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Here's some of mine; I have a number of other ancestors that I still have to verify their doco to be sure they served:

 

Rev War - GGGGGGGrandather, Rudolph Conrad, Captain, 2nd Rowan Regiment, North Carolina Militia

Rev War - GGGGGGGrandfather, Jacob Cook, Private, North Carolina Continental Line, British POW after Charleston, SC was surrendered

War of 1812 - GGGGGGrandfather, Moses Bollinger, Private, Missouri Militia

Civil War - GGGGrandfather Peter Rudolph Conrad, Lieutenant in Company B, Fremont's Rangers, then Sergeant in Bissell's Engineer Regiment of the West and 1st Regiment, Missouri Engineers

Civil War - GGGGrandfather Alfred Conrad, Private in Company B, Fremonts Rangers; when that unit was disbanded, he served in Company M, 5th Regiment of Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, and Company F, 12th Regiment of Cavalry, Missouri State Militia

Civil War - GGGGUncle John Calvin Conrad, Company B, Fremonts Rangers; when that unit was disbanded, he enlisted in Company M, 5th Regiment of Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, and later in Company E, 13th Regiment of Cavalry, Missouri State Militia

Civil War - GGGGUncle Jacob J. Conrad, Company C, 47th Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

Civil War - GGGGUncle Jesse Able Cline, Corporal, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry (CSA), died at Mannassas

Civil War - GGGGrandfather, Hugh Causey, Private, 8th Missouri Cavalry (CSA), died 1865 (illness?)

Civil War - GGGGrandfather, William Ridings, Private, Company D, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry (CSA)

World War I - Julius Casper Conrad, Private, US Army, Company A, 308th Battalion, Tank Corps

World War II - Cousin Jacob J. Conrad, joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, and transferred to the Army Air Forces after the United States entered World War II. He flew with a ferry and transport squadron

World War II - Uncle Loy Limbaugh, Private, served with 5th Army in Italy

World War II - Uncle Wilbur Carrol Conrad, US Army Pacific Theater

World War II - Cousin Paul James Conrad, served at the American Embassy in Peking, China at the time of the Japanese invasion. He later served aboard the USS Marblehead and USS Enterprise

World War II - Cousin Gyle D. Conrad, Commander, US Navy, served in the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics from June 1941 until November 1945

World War II - Grandfather James Crellin, Private Army Air Forces, served as a technical representative at the Boeing B-29 plant in Seattle

World War II - Cousin John Quinton Conrad, Petty Officer First Class, served aboard PC-591 in the Mediterranean.

World War II and Korea - Cousin David Kinder Conrad, MSgt, US Army Pacific Theater

Korea - Uncle Sam Conrad, Private, US Army

Vietnam - Brother in Law, Paul D. Rogers, MSgt, USAF

Cold War, Gulf War, Bosnia, etc - Me, MSgt, USAF 1980 - 2000

Cold War - Wife, Anna L. Conrad, Staff Sergeant, USAF

War on Terror - Son in Law, Joey Fleshman, Ensign, US Navy

War on Terror - Son, Seth Conrad, Private, US Army

War on Terror - Brother in Law, Brian Somers, Staff Sergeant, USAF

 

I think that's enough for now...

 

Mark sends

 

 

You just wanted to say you have an Uncle Sam. LOL. Nice lineage.

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Yeah, when I talk about him, I get some odd looks...I've only recently started looking into some of my Cornfederate relatives..plus I haven't done a lot of research into my grandmother's lineages, so I'm sure there's some more there. I was surprised that I haven't found anyone who served in the SpanAm though....

 

 

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I'm adopted, so my own has been pretty hit and miss. Some luck with my mother, none on my father. My adopted family however, is full.

