Category Archives: Killed in Action

George Ronan

June 11, 2012 – 12:04 am

Vol. I p100 69

(Born N. Y.) (Ap’d N. Y.)

Military History Cadet of the Military Academy, June 15, 1808, to Mar. 1, 1811, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Ensign, 1st Infantry, Mar. 1, 1811.

Served: on the Northwestern Frontier, 1811-1812; and in the War of 1812-1815 with Great Britain, being engaged in Captain Heald’s desperate engagement near Ft. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 15, 1812, with a vastly superior force of savages, two of whom he slew in a hand-to-hand fight, but, while upon his knees as he had fallen faint from his bleeding wounds, still wielding his sword, he was himself killed, in the Combat, Aug. 15, 1812: Aged 28.

See Fort Dearborn Massacre

“I pointed to Ensign Ronan, who, though
mortally wounded and nearly down, was still
fighting with desperation on one knee. 1

” Look at that man! said I. At least
he dies like a soldier.

The exact spot of this encounter was about where 2ist
Street crosses Indiana Avenue.

From section 56 http://archive.org/stream/dearbornmassacr00helmrich/dearbornmassacr00helmrich_djvu.txt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Dearborn

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West Point Graduates Killed in Action – War of 1812

June 11, 2012 – 12:04 am

Click on the Graduate’s Name, the Forts, and Battles

1812 US Flag

1812 US Flag

Maps of the 5 major North American Land Campaigns are at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812_Campaigns

Class of 1806

Eleazer Derby Wood – Bvt Ltc, Brilliant in Skill & Valor killed in sortie from Fort Erie Upper Canada, while gallantly leading and directing a column on the British batteries and siege works, 17 September 1814.

Wood at Ft Erie

WILLIAM PARTRIDGE – Captain, Corps of Engineers, chief engineer Michigan Territory; taken prisoner in surrender of Detroit. When his commanding general announced his determination to surrender, Partridge broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at that officer’s feet. Died a British prisoner of sickness 20 September 1812.

Note While Col McArthur broke his sword into 3 pieces tore off his epaulets threw himself on the ground and wept – it is conceivable Partridge broke his sword – http://www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com/the-surrender-of-detroit

Class of 1808

Samuel B. Rathbone – Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists; Mortally wounded in attack on “Queenstown Heights’, Upper Canada Oct. 13, 1812, dying Dec. 8, 1812, at “Fort Niagara”, N. Y.

James Gibson – Colonel 4th Rifles, killed in Sortie against British guns, Fort Erie Sep. 17, 1814, where, in the language of the official dispatch, he “fully sustained the high military reputation which he had before so justly acquired.

Class of 1811

Alexander J. Williams – Captain, 2d Artillery, killed while being engaged in the Defense of Fort Erie, Upper Canada, where, in a hand-to-hand encounter, while repulsing the enemy’s fourth desperate assault upon the bastion of the work.

Henry A. Hobart – First Lieut. Light Artillery killed in capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, May 27, 1813, while gallantly leading his company to the attack.

Henry A. Burchstead – First Lieut., 2d Infantry Killed in the “Creek Campaign”, Nov. 30, 1813, on the Alabama River.

George Ronan – Ensign, 1st Infantry; First West Point graduate to be killed in action, Fort Dearborn Massacre while with Captain Heald’s desperate engagement near Ft. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 15, 1812, against a vastly superior force of savages, two of whom he slew in a hand-to-hand fight, but, while upon his knees as he had fallen faint from his bleeding wounds, still wielding his sword, Aug. 15, 1812.

Class of 1812

Joseph M. Wilcox – First Lieut., 3d Infantry, in “Creek Campaign” under Major-General Jackson, against the Creek Indians, and after two desperate fights with the hostile savages on the Alabama River, was killed (Tomahawked and Scalped), Jan. 15, 1814

William Wallace Smith – First Lieut., Light Artillery; Mortally wounded in Battle of “Chrystler’s Field”, while gallantly serving, with his own hands, a piece of artillery under his command, dying of wounds, Dec. 3, 1813, at Ft. Prescott, Upper Canada. In Adam Sherriff Scott’s painting Smith can be seen at his gun while the Army is in retreat.

Smith at his gun while the Army retreats

Smith at his gun while the Army retreats

Some thoughts on the war from the June 21, 20012 Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/the-warts-of-1812-the-unglamorous-truth-about-a-hyped-up-war/258614/

“All of those are events that come in the last months of the war when the British were mounting a counterattack against the United States.” Bill Taylor explained. “They are all events that lead Americans to think they were on the defensive in the war and that the British were the aggressor. What’s lost sight of is that the United States declared the war and conducted the first two years of the war primarily as an invasion of Canada. And so Americans don’t remember the battles in Canada because they went so badly for the United States.”

But this myopia ultimately served a useful purpose. For a country that was young and divided and lacked a national identity, the legacy of the War of 1812 created heroes like Andrew Jackson and Oliver Perry as well as national symbols and slogans that endure today.

“Those three major events are certainly an important part of the legacy of the war in the public memory,” Professor Donald Hickey, author of The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict, suggested. “All those symbols of the war have developed an iconic significance. Uncle Sam, the Fort McHenry flag, the Star-Spangled Banner, the Kentucky rifle — these all help Americans understand who they are and where they are headed as a nation.”

TIME LINE OF WAR EVENTS

Taken from – http://ckwarof1812.weebly.com/time-line.html

The Web Site provides details of several Campaigns.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wcarr1/Lossing2/Chap26.html

