Notable Soldiers
- George Van Horn Moseley, Jr., original commander, on D-Day led the 502 PIR into Normandy
- Robert G. Cole, commander of 3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR and Medal of Honor recipient
- Joe E. Mann, Private First Class, 502nd PIR, Medal of Honor recipient
- Colin Powell commanded 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, which included elements of the 502d, and later became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State under George W. Bush.
- Harrison C. Summers, hero of D-Day
- Thomas Lowell Tucker and Kristian Menchaca, two soldiers kidnapped and murdered during an attack on a roadside checkpoint on 18 June 2006, in Iraq's Triangle of Death.
- Steven Dale Green murder and rapist of 14 years old girl in Iraq, firstly defending with words "I didn't think of Iraqis as humans" and war stress conditions.
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