 

Mom's side

 

-Great Cousin Pfc Howard Cummins served in Co. K, 166th Inf. Rainbow Division. Gassed near Luneville, France in April of 1918. Spent the war in the rear and served in the occupation. He also served in Co. K, 4th Ohio as a Cpl. on the Mexican Border. WW1

 

-Great Uncle Cox. Emerson Barstow was a LCVP driver off the USS Berrien. He was at Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Oturu, and Aomori. WW2

 

-Great Uncle Sn. Elwood Barstow was on LST-824 at the end of WW2 and was part of the occupation. WW2

 

-Cousin Pfc. Bill Banfield was in the Army in Germany in the late 40's and early 50's

 

-Cousin Cpl. (later Sgt.) Charlie Fiddler was a .30 gunner with Co. M, 3/8th Cav, 1st Cav Div in Korea. He was listed as MIA at Unsan in 1950, declared died of wounds in captivity 23 Dec, 1953.

 

 

Dad's side:

 

-Great Cousin Pvt. Simon Finster, Co. B, 15th WVa Inf. Union Army. (I own the stage coach stop he bought with his pension)

 

-Several of our Heater cousins were part of the 7th Va Cav. Partisan Rangers(CS). One was hung.

 

-Uncle Pfc. John R. (Russel) Finster, Co. A, 801st TD Bn. He was wounded in Belgium right before the Bulge by a booby trap. WW2

 

-Uncle Pfc. Leonard Finster, AAF. Drove a wrecker in the Phillippines during the occupation. WW2

 

-Cousin Pfc. Clarence Finster. Only know he was in the Army. WW2

 

-Cousin Pfc. Clenny Workman. Infantry. Served in Europe. I have a K98 and bayonet he brought home. WW2

 

- Cousin Gary Dye, USN. He was on a destroyer we think. Vietnam.

 

-2nd cousin(Gary's son) Pfc. Billy Dye, USMCR

 

My sister, also adopted

 

-GGG uncle in American Revolution

 

-GG Grandfather US Army, War of 1812

 

-G Grandfather Union infantryman captured at a railroad crossing. Spent the war in Andersonville. Died on the way home on the Sultana disaster

 

-Step-G Grandfather Union infantryman who survived the camp and disaster and brought word to the widow, They(the soldiers) were best friends.

 

-Granfather WW1 veteran

 

-Father in law Sgt. Tim Whitesel, HHC, 501st PIR. WW2

 

Her husband's family almost all served in WW2. He is a descendant of Robert the Bruce. They make an odd couple since she is a descendant of the Lowland Cambells.

 

Myself:

 

My mother was Irish/Cheyenne. The Irish side we have traced to a McKay of Scottland(Highlands) who was banished to Ireland. The name was changed to Mackey and we lose them until around 1917 when my mother's grandfather came her to avoid prison after the failed 1916 Uprising. The Cheyenne side, we know were at both the Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee.

 

Then me. Sgt, 101st MI Bn 1st Det., 1st ID. Kuwait, USARCENTCOM Somolia, TDY in the Middle East with UN Forces and other multi-national training. 91-99

 

Fins...

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Yeah, when I talk about him, I get some odd looks...I've only recently started looking into some of my Cornfederate relatives..plus I haven't done a lot of research into my grandmother's lineages, so I'm sure there's some more there. I was surprised that I haven't found anyone who served in the SpanAm though....

 

 

Mark sends

 

 

Maybe your family needed to take a break?

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A neat thread. My paternal male family members, that I can attest to, all fought in the Confederacy, a couple were actually guerrillas in either Missouri or Tennessee: the Youngers. Notably with their cousins the James (both Frank and Jesse). My most memorable and recent were from my Grandmother's brothers who all fought in the two Boxer Rebellions while in the US Navy serving from WW I and into WW II. She, on the other hand, joined the Army in 1942 stationed in North Africa where she met my Grandfather who was also in the Air Corps. Both Grandfathers were in the Army during WW II. My father and his brothers served in the US Marine Corps. I was in the Marine Corps briefly, then retired from the Army. Quite the legacy. I don't have all of their pictures but these two are for my uncle Mathew who went into the Navy at 16 and the other of uncle Johnny who served again in WW II. I grew up hearing the stories and seeing the pictures. I have but a few. My uncle John was on riverboats like shown in the "Sand Pebbles", where stories reflected China's history between Nationalists and Boxers. His two other brothers were in the SeaBees and aboard ships in the Atlantic just before and during WW II. My grandmother, their sister, is pictured in the doorway sporting sergeant stripes. She later became company First Sergeant.post-115509-0-25660700-1393804944.jpg