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Future Project 1876-1889

February 28, 2012 – 12:18 am

James,Mann,1877,,Alumni,2676-1877,1/15/1891,”DOD: 01/15/1891 Place: Ft. Riley, KS Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 91 Age: 38 ”
Marion,Saffold,1879,,Alumni,2820-1879,10/8/1899,”DOD: 10/08/1899 Place: Novoletta, P. I. Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1900 Age: 43 ”
Edmund,Smith,1879,,Alumni,2773-1879,2/5/1900,DOD: 02/05/1900 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 1900 Age: 46
Walter,Dickinson,1880,,Alumni,2853-1880,7/2/1898,”DOD: 07/02/1898 Place: Santiago, Cuba Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 99 Age: 42 ”
Albert,Scott,1880,,Alumni,2859-1880,1/10/1906,DOD: 01/10/1906 Place: Georgia Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 07 Age: 48
William,Shipp,1883,,Alumni,2982-1883,7/1/1898,DOD: 07/01/1898 Place: San Juan Hill Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 99 Age: 37
William,Smith,1883,,Alumni,2995-1883,7/1/1898,DOD: 07/01/1898 Place: San Juan Hill Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 99 Age: 38
Seward,Mott,1886,,Alumni,3169-1886,3/11/1887,DOD: 03/11/1887 Place: Arizona Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 87 Age: 25
John,Gregg,1887,,Alumni,3204-1887,3/31/1899,DOD: 03/31/1899 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 99 Age: 35
William,Wilhelm,1888,,Alumni,3272-1888,6/12/1901,DOD: 12 June 1901 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: (DOW) Obit: AR 1902 Age: 34
Maurice,Krayenbuhl,1890,,Alumni,3342-1890,3/26/1899,”DOD: 26 March 1899 Place: Near Manilla, P.I. Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1901 Age: 31 ”
William,Davis,1892,,Alumni,3505-1892,1/1/1918,”DOD: 1 Nov 1918 Place: Audenarde, Belgium Notified by: Burial : Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1919 Age: 49 ”
Dennis,Michie,1892,,Alumni,3502-1892,7/1/1898,”DOD: 1 July 1898 Place: San Juan Hill, Cuba Notified by: Burial : Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Hamilton,Smith,1893,,Alumni,3559-1893,7/22/1918,”DOD: 22 July 1918 Place: Soissons, France Notified by: Burial : Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1919 Age: 47 ”
Thomas,Connell,1894,,Alumni,3603-1894,9/28/1901,DOD: 28 September 1901 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1902 Age: 29
William,Sater,1894,,Alumni,3596-1894,7/1/1898,”DOD: 1 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Joseph,Augustin,1895,,Alumni,3660-1895,7/2/1898,”DOD: 2 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
John,Gurney,1895,,Alumni,3619-1895,7/1/1898,”DOD: 1 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Louis,Lewis,1895,,Alumni,3657-1895,7/1/1898,”DOD: 1 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Anton,Springer,1895,,Alumni,3664-1895,6/10/1901,DOD: 10 June 1901 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1902 Age: 30
Charles,Boyd,1896,,Alumni,3729-1896,6/21/1916,”DOD: 21 June 1916 Place: Carrizal, Mexico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1917 Age: 45 ”
Haydon,Grubbs,1896,,Alumni,3692-1896,10/1/1899,DOD: 1 October 1899 Place: Tabuan Negros P. I. Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1900 Age: 27
Edmund,Benchley,1898,,Alumni,3840-1898,7/1/1898,”DOD: 1 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Clarke,Churchman,1898,,Alumni,3848-1898,7/2/1898,”DOD: 2 July 1898 Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico Notified by: Burial: Cuase: DOW Obit: AR 1899 Age: ”
Herbert,Lafferty,1898,,Alumni,3855-1898,9/17/1898,”DOD: 17 September 1898 Place: Montauk, Long Island Notified by: Burial: Cuase: DOW Obit: Age: 20’s ”
Robert,Maxey,1898,,Alumni,3862-1898,5/28/1918,”DOD: 28 May 1918 Place: Cantigny, France Notified by: Burial: Cuase: DOW Obit: AR 1918 Age: 45 ”
Francis,Meade,1898,,Alumni,3827-1898,9/22/1900,”DOD: 22 September 1900 Place: Manila, P.I. Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 1901 Age: 23 ”
William,Murphy,1898,,Alumni,3861-1898,8/13/1900,DOD: 13 August 1900 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1901 Age: 26
David,Wheeler,1898,,Alumni,3856-1898,4/14/1904,DOD: 14 April 1904 Place: Philippine Islands Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 1905 Age: 27
Robert,Calvert,1899,,Alumni,3918-1899,10/16/1906,”DOD: 16 October 1906 Place: Leyte, P.I. Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: AR 1908 Age: 32 ”
Henry,Way,1899,,Alumni,3930-1899,8/28/1900,DOD: 28 August 1900 Place: Philippine Islands, Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1901 Age: 26

