How to read this page✓ Verifiedin the record◆ Well-attested“according to accounts”✦ Legendclearly marked as lore
In short
The Filthy Thirteen numbered around a dozen men at any given time, with others rotating through as casualties mounted. We publish member details only when they can be confirmed against reliable records.
How we build this page
Many online “rosters” of the Filthy Thirteen are copied from one another and repeat the same unverified details. We don’t do that. A member’s name, role, and fate appear here only when they can be anchored to reliable records.
Members we can name with confidence
- Jake McNiece — the unit’s best-known figure; led the survivors in Normandy and the Bastogne pathfinder jump.✓ Verified
- Jack Womer — came from a Ranger background and took over as section sergeant in late 1944.◆ Well-attested
- Jack Agnew — an original member who jumped into Bastogne as a pathfinder.◆ Well-attested
- Clarence Ware and Charles Plaudo — the two men in the famous war-paint photograph of June 5, 1944 (the surname also appears as “Plauda”).✓ Verified
Help us verify
If you are a family member or researcher with sourced material — service records, photographs with provenance, or documented accounts — we’d welcome it, and we cite our sources.