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Father's Side

- Ulysses S. Grant was a Great(x3+) Uncle.

- One Great-Uncle in WWII or Korean War

- Great-Grandfather in USN in WWII.

- 2 Uncles served in Vietnam

- Grandfather was in USAF during Vietnam

 

Mother's Side

- Great Grandmother's Brother was in the US Navy in WWII. Later a Catcher for the local Baseball team.

- Grandmother's Uncle was a Paratrooper in the 82nd in WWII. Bronze Star, 2 Purple Hearts. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery

- 1 Uncle Active Duty during Vietnam, 1 Uncle in ARNG during Vietnam.

- Couple of Grandmother's Cousins were serving during Vietnam.

 

 

Possibly acouple of others I don't know about. I have not found any evidences of any relatives that were in WWI.

 

 

D

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Great Great Great grandfather - Civil War surgeon, Illinois Infantry

 

Great Great Great (can't remember exact relation) - Civil War, Ohio Infantry

 

Great Grandfather - WWI signal corps, 35th Infantry Division

 

Grandfather - WWII U.S. Marine, ship's detachment, light aircraft carrier U.S.S. Belleau Wood (CVL-24)

 

Great Uncle - Korean War USMC fighter pilot, flew F4U Corsairs with the "Checkerboard" squadron

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Father: WWII, T-5, US Army Surgical Technician 312th Medical Bn, and Platoon Medic with K Company 347th IR, 87th Infantry Div. [sS, BS, CMB]

Uncle: WWII, T-3, US Army Surgical Technician, Medical Detachment, 395th Infantry, 99th Infantry Div., [bS, PH, CMB]

Cousin: WWII, SGT, US Army Heavy Equipment Operator, 109th Combat Engineer Bn, 34th Infantry Div., [bS, PH]

Uncle: PFC, US Army Infantryman, 17th Division, [1948-1950]

Uncle: CPL, US Army Water Purification Specialist, Korea [1951-1952]

Cousin: CPL, US Army Combat Engineer, [1957-1960]

Cousin: LTJG, US Navy [1960-1964]

Cousin: SGT, US Army Infantryman, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea [1962-1964]

Brother: PO 2nd Class, US Navy, Ariel Photographer, [1976-1984]

Cousin: SFC ®, US Army Infantryman, Panama, Korea, Germany, Iraq, Kuwait [1984-2004]

Cousin: SP4, US Army Heavy Weapons, 1st Cavalry Division, Korean [1959-1960]

Cousin: SP4, US Army Infantryman, 101st Abn. Div. Ft Campbell, KY [1961-1963]

Me: 1SG ®, US Army Field Artilleryman, Korea, Germany, Vietnam, Germany [1960-1980]

 

Thanks ~ Danny

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Father- US Army, Finance Corps, Germany, VN

Uncle - US Army, Transportation Corps, RVN

 

Maternal Second Cousin - USN, Neurosurgeon (one of two females at the time, I'm told)

 

Maternal Grandfather- USAAF, Bombardier, 3rd AF

Maternal Great Uncle #1- USAAF

Maternal Great Uncle #2- USAAF, mechanic, 4th AF

Maternal Great Uncle #3- USAAF

Maternal Great Aunt - Army Nurse Corps

 