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Future Project 1850-1875

February 28, 2012 – 12:17 am

William,Magruder,1850,,Alumni,1460-1850,7/3/1863,”DOD: 07/03/1863 Place: Gettysburg, PA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 37″
Joseph,Maxwell,1850,,Alumni,1491-1850,6/30/1854,”DOD: 06/30/1854 Place: Moro River, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27″
John,Mouton,1850,,Alumni,1487-1850,4/8/1864,”DOD: 04/08/1864 Place: Mansfield, LA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 35 ”
Charles,Winder,1850,,Alumni,1471-1850,1/9/1862,”DOD: 01/09/1862 Place: Cedar Mtn., VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 33″
Powell,Wyman,1850,,Alumni,1454-1850,6/30/1862,”DOD: 06/30/1862 Place: Glendale, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 34″
Junius,Daniel,1851,,Alumni,1526-1851,5/13/1864,”DOD: 05/13/1864 Place: Spottsylvania, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 36 ”
Ben,Helm,1851,,Alumni,1502-1851,9/20/1863,”DOD: 01/21/1863 Place: Chickamauga, GA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32″
Alexander,McRae,1851,,Alumni,1516-1851,1/21/1862,”DOD: 01/21/1862 Place: Valverde, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32″
James,Morton,1851,,Alumni,1495-1851,6/17/1864,”DOD: 06/17/1864 Place: Petersburg, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 35 ”
John,Chambliss,1853,,Alumni,1609-1853,8/16/1864,DOD: 08/16/1864 Place: Deep Bottom Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31
John,Grattan,1853,,Alumni,1614-1853,8/19/1854,”DOD: 08/19/1854 Place: Sioux, Dakota Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24 ”
James,McPherson,1853,,Alumni,1579-1853,7/22/1864,”DOD: 07/22/1864 Place: Atlanta, GA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 35″
Lucius,Rich,1853,,Alumni,1628-1853,1/1/1802,DOD: 08/1862 Place: Shiloh Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 32
Reuben,Ross,1853,,Alumni,1629-1853,12/16/1864,”DOD: 12/16/1864 Place: Hopkinsville, KY Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 34 ”
Joshua,Sill,1853,,Alumni,1581-1853,12/31/1862,DOD: 12/31/1862 Place: Stone River Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31
William,Terrill,1853,,Alumni,1594-1853,10/8/1862,DOD: 10/08/1862 Place: Perryville Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29
Benjamin,Davis,1854,,Alumni,1662-1854,6/9/1863,DOD: 06/09/1863 Place: Beverly Ford Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31
Archibald,Gracie,1854,,Alumni,1644-1854,12/2/1864,DOD: 12/02/1864 Place: Petersburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32
John,Greble,1854,,Alumni,1651-1854,6/10/1861,DOD: 06/10/1861 Place: Big Bethel Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27
John,Mercer,1854,,Alumni,1670-1854,4/19/1864,”DOD: 04/19/1864 Place: Plymouth, NC Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31″
Edgar,O’Connor,1854,,Alumni,1672-1854,8/28/1862,”DOD: 08/28/1862 Place: Groveton, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29″
William,Pender,1854,,Alumni,1649-1854,6/18/1863,”DOD: 06/18/1863 Place: Staunton, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 29″
Horace,Randal,1854,,Alumni,1675-1854,4/30/1864,DOD: 04/30/1864 Place: Jenkin’s Ferry Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31
John,Smead,1854,,Alumni,1645-1854,8/30/1862,DOD: 08/30/1862 Place: Manassas Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32
James,Stuart,1854,,Alumni,1643-1854,5/12/1864,”DOD: 05/12/1864 Place: Richmond, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 31″
Stephen,Weed,1854,,Alumni,1657-1854,7/2/1863,DOD: 07/02/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 30
Jesse,Allen,1855,,Alumni,1708-1855,8/15/1858,DOD: 08/15/1858 Place: Upper Yakima Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Age: 28 Obit:
Cornelius,Van Camp,1855,,Alumni,1679-1855,10/1/1858,DOD: 10/01/1858 Place: Comanche in Texas Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24
Guilford,Bailey,1856,,Alumni,1727-1856,5/31/1862,DOD: 05/31/1862 Place: Fair Oaks Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29
George,Bayard,1856,,Alumni,1721-1856,12/14/1862,DOD: 12/14/1862 Place: Fredericksburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 27
Henry,De Hart,1856,,Alumni,1715-1856,7/13/1862,DOD: 07/13/1862 Place: Gaines Mill Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 27
William,Gaston,1856,,Alumni,1737-1856,5/17/1858,DOD: 05/17/1858 Place: Washington Territory Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24
Charles,Lee,1856,,Alumni,1714-1856,6/30/1862,”DOD: 06/30/1862 Place: Glendale, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 28 ”
Owen,McLemore,1856,,Alumni,1749-1856,9/14/1862,DOD: 09/14/1862 Place: South Mountain Notified by: Burial: Cause: Obit: KIA Age: 27
William,Sanders,1856,,Alumni,1751-1856,11/19/1863,DOD: 11/19/1863 Place: Tennessee Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 30
George,Ryan,1857,,Alumni,1793-1857,5/8/1864,DOD: 05/08/1864 Place: Spottsylvania Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 28
Joseph,Smith,1857,,Alumni,1765-1857,10/12/1862,DOD: 10/12/1862 Place: Corinth Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 26
George,Strong,1857,,Alumni,1764-1857,7/30/1863,”DOD: 07/30/1863 Place: New York, NY Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 30 ”
George,Bascom,1858,,Alumni,1823-1858,2/21/1862,”DOD: 02/21/1862 Place: Valverde, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26″
Joseph,Dixon,1858,,Alumni,1800-1858,2/13/1862,DOD: 02/13/1862 Place: Ft. Donaldson Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26
Samuel,McKee,1858,,Alumni,1810-1858,6/3/1864,DOD: 06/03/1864 Place: Cold Harbor Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 29
Solomon,Williams,1858,,Alumni,1808-1858,6/9/1863,”DOD: 06/09/1863 Place: Beverly Ford, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 28″
Robert,Beckham,1859,,Alumni,1830-1859,11/30/1864,”DOD: 11/30/1864 Place: Franklin, TN Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27″
Charles,Collins,1859,,Alumni,1827-1859,5/12/1864,DOD: 05/12/1864 Place: Spottsylvania Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27
Roderic,Stone,1859,,Alumni,1838-1859,3/3/1862,”DOD: 03/03/1862 Place: Battle of Valverde, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 25 ”
William,Jones,1860,,Alumni,1871-1860,9/19/1863,DOD: 09/19/1863 Place: Chickamauga Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26
Salem,Marsh,1860,,Alumni,1873-1860,5/1/1863,DOD: 05/01/1863 Place: Chancellorsville Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26
William,McCreery,1860,,Alumni,1857-1860,7/3/1863,DOD: 07/03/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27
Lyman,Mishler,1860,,Alumni,1883-1860,2/21/1862,”DOD: 02/21/1862 Place: Valverde, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 23″
Stephen,Ramseur,1860,,Alumni,1860-1860,10/21/1864,DOD: 10/21/1864 Place: Cedar Creek Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 27
Julius,Adams,1861,,Alumni,1950-1861,11/15/1865,”DOD: 11/15/1865 Place: Brooklyn, NY Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW(Wounded GainesMill) Obit: Age: 25″
Charles,Brightly,1861,,Alumni,1961-1861,6/9/1864,DOD: 06/09/1864 Place: At Wilderness Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 25
Charles,Cross,1861,,Alumni,1889-1861,6/5/1863,”DOD: 6/05/1863 Place: Franklin’s Crossing, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26 ”
Alonzo,Cushing,1861,,Alumni,1944-1861,7/3/1863,DOD: 07/03/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age:
George,Custer,1861,,Alumni,1966-1861,6/25/1876,”DOD: 06/25/1876 Place: Little Big Horn River, MT Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 77 Age: ”
Justin,Dimick,1861,,Alumni,1958-1861,5/5/1863,DOD: 05/05/1863 Place: Bull Run Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 23
Arthur,Dutton,1861,,Alumni,1935-1861,6/5/1864,DOD: 06/05/1864 Place: Maryland Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 25
Charles,Hazlett,1861,,Alumni,1902-1861,7/2/1863,DOD: 07/02/18633 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 25
Henry,Kingsbury,1861,,Alumni,1891-1861,9/18/1862,DOD: 18 September 1862 Place: Antietam Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 26
Edmund,Kirby,1861,,Alumni,1897-1861,5/28/1863,”DOD: 05/28/1863 Place: Washington, DC Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 23 ”
James,McQueston,1861,,Alumni,1926-1861,9/19/1864,DOD: 09/19/1864 Place: Opequan Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29
Patrick,O’Rorke,1861,,Alumni,1933-1861,7/2/1863,DOD: 07/02/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27
Charles,Patterson,1861,,Alumni,1903-1861,4/8/1862,DOD: 04/08/1862 Place: Shiloh Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 25
George,Woodruff,1861,,Alumni,1948-1861,7/4/1863,DOD: 07/04/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 22
John,Meigs,1863,,Alumni,1995-1863,10/3/1864,DOD: 10/03/1864 Place: Fisher Hill Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22
Albert,Forse,1865,,Alumni,2074-1865,7/1/1898,”DOD: 07/01/1898 Place: San Juan Hill, Cuba Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 99 Age: 57″
Jacob,Almy,1867,,Alumni,2196-1867,5/27/1873,DOD: 27 May 1873 Place: Arizona Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1873 Age: 31
Arthur,Cranston,1867,,Alumni,2190-1867,4/26/1873,DOD: 26 April 1873 Place: Modoc Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1890 Age: 30
Thomas,Thornburgh,1867,,Alumni,2181-1867,9/29/1879,”DOD: 29 September 1879 Place: Milk Creek, Colorado Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1880 Age: 35 ”
James,Porter,1869,,Alumni,2288-1869,6/25/1876,DOD: 25 June 1876 Place: Little Big Horn Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA – Little Big Horn Obit: AR 1877 Age: 29
Benjamin,Hodgson,1870,,Alumni,2356-1870,6/25/1876,DOD: 25 June 1876 Place: Little Big Horn Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA at Little Big Horn Obit: AR 1877 Age: 28
James,Fornance,1871,,Alumni,2398-1871,7/3/1898,”DOD: 3 July 1898 Place: Santiago, Cuba Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW (Died of Wounds received in battle) Obit: AR 1900 Age: 48 ”
Henry,Harrington,1872,,Alumni,2429-1872,6/25/1876,DOD: 25 June 1876 Place: Little Big Horn Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 1877 Age: 27
George,Wallace,1872,,Alumni,2419-1872,12/29/1890,DOD: 12/29/1890 Place: Wounded Knee Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: AR 91 Age: 41

