Monday, May 30, 2016

Remembering on Memorial Day 2016

(Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/05/a-memorial-day-look-at-afghanistan-may-2011/100076/ )

Remembering my ancestor who served:


Served in the Union Forces during the American Civil War:
Alfred Fuller Aldrich—Michigan Engineers and Mechanics
Abel Aldrich--9th Michigan Infantry
Phylander S. Aldrich—Michigan Engineers and Mechanics
Robert G. Burling—42nd Illinois & 19th Michigan Infantries
Edward Carley—9th Michigan Infantry (James Island C. W. Battlefield, SC)
Oren A. Carley—8th Michigan Infantry
John C. Crofoot--13th Michigan Infantry
Vinson Detterich--2nd Missouri Cavalry
Giles Galusha—4th Michigan Infantry (Stones River Nat. Cemetery)
Henry H. Hoyt—122nd New York Infantry
Lawrence Hobart McCreery—Michigan Engineers and Mechanics
James Nelson McCreery—12th Michigan Infantry
George Wightman McCreery—6th Michigan Infantry
James Z. Murray--1st Michigan Infantry
Nicholas Neiderlander--98th New York Infantry
Uriah Reams—12th and 19th Michigan Infantries
Oscar Reams—U. S. Engineers (Alexandria Nat. Cemetery)
Erastus E. Reams—19th Michigan Infantry
Samuel Colyar Reams—13th Michigan Infantry
Zephaniah Reams—11th Michigan Infantry (Nashville Nat. Cemetery
Jonathan Reams—177th Ohio Infantry (Arlington Nat. Cemetery)
Josiah A. Risdon—1st California Cavalry
William Henry Skelcher—8th Michigan Infantry
Isaac S. Young—2nd Michigan Infantry

Served during Peace Time:
Ross R. Reams—U. S. Army (c1904-1910)

Served during World War I
Donald Ivan Grinnell—56th U. S. Engineers
Harry Duane Grinnell—U. S. Army Medical Corps
David B. Johnson—U. S. Navy & U. S. Army (1917-1925)
John V. Johnson—U. S. Army

Served during World War II
Howard J. Berry
Jack D. Crabtree
Harley R. Grinnell
Darrell R. Grinnell
John J. Marsden                                
Robert R. Wetzel