Fraternal Grandfather- USAAF, medically discharged

Fraternal Great Uncle #1 - USMC, KIA Guadacanal

Fraternal Great Uncle #2 - USAAF, Waist Gunner, 12th AF

Fraternal Great Uncle #3 - USN

 

Maternal Great Grandfather #1 - Imperial German Army (WWI)

Maternal Great Grandfather #2 - US Army (WWI)

 

Fraternal Great Grandfather - Imperial German Army (WWI)

Fraternal Great Grandfather - US Army WWI (grandmother's dad....he and my grandfather's dad did not get along I'm told)

 

Maternal Great, Great Grandfather - Imperial German Army (Franco-Prussian War...we think)

 

Me - US Army, Logistics Officer (and a Mustang!), Gulf War I and Gulf War II still serving in the Reserve component

 

All this info was gleaned from photo's and oral history. I encourage folks to write stuff down when family opens up.

 

 

Best,

 

Peter

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Great thread! My father served in the Brazilian Army infantry in the late 70's and has some funny stories. I spent a short time in the USAF in 2005-2006 with a medical discharge.

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Found the book. Charles Magill, joined up in December 1915 at the North Irish Horse's depot at Antrim, trained and was stationed at the depot for nearly a year, going over as a draft to the 2nd North Irish Horse in November 1916, the NIH was one of those horse units that were not dismounted and kept in support/reserve for the always hoped for breakout, however after a spell in the Ypres sector in relative quiet, the NIH was involved in support during the June 1917 Battle of Messines, after this however the 2nd RIH was sent to Etaples, it was to now convert to dismounted service. In the meantime Charles Magill was a member of a party from the 2nd North Irish Horse that was sent to Egypt in August 1917, it found no employment there, and was not sent to Sinai or Palestine, so it turned over it's horses to a Australian Light Horse unit, it then traveled around in the Mediterranean for a spell in a whirlwind jaunt, Grecian Islands, Salonika, and Italy, but never having any employment, so was sent back to France in October 1917, were he rejoined his unit in France, now known as the 9th (Service) (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.

 

The 2nd North Irish Horse was disbanded, it was amalgamated with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, becoming it's 9th Battalion, the 9th (Service) (North Irish Horse) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, so now this was a Infantry Unit, during his spell of duty with the 9/RIF he was buried in a collasped trench hit by artillery, not wounded he and the other got out, his overall time with the 9/RIF was brief however, in December he transferred to the Tank Corps, left for England and was trained in the 22nd Light Tank Battalion at a camp in Oswestry, Shropshire from December 1917 to April 1918, he went back to France, as a Whippet tank crewman, I believe he was sent to the 6th Battalion Tank Corps, and from then on my uncle apparently saw alot of action up to August when he was wounded.

 

He was sent back to England with a badly shot up leg and foot, and was hospitalized for a few months, he was demobbed at Bovington, Dorset on 13 March 1919, fully recoved from his wounds. He went back to Ireland and like his brothers became a Policeman in December 1919, the Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded in 1922 and soon reraised and renamed the Royal Ulster Constabulary, but my Great Uncle did not reenlist, he immigrated, first to Canada, then to America, settling in Yonkers NY. I might of met he once or twice I,m sure, , but I was small, so I unfortunately don't recall him, he died here in Yonkers in 1972. He was though from what I remember my Fathers favorite uncle. My Father did meet his Uncle David the boxer a few times when he was a boy in the late 20s and in the 30s whenever he was in NYC for whatever reason, and thought the world of him, I think the last time he came to NY was during the war, maybe 1940-41, he never of course came back to NY, having been Killed in WWII.

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And here's his photo of my Great Uncle, he's the one with the Jet Black hair on the right. This was taken in Egypt September 1917.

 

The badge on the Topee will be this one.

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On my father's side:

 

My Grandfather was in the United States Marine Corps in the 1920's and was assigned as a U.S. Mail guard.

My Father was in the United States Marine Corps in WWII and served with occupation forces in Sasebo, Japan.