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Future Project 1806-1849

February 28, 2012 – 12:17 am

Name, Class Cdt. Co.,Constituency Code,Constituent ID,Deceased Date,Deceased Notes

Joseph Proveaux,1806,Alumni,20-1806,11/10/1813,DOD: 11/10/1813 Place: War in South A-30 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

Need to confirm that Joseph Proveaux was killed in a Duel not killed in action before removal.

Bvt Ltc Eleazer D. Wood, 1806 General Harrison’s Campaign of 1813 in the Northwest, and in Campaign of 1814 on the Niagara Frontier, engaged in the Defense of Ft. Meigs, Apr. 28-May 9, 1813, participating in the Sortie of May 5, on the British batteries, Skirmish at Chatham, U. C. Oct. 4, 1813, Battle of the Thames, U. C., Oct. 5, 1813, Capture of Fort Erie, July 3, 1814, Battle of Chippewa, July 5, 1814, Reconnoissance of Ft. George, July 21, 1814, Battle of Niagara, July 25, 1814, and Defense of Ft. Erie Aug. 3-Sep. 17, 1814, including its Bombardment, Aug. 13-15, Repulse of the enemy’s Assault, Aug. 15, and Sortie from it, Sep. 17, 1814, where leading and directing a column on the British batteries and siege works, he was Killed. Fort Wood on Liberty Island surrounds The Statue of Liberty

Col James Gibson 1808, 4th Rifles, Distinguished in defense of Fort Erie, Canada 8/15/1814 and 15 August Sortie destroying British siege guns dying of his wounds 9/17/1814. Fort Gibson on Ellis Island named honoring Col Gibson

Samuel,Rathbone,1808,,Alumni,34-1808,12/8/1812,DOD: 12/08/1812 Place: Ft. Niagra Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA War of 1812 to 1815 Obit:

Samuel Brown Rathbone, 1808 second lieutenant of artillery under General Van Rensselaer at the battle of Queenstown Oct 13, while crossing the Niagara River, died of wounds at Fort Niagara 12/8/1812.

First Lt Henry A. Burchsted, 1811 Wounded Battle of Tippecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811; War of 1812 with 2d Infantry, engaged in the Campaign of 1813 against the Creek Indians, Killed, Nov. 30, 1813, on the Alabama River. Possibly Battery Burchsted Fort Dade on Egmont Key Florida named in his Honor

Henry,Hobart,1811, First Lieut., Light Artillery, Aug. 15, 1811. War of1812-15 with Great Britain, being engaged in the Capture of York (now Toronto), U. C., Apr. 27, 1813, and Capture of Ft. George, U. C., May 27, 1813, where, while gallantly leading his company to the attack, he was killed May 27 – POSSIBBLY a Captain

George,Ronan,1811,,Alumni,69-1811,8/15/1812,”DOD: 08/15/1812 Place: Ft. Chicago, IL A-28 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA War of 1812 to 1815 Obit: ”

George,Ronan,1811, Ensign(?), 1st Infantry, being engaged in Captain Heald’s desperate engagement near Ft. Chicago, Ill. (Fort Dearborn Massacre) Aug. 15, 1812, with a vastly superior force of some 500 Potawatomi Indians, two of whom he slew in a hand-to-hand fight, but, while upon his knees as he had fallen faint from his bleeding wounds, still wielding his sword, he was himself killed. Ronan was the first West Point graduate to be killed in action.

Alexander,Williams,1811,,Alumni,53-1811,8/15/1814,DOD: 08/15/1814 Place: Ft. Erie A-24 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA War of 1812 to 1815 Obit:

Alexander,Williams,1811 in the Campaign of 1814 on the Niagara Frontier, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Erie, U. C., where, in a hand-toâ╢łhand encounter, while repulsing the enemy’s fourth desperate assault upon the bastion of the work, he was
Killed, Aug. 15, 1814

William,Smith,1812,,Alumni,88-1812,12/3/1813,DOD: 12/03/1813 Place: Chrystler’s Field Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW War of 1812 to 1815 Obit:

William Smith,1812 on the Niagara Frontier 1812â╢ł13, St. Lawrence River Campaign 1813,
Capture of Ft. George, U. C., May 27, 1813, Defense of its Outposts, Aug. 24, 1813, mortally wounded Battle of Chrystler’s Field, U. C., Nov. 11, 1813, where he was mortally wounded, while serving, with his own hands, a piece of artillery under his command.
Captured Dying of Wounds, Dec. 3, 1813, at Ft. Prescott, Canada

Alexander,Thompson,1812,D1,Alumni,75-1812,12/25/1837,DOD: 12/25/1837 Place: Florida Indian attack A-44 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

George,Gardiner,1814,,Alumni,91-1814,12/28/1835,DOD: 12/28/1835 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

William,Davidson,1815,,Alumni,152-1815,12/25/1840,DOD: 12/25/1840 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

William,Graham,1817,,Alumni,164-1817,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey A-49 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

John,Vinton,1817,,Alumni,168-1817,3/22/1847,DOD: 03/22/1847 Place: Vera Cruz Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

Joseph,Mansfield,1822,,Alumni,287-1822,9/18/1862,DOD: 09/18/1862 Place: Antietam A-59 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

David,Moniac,1822,,Alumni,324-1822,11/21/1836,DOD: 11/21/1836 Place: Florida Indian War A-34 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

