He volunteered as a paratrooper in the Paratroopers Brigade. Maddox enlisted as an infantry paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne Division. His father was a paratrooper with the 2nd Ranger Infantry Company. He was the first commander of 21st Paratrooper brigade. Not a single 504th paratrooper was killed or wounded. Miller's father was an 82nd Airborne paratrooper in the United States Army. Christiansen enlisted in the Army in 1944 and was trained as a paratrooper. One of the units of the Paratrooper Brigade of Spain is named after him. He was a wartime paratrooper and a veteran of Arnhem. Keane served in the Vietnam War as a paratrooper. His career was interrupted by the Korean War, in which he served as a paratrooper. Reed earned the Ranger Tab and was a paratrooper. Cpl Wright died attempting to save the life of an injured paratrooper. Early shells for paratrooper helmets feature fixed, D-shaped loops. The proposed weapon would also simplify logistics and provide greater firepower to the individual paratrooper.