 

On my mother's side: Unknown

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Mother's side is a English Canadian Minuteman from Massachusetts who fought in the Revolution. My great grandfather served in a NY Volunteer Militia unit during the Civil War and my grandfather was in France on the last day of World War I.

 

My father's side descended from Col. Meriwether Lewis but most of his family found themselves in interesting places like Normandy during WW II.

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I don't have too much of a military heritage, but here are some relatives who served:

 

Grandfather - Michigan Air National Guard (he jokes about his job having been to chase the dear off the runway)

Uncle - U.S. Navy (served on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific)

Uncle - U.S. Air Force (loaded missiles onto jets)

Uncle's father - U.S. Army and Bataan Death March Survivor

Cousin - U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan

Cousin - U.S. Navy Color Guard/Submarine Service

Cousin - U.S. Navy/Special Forces

Cousin - U.S. Air Force

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Just one... My Great-grandfather was a Spanish Cavalry officer posted to the Southern Philippines, fighting the Moros. During the Fil-American War he was one of the few Spanish officers that fought for the Philippines against the US. He was eventually captured by US forces, was released, and went back to Spain where he was promoted and given command of a military base after which he retired from military service. Luckily, we still have several old pics of him in uniform as he rose through the ranks. He arrived in the Philippines from Spain as a Lieutenant, and when captured by US forces he was a Major. He retired a Colonel.

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Too Much WW1 Militaria

Lets see....

 

Dad's side:

 

Great Great Grandfather Civil War Quartermaster SGT PA (The regiment escapes me)

Grandfather WW1 roving surgeon with the AEF, Major came home with the 3rd Division

Father WW2 Combat Engineer with the 5th Army in North Africa and Italy

Younger brother combat infantryman 4th Division KIA (presumed) on 6/6/44 WW2

Older Brother career USMC, retired as a Master Gunny 2 tours Vietnam

Me career US Army, retired as a CW04, 2 tours Vietnam

 

Moms side:

 

Oldest sister forward surgical nurse ETO, WW2, CPT WW2

Older brother AAC/AAF Navigator, B-17's/B-24's 63 missions in the PTO 30 missions ETO WW2

Mom US Navy WAVE Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Hospital apprentice WW2

Younger brother Combat Engineer North Africa/Italy 5th Army WW2 (how my parents met)

Younger brother US Coast Guard WW2

 

Wife's side:

 

Father career Navy retired as a GMMCA, WW2/Korea

Brother USN WW2 Navy, Japanese POW

Mother's brother KIA USS Attik (1 of 2 Q-ships, I have his whole KIA group) WW2

 

Kids:

 

My son retired USAF (Just retired in Feb)

 

There are more on my wife's side, but I'm not sure on them.

 

John

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GGF on my mom's side: Major in Union Army

GGGF & GGF on my dad's side: Both in Texas Calvary Unit CSA

3rd cousin on my dad's side: killed in France in WWI

My dad's sister: Married to WWII USMC fighter pilot

My dad: US Army WWII Pacific

My oldest brother: Major US Army Vietnam Da Nang

Second oldest brother: Sgt. USAF Vietnam TDY to various posts in Vietnam from Clark AFB

Myself: USAF F-105 egress mechanic 23rd FW, 361st FS & 23rd FMS

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Revolutionary War…

4th GG, Private George Lind, 2nd and 6th Virginia

4th GG, Lieutenant John Stockton Nicholson , New Jersey

4th GG, Private Richard Barnes, North Carolina

5th GG, Private Joseph Newton, North Carolina

 

Mexican War

2nd GG, Private John Cobble, B Company, 2nd Indiana

 

Civil War….

2nd GG, Private Thomas J Lind, 13th D Company, 13th US Infantry

2nd GG, Private William U Nicholson, G Company, 103rd Illinois Infantry

2nd GG, Private John Burner, D Company, 91st Indiana Infantry

3rd GG, Private Christopher Sutt, F Company, 120th Indiana Infantry

 

 

Korea….