James,Stephenson,1822,,Alumni,314-1822,11/26/1841,DOD: 11/26/1841 Place: Florida Indian War A-40 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

Thompson,Wheelock,1822,,Alumni,295-1822,6/15/1836,DOD: 06/15/1836 Place: Florida Indian War A-35 Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit:

Dixon,Miles,1824,,Alumni,387-1824,9/16/1862,DOD: 09/16/1862 Place: Harper’s Ferry Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 58

Joseph,Van Swearingen,1824,,Alumni,390-1824,12/25/1837,DOD: 12/25/1837 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 38

William,Williams,1824,,Alumni,375-1824,9/21/1846,DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 45

Francis,Brooke,1826,,Alumni,460-1826,12/25/1837,DOD: 12/25/1837 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 35

Albert,Johnston,1826,,Alumni,436-1826,4/6/1862,DOD: 04/06/1862 Place: Shiloh Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 59

Moses,Merrill,1826,,Alumni,465-1826,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 43

Ephraim,Smith,1826,,Alumni,469-1826,9/11/1847,DOD: 09/11/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 40

Leonidas,Polk,1827,,Alumni,477-1827,6/14/1864,”DOD: 06/14/1864 Place: Pine Mountain, GA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 58 ”

William,McKee,1829,,Alumni,552-1829,2/23/1847,DOD: 02/23/1847 Place: Buena Vista Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 39

William,Basinger,1830,,Alumni,588-1830,12/28/1835,DOD: 12/28/1835 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29

Simon,Drum,1830,,Alumni,597-1830,9/13/1847,DOD: 09/13/1847 Place: Assault on Mexico City Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 40

Henry,Clay,1831,,Alumni,630-1831,2/23/1847,”DOD: 02/23/1847 Place: Buena Vista, Mexico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 36 ”

John,Conrad,1831,,Alumni,661-1831,8/10/1838,DOD: 08/10/1838 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 30

Erastus,Capron,1833,,Alumni,716-1833,8/20/1847,DOD: 08/20/1847 Place: Churubusco Notified by: Burial: Cause:KIA Obit: Age: 37

John,Center,1833,,Alumni,736-1833,12/25/1837,DOD: 12/25/1837 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 25

Robert,Mudge,1833,,Alumni,720-1833,12/28/1835,DOD: 12/28/1835 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26

Phillip,Barbour,1834,,Alumni,777-1834,9/21/1846,”DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey, Mexico Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 33 ”

George,Field,1834,,Alumni,768-1834,9/21/1846,DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 33

Henry,McKavett,1834,,Alumni,773-1834,9/21/1846,DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32

Seneca,Simmons,1834,,Alumni,771-1834,6/30/1862,DOD: 06/30/1862 Place: Glendale Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 53

Richard,Henderson,1835,,Alumni,797-1835,12/28/1835,DOD: 12/28/1835 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 21

Abraham,Johnston,1835,,Alumni,813-1835,12/6/1846,”DOD: 12/06/1846 Place: San Pasqual, CA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31 ”

John,Keais,1835,,Alumni,799-1835,12/28/1835,DOD: 12/28/1835 Place: Florida Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24

Martin,Burke,1836,,Alumni,869-1836,8/20/1847,DOD: 08/20/1847 Place: Churubusco Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 30

Charles,Daniels,1836,,Alumni,878-1836,10/27/1847,DOD: 10/27/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 30

Charles,Hoskins,1836,,Alumni,881-1836,9/21/1846,DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32

Muscoe,Shackleford,1836,,Alumni,867-1836,10/12/1847,DOD: 10/12/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 34

Lloyd,Tilghman,1836,,Alumni,887-1836,5/16/1863,”DOD: 05/16/1863 Place: Baker’s Creek, MS Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: ”

Robert,Jones,1837,,Alumni,903-1837,5/31/1862,DOD: 05/31/1862 Place: Fair Oaks Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 46

John,Sedgwick,1837,,Alumni,914-1837,5/9/1864,DOD: 05/09/1864 Place: Spottsylvania Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 50

William,Walker,1837,,Alumni,936-1837,7/22/1864,”DOD: 07/22/1864 Place: Atlanta, GA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 47 ”

Thomas,Williams,1837,,Alumni,902-1837,8/5/1862,”DOD: 08/05/1862 Place: Baton Rouge, LA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 47″

Richard,Graham,1838,,Alumni,983-1838,10/12/1846,DOD: 10/12/1846 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 29

Zebulon,Inge,1838,,Alumni,985-1838,5/9/1846,DOD: 05/09/1846 Place: Resaca de la Palma Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31

Isaac,Stevens,1839,,Alumni,986-1839,9/1/1862,DOD: 09/01/1862 Place: Chantilly Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 44

Reuben,Campbell,1840,,Alumni,1043-1840,6/27/1862,DOD: 06/27/1862 Place: Gaines Mill Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 44

Stephen,Captenter,1840,,Alumni,1051-1840,12/31/1862,DOD: 12/31/1862 Place: Stone River Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 44

Douglass,Irwin,1840,,Alumni,1056-1840,9/21/1846,”DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey, CA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26 ”

George,Ayers,1841,,Alumni,1068-1841,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 26

Rudolph,Ernst,1841,,Alumni,1108-1841,9/22/1847,DOD: 09/22/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 28

Levi,Gantt,1841,,Alumni,1106-1841,9/13/1847,DOD: 09/13/1847 Place: Chapultepec Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 30

Julius,Garesche,1841,,Alumni,1074-1841,12/31/1862,DOD: 12/31/1862 Place: Stone River Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 42

Robert,Garnett,1841,,Alumni,1085-1841,7/13/1861,DOD: 07/13/1861 Place: Carrick’s Ford Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 41

Richard,Garnett,1841,,Alumni,1087-1841,7/3/1863,DOD: 07/03/1863 Place: Gettysburg Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 44

Nathaniel,Lyon,1841,,Alumni,1069-1841,8/10/1861,DOD: 08/10/1861 Place: Wilson’s Creek Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 42

Charles,Morris,1841,,Alumni,1110-1841,9/17/1847,DOD: 09/17/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 27

MG John,Reynolds,1841 Academy Commandant 1860 – 1861. Cmdr Right Wing (I, III, XI Corps) of Union Army, struck by a bullet just West of Gettysburg, Pa. July 1st 1863 while positioning troops to oppose MG Henry Heth’s Confederate advance.

