307th Med. Co.; 82nd Airborne
39th Inf., 9th ID
183rd Field Arty
246th Engineer Combat Bn
121st Inf.; 8th ID
116th IR, 29th ID
8th Inf.; 4th ID
2d Platoon, C Co.; 87th Chem Bn
115th IR, 29th ID
119th IR, 30th ID
116th Inf.; 29th ID
18th Inf.; 1st ID
60th Inf.; 9th ID
149th Engineer Bn
175th Inf. 29th ID
U.S. Navy
330th Inf.; 83rd ID
501st PIR, 101st Airborne Division
325th Glider Inf.; 82nd Airborne
C Co, 2nd Ranger BN
38th Inf. 2nd ID
81st AA Bn, 101st Airborne
502nd PIR, 101st Airborne
501st PIR, 101st Airborne
534th Bomber Sqn; 381st Bomber Grp
60th Medical Bn
2nd Ranger Bn
502nd PIR, 101st Airborne
9th Inf Rgmt, 2nd ID
116th IR, 29th ID
849th Bomber Sqn, 490th Bomb Grp. 
358th Inf.; 90th ID
320th Inf. 35th Div.
509th Port Bn(?)
38th Infantry Regiment, 2nd ID
1323rd Engineer GS Regiment
357th Infantry Regiment, 90th ID
United States Naval Reserve
501st PIR, 101st Airborne 
505th PIR, 82nd Airborne
119th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Bn
377th Field Artillery Bn, 101st Airborne 
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th ID
70th Tank Battalion
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th ID
506th PIR, 101st Airborne
315th Infantry Regiment, 79th ID
321st Ordnance Battalion
67th Armored, 2nd Armored Division
313th Infantry Regiment, 79th ID

Student
Michael Aldous
​Abbey Augur
​Noor Bukhari
​Lauren Craig
​Elizabeth Crim
​Salmah Elmasry
​Darius Friedhof
​Jayne Zirkle
​Briana Granados
​Rebecca House
​Liam Kellogg
​Brendan Quinn
​Anna Renner
​Duke Hicks Richey
​Emily Rinick
​Vincent Verrocchio II
​Susannah Wilson
Thompson Hunt
Adam Bieniek
Tyler Woods
Katherine Willard
Annabel LaBrecque
William Roche
Jared Johnson
Ted Bracken
Zack Sowinski
Nicole Panoc
Samantha Lewis
Alexandra Kruse
Brianna Bailey
Christopher Ching
Kendrick Chang
Logan Davis
Keegan Shirel
Jeffrey Romeu
Hannah Radner
Frankee Lyons
John Mosier
Kerry Lanzo
Andrea Marshall
Deanna Kim
Stephen Costello
David Seibel
Margaret Talbot
Benjamin Kanfer
Kate Hollenkamp
Andy Bacas
Dan Howlett
Sam Nohra
Miles Stepleton
Elisa Cimento
John Stiff
Nicholas McGrath
Addie Weingard
Samantha Zinnen
Brian Hines
Vincent Nordin
Ted Bracken
Nicholas Holy
Ted Bracken
Christian Schaeffer
Raveena Ugale
Christopher Mastellone
Timothy (“Tim”) King
Megan Maggi
Alison Dundore
Pavla Ovtchinnikova
Jonathan Adams
Stefania Cotei
Robert Hanson
Ted Bracken
Katherine Keimig
Alexandra Borchardt
Mikayla Kurland
Rodolfo Martinez-Don
Travis Ratner
Connor Woods
Kendra Clymer
Ben Kershner
Eddie Abascal
Megan FitzGerald
Sicheng Jiang
Lt. Alex Smith USN
Ali Dielman
J.R. Goetz
Edward Rickford
Ethan Kelley
Brian Liu
Ted Bracken
Karl Pederson
​Taylor Bromlow
Erick Chavez
Jake Eden
Samantha Fletcher
Brandon Gunn
Kalie Indest
Joseph Landoni
Jason Lewis
Lacy Myrman
Richard Otis
Michel Shimek
Tiffany Shumack
Jenna Stone
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Phalguni Vetrichelvan
Ethan Webster