Father, Samuel Lind, RM3, USS Richard B Anderson, DD786

Uncle, Corporal Charles Sutt, 3rd Infantry

Uncle, James Lind, Korea and Vietnam.

 

Me..2nd Armor and 3rd Infantry 1980-1984

Brother, US Army 1982-2004

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A bit of an update:

 

Grandfather Richard Manoogian - Michigan Air National Guard

Great Grandfather Denis Cronin - IRA during the uprising (before they went a bit astray)

Uncle Rudy Leyba - U.S. Navy on Aircraft Carrier

Uncle Jay Taylor - U.S. Air Force

Uncle Ted Twomey - U.S. Air Force

Cousin Rosie Twomey - U.S. Marine Corps

Great Great Uncle Louis Gordon - K.I.A. in Manila WWII (U.S.A.A.C.)

Second Cousin Felix Laverty - U.S. Army Engineers WWI

Second Cousin Charles "Chuck" Laverty - U.S. Coast Guard WWII

Uncle's Father Macedonio Leyba - Bataan Death March Survivor (U.S. Army)

Cousin Rudy Leyba, Jr. - U.S. Navy Submarine Service

Cousin Dan Twomey - U.S. Marine Corps (Afghanistan)

Cousin Tommy Naughton - U.S. Navy

Cousin Dan Naugton - U.S. Navy

Cousin John Naughton - U.S. Navy

Great Uncle John Daly - U.S. Army (Korea)

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Well, lets see....I will stick to my Dad's direct line for this post. I have done a good bit of geneology and I'd have dozens of people listed if I went with everything from paternal and maternal lines. I am going to compile all of the military service together one day, it will be fun.

 

Dad's side:

 

Rev. War: My 6th great-grandfather, 3 different hitches in Virginia Regiments from 1776-1781.

 

War of 1812: 5th GG father, 4th Regiment(Boyd's), Virginia Militia.

 

Civil War: 4th GG father, Co. I 62nd Va. Infantry.

4th Great Uncles, William- 60th Virginia Infantry (KIA 3rd Winchester, 19 Sep 1964)...James- Co. D, 22nd Va. Infantry....

 

3 out of 4 of my second Great Grandfathers all fought for Virginia in the CW: C Co., 54th Va. Infantry, the other two in Artillery Bttys.

 

Simply by fate, we have no one who fought in WW1. My grandfather and his brothers were a bit too young to be called up.

 

WW2: My Dad was a SGT and Med. Tank Instructor (Shermans) at the Ft. Knox ARTC, 1944-'46.

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Mine is a very decent list but it comes from two different types of families: both my biological and my adopted. On my biological side I have relatives in some kind of service dating back to the colony of Jamestown as reinforcements for the population there. After that I've had relatives beginning from my ancestor Robert Watkins who fought in South Carolina for the Revolution and other relatives whose names I haven't pinned down yet fighting in the War of 1812. I guess my actual list would begin sometime in the Civil War as far as units are concerned:

Civil War:

1. Private Clayton Watkins 15th Virginia Cavalry; also saw service at Antietam and Gettysburg according to some letters my brother found amongst some of his belongings. His brother, whose name I can't remember now, served in General Lee's cavalry

2. Pfc. Hezekiah Watkins 48th Indiana Regiment Company E; Served with General Grant through Shiloh all the way through the siege of Vicksburg. He died 12 days after the city surrendered from typhoid. He is my 3x great grandfather and cousin of Clayton Watkins

3. Pfc. Rezin Watkins 29th Indiana Regiment Company K; He died on top of Lookout Mountain during the Battle of Chattanooga from wounds sustained mixed with severe dehydration. My brother has a pistol that was on him when he died. He is Hezekiah's brother and my 4x Great Uncle

World War 2:

1. Leo Watkins unit unknown; all I or anyone in my family know about this was that he was a marine in the Pacific but he was so shook up about what he saw during the war he never told anyone more than his branch and took that info to his grave

2. Pfc. Wayne Watkins 83rd Division 330th Infantry Regiment; landed on Omaha Beach as part of the second wave on D-Day, survived the hedgerows and many battles before he was killed in Brest the same day as the liberation of Paris, he was the only one of any of my relatives to die during a war

Korea:

1. Norbert Watkins unit unknown; He enlisted just before the armistice was signed but he served for four years and then went on to make Studebakers in the factory starting in 1957. He was my grandfather on my biological dad's side

Vietnam:

1. Sgt. Major Ron Garrett exact unit unknown; He was Marine Force Recon and never really told me what all he did but he did tell me that he was a part of one of the first marine corps units into Vietnam and a part of one of the last to leave Vietnam. He was my grandfather on my biological mother's side

 

Now when it comes to my adopted family the names and units get a bit easier to know:

Civil War:

1. Pfc. John Diesel 3rd Missouri Infantry; Served in the Battles of Booneville and Wilson's Creek and was a part of General Nathaniel Lyon's unit when the general was killed at Wilson's Creek

Spanish American War:

1. Pfc. Andrew Diesel He was in the Arkansas volunteer infantry but I can't remember which number it was; He never made it to Cuba and was stuck training at Chickamauga when the war ended, he was John Diesel's son

Philippine Insurrection :

1. George Diesel He served in the Navy for both the insurrection and WW1 according to the records I found on him, he was also John Diesel's son

World War 1:

1. 1st Lieutenant Grover John Diesel served in the army medical corps as a doctor, He survived the war and founded the first American Legion post in Millstadt Illinois in the early 20s, he was also John Diesel's son and the only uncle my grandma remembered from her family

2. Percy Sidgreaves exact unit unknown; served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces as a Howitzer gunner and witnessed the explosions of Messines Ridge and was exposed to mustard gas at the Battle of Passchendaele; he survived and immigrated to America in 1919, where he was a chauffer to a very rich family in Philadelphia as well as Katherine Hepburn for a time, he was my adopted mother's grandpa

World War 2:

1. Frank Urbanitch unit unknown; served with the Coast Guard stationed in Florida and patrolled the Gulf of Mexico for U boats, went on to served in the new Air Force during Korea, he was my only grandpa growing up as my mother's father had died years before I was adopted. He passed away in 2009 when I was a sophomore in college

2. Carsten Holt exact unit unknown; served in the Navy stationed in the Aleutians as a mechanic and sea plane pilot; was in the Battle of Dutch Harbor from the stories he told my dad and grandpa, he died when I was little but from what I was told he was my favorite babysitter and one of the only great uncles I knew growing up

3. Frank Penrose 101st Airborne Division exact regiment unknown; He was a paratrooper and took part in the Battle of the Bulge, where he became stuck in a tree after parachuting in, he was another of my great uncles

4. Pfc. Warren Diesel exact unit unknown; he was stationed in Burma as a mechanic along the Ledo Road. He became famous in the small town of Millstadt Illinois for his pin up girl collection which he had decorating his entire hut, most of them were signed by the models themselves, he was another of my great uncles the sadly passed away when I was little

Vietnam:

1. Sgt. Michael Urbanitch 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Echo Company or Echo 2/7 for anyone else; he served in Vietnam for only one 13 month tour as a 60mm mortarman before being reassigned to duty in Beaufort South Carolina. He is my adopted dad and he is my idol and hero

 

I think this sums up what family war history I could compile together

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Father side:

Great Uncle - Soviet Army WWII

Great Uncle's son - Soviet Army WWII (awarded Red Star) WWII

Great Aunt - Russian Partisan WWII

Uncle - B17 Bombardier WWII

Uncle - US Army - WWII

Brother - USMC

Self - USMC

Niece - Lt. - USMC

 

Mother side:

Many Uncles in WWII

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