Calvin,Benjamin,1842,,Alumni,1120-1842,9/13/1847,DOD: 09/13/1847 Place: Mexico City Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 29

Thomas,Hammond,1842,,Alumni,1159-1842,12/6/1846,”DOD: 12/06/1846 Place: San Pasqual, CA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 25″

George,Mason,1842,,Alumni,1153-1842,4/25/1846,”DOD: 04/25/1846 Place: Near Ft. Brown, TX Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27″

Henry,Stanton,1842,,Alumni,1155-1842,1/20/1855,”DOD: 01/20/1855 Place: Apache Indian War, NM Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 32 ”

Theodore,Chadbourne,1843,,Alumni,1181-1843,5/9/1846,DOD: 05/09/1846 Place: Resaca de la Palma Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 23

Robert,Hazlitt,1843,,Alumni,1189-1843,9/21/1846,”DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey, CA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 25 ”

John,Johnstone,1843,,Alumni,1175-1843,8/19/1847,DOD: 08/19/1847 Place: Contreras Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24

William,Burwell,1844,,Alumni,1220-1844,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 27

Alexander,Hays,1844,,Alumni,1225-1844,5/5/1864,DOD: 05/05/1864 Place: At Wilderness Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 44

Joseph,Smith,1844,,Alumni,1228-1844,9/13/1847,DOD: 09/13/1847 Place: Chapultepec Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 28

Erastus,Strong,1844,,Alumni,1219-1844,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24

Francis,Thomas,1844,,Alumni,1211-1844,7/21/1861,DOD: 07/21/1861 Place: Bull Run Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 37

James,Woods,1844,,Alumni,1222-1844,9/21/1846,”DOD: 09/21/1846 Place: Monterey, CA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22″

William,Allen,1845,,Alumni,1253-1845,12/6/1845,DOD: 12/06/1845 Place: Occupation of Texas Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22

Joseph,Farry,1845,,Alumni,1243-1845,9/8/1847,DOD: 09/08/1847 Place: Molino del Rey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 23

William,Rhea,1845,,Alumni,1264-1845,1/7/1847,DOD: 01/07/1847 Place: Monterey Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22

John,Richey,1845,,Alumni,1248-1845,1/13/1847,DOD: 01/13/1847 Place: Mexican War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22

David,Russell,1845,,Alumni,1268-1845,9/19/1864,”DOD: 09/19/1864 Place: Opequan, VI Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 42 ”

William,Whiting,1845,,Alumni,1231-1845,3/10/1865,DOD: 03/10/1865 Place: Governor’s Island Notified by: Burial: Cause: POW-DOW Obit: Age: 40

Thomas,Easley,1846,,Alumni,1319-1846,8/20/1847,DOD: 08/20/1847 Place: Churubusco Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 24

Jesse,Reno,1846,,Alumni,1279-1846,9/14/1862,DOD: 09/14/1862 Place: South Mountain Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 39

Alexander,Rodgers,1846,,Alumni,1301-1846,9/13/1847,DOD: 09/13/1847 Place: Chapultepec Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 22

Edmund,Russell,1846,,Alumni,1327-1846,3/24/1853,DOD: 03/24/1853 Place: California Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 31

James,Stuart,1846,,Alumni,1310-1846,6/18/1851,DOD: 06/18/1851 Place: Oregon Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 26

Oliver,Taylor,1846,,Alumni,1302-1846,5/17/1858,DOD: 05/17/1858 Place: Utah Indian War Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 33

Ambrose Powell Hill 1847, remembered as A P Hill, his Division made extraordinary march and ferocious attack at Antietam, securing Lee’s Right Flank. Killed 3/2/1865 when Grant broke Lee’s defenses at Petersburg as Hill attempted to rally his Corps. It said in Lore that both Jackson and Lee called for Hill on their death beds, with Lee saying “Tell Hill he must come up”. Camp A P Hill, Va. Honors him.

Otis,Tillinghast,1847,,Alumni,1343-1847,7/23/1861,DOD: 07/23/1861 Place: Bull Run Notified by: Burial: Cause: DOW Obit: Age: 38

William,Jones,1848,,Alumni,1378-1848,6/5/1864,”DOD: 06/05/1864 Place: Piedmont, VA Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 40 ”

James,McIntosh,1849,,Alumni,1449-1849,1/7/1862,”DOD: 01/07/1862 Place: Pea Ridge, AR Notified by: Burial: Cause: KIA Obit: Age: 34″

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Current Site Listings

March 27, 2011 – 2:04 pm

You may either click on the Class or the individual listing.

Coaches are at http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-coaches/

A Football listing is at http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-teams/football/

Clicking on photos will carry you to expanded information

This Web Site needs material from each Class – please make submissions to ArmyAthletes@AOL.com

He was an Army Athlete – Football, Cross Country, Basketball

The only soldier ever to be awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge as a General Officer.

Commanding General cleaning his Thompson Submachinegun

1900 1899 Football Team

1903 Douglas MacArthur, 1902 Football Team

1904 Joe Stilwell, 1903 Football Team

1905 Ernest Graves, Charles Daly

1909 George S. Patton, Philip Hayes

1913 1912 Football Team

1915 All Teams & All Athletes are at 1915

1917 John McEwan

1918 Elmer Oliphant, Leslie R Groves

1919 Eugene Vidal

Note – Every Football Team from 1920 through 1999 (plus 2001 – last winner over Navy) has recently been added to the Football team page

1920 Earl Blaik, Homer Keifer, 1919 Football Team

1926 Red Reeder

1929 1928 Army Notre Dame

1932 Robert L. Scott

1936 William Shuler, Whitey Grove

1937 Charles Meyer, Colin Kelly

1938 Edward J. York

1939 Robert Sears, Robert Cole, Leon Vance, 1938 Football Team

1941 Alexander Nininger

1945 Bob St Onge, Doug Kenna

1946 Max Minor, Al Nemetz, Jack Green

1947 Doc Blanchard, Dewitt Coulter, Arnold Tucker, Hank Foldberg, Glenn Davis

1949 Joe Steffy, Rip Rowan, Goble Bryant, Art Gerometta, Bobby Jack Stuart

1950 Morris Herbert, Jim Irons, Arnold Galiffa, John Trent, Jim Cain, Joe Green, Gil Stephenson, Bill Kellum, Bill Yeoman

1951 Dan Foldberg, Gil Stephenson

1952 Richard Shea, Joe Austin, Dick Inman, Vince Bailey, Jim McInerney, Ed White, John Claybrook, Jack Kleburg, Bob Wheeler

1954 Bob Mischak, Bill Albright, Jay Gould, Jerry Lodge, Lowell Sisson, 1953 Army Duke, Army Navy 1953

What Col Blaik Faced in the Fall of 1953,
General Van Fleet is Remembered

Bob Mischak – Letter to West Point’s Hall of Fame Selection Committee

If you play for Army always Remember what this Team did!

“I never coached a team that gave me more than you did. I never have coached a team that has given me as much satisfaction. Considering all the conditions since 1951, you have done more for football at West Point than any other team in the history of the Academy.”

The ’53 Team was Nominated for West’s Point’s Hall of Fame

Please Click on the above photo for the 13 page Nomination Document prepared by Class of 1962

The Class Nomination Letters are at

http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-letters/bob-class

Bob Mischak, ’54 as a player and a coach, participated in 3 Super Bowls, 8 AFC Championships and numerous playoff games. As the starting Offensive Tackle on the 1958 Giant Team he participated in The Greatest Game Ever Played. Bob had this to say of the 1953 Duke Game (perhaps Army’s Greatest Game)

“As many reports have stated, the 1953 team “Returned to Glory” with the defeat of the nationally ranked Duke Blue Devils at the Polo Grounds in New York City. From a player’s stand point, that was the epitome of any game, team, and student body support that I’ve been associated with – bar none.”

1955 Tommy Bell, Pete Lash, Joe Franklin, Ski Ordway

1956 Peter Vann, Don Holleder, Jack Nicholson, Norman Schwarzkopf,
Pat Uebel, Pete Lash, Bob Farris, Ralph Chesnauskas, Russell Mericle, Vann To Holleder, One of the last to earn 9 Army A’s in 3 Years, ’56 Titans, Plebe Team Fall of 1952

1957 Class of 1957, Dick Stephenson, 57s Graduation Parade, Error in Cadet Lore

Note – Every 150 – Lightweight – Sprint Team from the 1957 Season to the 2006 Team are at:

http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-teams/150-lightweight-football

1958 John Brinson, Jude Theibert, Dick Schonberger, Jim Kerner, 1957 150 Football Season, 1957 Football Team

1959 Bob Novogratz, Pete Dawkins, Harry Walters, Jack Morrison, Jerry Weisensell, 1958 Football Season, 1958 150 Football

1960 Bob Anderson, Bill Carpenter, Joe Caldwell, Fred Kaiser, Bill Yost, Ozzie Oswandel, Ross Gagliano, 1959 Football Season, Wrestling 1959 1960 team, 1960 Basketball Team, 1959 150 Football, Bob Anderson as an Army Back, Winter Sports 59′-60, Sports Articles

1961 Bert Yancy, George Joulwan, Tom Blanda, Dick Buckner, Harry Miller, Al Vanderbush, Jerry Clements, Nick Vay, Denny Lenhart, Bob Kewley, Jonathan Aaronsohn, 1961 Baseball Team, 1960-61 Wrestling, 1960 150 Football Team, 1961 Lacrosse Team, Army win in Yankee Stadium

The 1961 Class Gift is at http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-photos/large-gettysburg

1962 All Teams & All Athletes are at 1962

1963 Mike Natvig, John Woods, Bob Foley, John Ellerson, Mike Kilroy, 1962 150 Football, Sports Articles

1964 Barry DeBolt, Steve Pembrook, Roy Buckner, Charles Flint, Dick Nowak, 1963 150 Football

1965 1964 150 Football, 1965 Football Team, 64-65 Basketball Team

1966 Paul Buch, 1965 150 Team, 1965 Football Team, 1966 Basketbal, Golf and Track

1967 Andy Nusbaum, 1966 150 football, 1967 Team

1968 Don Johnson, Bud Neswiacheny, 1967 150 Football, 1968 Team

1969 Charles Jarvis, 1969 Team, 1968 150 Football

Note – Every 150 – Lightweight – Sprint Team from the 1957 Season to the 2006 Team are at
http://forwhattheygaveonsaturdayafternoon.com/wp-teams/150-lightweight-football

Note – Every Football Team from 1920 through 1999 (plus 2001 – last winners over Navy) has recently been added to the Football team page

1970 Lynn Moore, 1970 Team, “1969 150 Football”

1971 “1970 150 Football”

1972 “1971 150 Football”

1973 Steve Bogosian, Donnie Donnell, Bob Hines, Bill Moore, Joe Tallman, Matt Wotell, 1972 150 Team, 1972 Team 1973 Team

1974 Gene Richardson, Tom Weber, 1973 150 Team

1975 John Mode, 1974 150 Team

1976 Russ Grimm, 1975 150 team

1977 Dave Rost, 1976 150 team

1978 Gary Winton, 1977 150 team

1979 Clennie Brundidge, 1978 150 Team

1980 Bob Doering, 1979 150 Team

1984 Melody Ann Smith, 1983 150 Team

1985 Dave Goodling, 1984 150 Team

1986 Pamela Pearson, 1985 150 Team

1987 John Vansant, 1986 150 Team

1989 Ann Wycoff, Greg Gadson, Mike Sullivan, Teresa Sobiesk, 1988 150 Football

1990 Elexa Willis, 1989 150 Football

1991 Holly Fishburne, Mike Mayweather Mark West, 1990 150 Team

1993 Michael McElrath, 1992 150 Team

1995 Doug Kim, 1994 Lightweight Team, 1994-1995 Women’s Basketball

1996 1995 150 football, 1995 – 1996 Women’s Basketball

1997 Julie Schellhase, 1996 150 Team, 1996-1997 Women’s Basketball

1998 Holly Pedley, 1997 150 Football

2004 2003 150 Football, 2004 Softball

2005 William Sullivan, 2004 150 Football

2006 Scott Wesley, 2005 150 Football, 2005 – 2006 Women’s Basketball Team

2007 Peter Bier, Mike Castelli, Justin Keonig, Austin Miller, Lindsey Gerheim, 2006 Sprint Football Team,

2008 Mike Viti, Commencement Address, 150, Lightweight, Sprint Football Reunion

2009 Baseball 2009

2012 March Back, Chris Swain

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Mike Kilroy

January 24, 2009 – 6:09 pm

Captaim of the Swimming Team

Killed in Vietnam

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Bill Harold Kellum

January 11, 2008 – 10:10 pm

Big Bill Kellum

Army A Football Yearling, Cow & Firstie Year

Korean War —

Big Bill Kellum led a platoon in the 21st Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division, earning the Silver Star. After his capture, Kellum organized resistance to Chinese indoctrination at Camp Five – Ponktong near the Chinese/North Korean border. His punishment was confinement to a special section of the camp hospital (no prisoner left alive), where he died in June 1951.

Grads would walk next to the wire whistling “On Brave Old Army Team” to encourage Bill.

USMA 1950
Memorial Articles

William Harold Kellum
NO. 17975 20 October 1926 15 June 1951
Died 15 June 1951 (Presumed date) at Pyoktong, North Korea. Aged 23 Years.

COURAGE AND DETERMINATION. These were the words by which 1st Lieutenant William H. Kellum lived, fought, and died. Bill Kellum’s dedication to these words constitutes a capsule explanation of his outstanding athletic achievements, his extraordinary gallantry on the field of battle, and his uncompromising attitude toward his Chinese captors which was directly responsible for his untimely, tragic, but highly courageous and exemplary death.

It is clear that Colonel Earl ‘Red’ Blaik, under whose tutelage Bill achieved AII- East honors at the position of end in addition to three football letters, two of them with Navv stars, was impressed by these characteristics of courage and determination, as he recently recalled that:

“Bill Kellum … in his quiet, rather self-effacing, but uncompromising way … had a depth of determination which would not allow him to play a secondary position even though to do otherwise he was forced to overcome a limited … (physique by college standards). Bill’s competitive urge had a ferocity of purpose which earned him the lasting respect of the troops both on the field and on the field of battle.”

Again, courage and determination are amply evident in Lieutenant Kellum’s combat record as illustrated by the following excerpts from his Silver Star citation:

“…He was assigned the mission of maintaining a combat outpost approximately 3,000 yards in front of the main line of resistance…. At the break of day, he could observe the enemy almost completely around his position. Realizing the threat to his security, he immediately began placing his men to meet the new threat… He ran from position to position, continually exposing himself to enemy fire, in order to encourage his men and direct the fire fight. When last seen, he was running toward the right flank of his platoon to direct that group of men who were then heavily engaged with the enemy …. “

But there was more to Bill Kellum than athletic and military achievements. More even than courage and determination. He was a man of many capabilities and interests, a man who is remembered for his ready grin as well as his courage, a man considerate of and deeply attached to his family, and a man of strong beliefs in God and dedication to country and career. An account which does justice to Bill’s achievements and character cannot be told hit and miss: it must have a chronological foundation.

So let us backtrack to Eastland, Texas, on 20 October 1926, Bill’s date of birth. He was a strong, healthy baby which gave him a good start towards being the outdoor, athletic type he turned out to be. Bill received his elementary education in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and El Dorado, Arkansas. His high school education was at Haynesville, Louisiana, where in recognition of good grades and citizenship he was elected a member of the National Honor Society.

In forecast of football exploits at West Point, Bill was a much respected terror on high school football fields. He made All-State two years and All-Southern one year playing the position of end. Let us look briefly at excerpts from newspaper accounts of games in which he played, for courage and determination were as evident then as thev were to be years later playing for higher stakes in Korea:

“…Kellum is a scrapper from whistle to gun…his fine competitive spirit is an inspiration to his teammates… in spite of the fact that opposing coaches have had their linemen double up on the lanky wingman. He has been a standout in every game with his jarring tackles, precision blocking, and fancy pass catching ……

Of course, football was not Bill’s onIy avocation. He was greatly interested in scouting, an interest which may have been given impetus by the action of a Boy Scout who saved him from death from gasoline fumes at the age of four by administering artificial respiration. Bill was also an active member of the First Baptist Church. Another sporting interest, swimming, he turned to profitable use as he served as manager and life guard of the Haynesville City Pool during high school days.

Bill was close to his family in growing up. He and his brother, Herman, now a doctor, were inseparable. In the one letter he was able to write home from prison camp, Bill’s primary concern was not for his own situation, but rather for news of Herman’s first child. In Bill’s words,

“…Have been thinking about (the family) a lot and have wondered greatly about the new addition to the family …. Let the kid know about his Uncle Bill.”

Bill’s favorite fishing partner was his father who continually encouraged him in his athletic and career ambitions. Bill was close to and always considerate of his mother, never failing in the years he was away from home to call her on special occasions. His only and younger sister, Beth, was the recipient of much advice as well as special concern and protection. An age difference of 12 years was no barrier between Bill and his younger brother, Joe, whose active approach to life was so similar to Bill’s.

Thus did William H. Kellum’s full boyhood prepare him for the responsibilities of manhood.

Upon finishing high school, Bill served five months in the US Navy in the closing months of World War II. While in the Navy, he won a “golden gloves” championship, evidence of his interest and competence in the “manly art of self-defense,” an interest which was to bring further laurels at West Point.

As a recipient of an appointment to the US Military Academy, Bill left the Navy to attend Louisiana State University where he found time amidst his West Point preparatory studies to be first-string end on the football team and to win a second place medal in the ROTC boxing matches.

Matriculating to West Point in July 1946, Bill, by graduation day, 6 June 1950, was able to leave an enviable record behind him. Bill’s football exploits have already been related. In boxing, he won many more bouts than he lost. Skinny for a heavyweight, Bill is still remembered at West Point and by classmates around the world for “cutting down to his size” ring opponents who outweighed him frequently by as much as 50 pounds. Herb Kroten, one of his boxing coaches, accounts for Bill’s success (he went to the finals of the Eastern intercollegiate Championships one year and was elected co-captain of the boxing team his First Class year) by recalling his willingness “to take on anything.”

Athletics were not Bill’s only interests at West Point. He was a member of the Fishing Club and Radio Club and ranked relatively high militarily. However. Bill is remembered by his classmates as much for his personality as for his more objective achievements. The Howitzer was indeed right in asserting that “Bill’s warm Southern personality and ready humor will be long remembered by the Class of ’50.”

Only a few short months after graduation, Bill, in company with so many of his classmates, was called upon to utilize his West Point training on the field of battle sooner than he or anyone else expected. His country and his Alma Mater did not find him wanting! As a platoon leader of Company G, 21st Inf., he distinguished himself on the field of battle being awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart. He had every reason to write home proudly when he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant only five months after graduation. Excerpts have already been quoted from his Silver Star citation. Equally stirring and indicative of his courageous spirit and military leadership are the following excerpts from his Bronze Star citation:

“During his regiment’s advance his platoon was the leading element …. With complete disregard for his safety Lieutenant Kellum exposed himself to a hail of withering fire in order to place his men in positions affording the maximum fire power and control. Moving far forward, he directed the effective fire of friendly artillery and mortars …. He then led an assault – routing the enemy … and permitting the continued advance of the regiment ……

Captured during an action in which he was heroically leading his platoon in defending a combat outpost 3,000 yards in front of the main line of resistance, Lieutenant Kellum was taken to a prison camp in Pyoktong in North Korea. Here he faced his final and perhaps his most formidable test of courage. A classmate whom Bill assisted while he himself was weak and sick reports that:

“…under these difficult conditions Bill was a model soldier. He resisted his captors’ every effort to organize a mass indoctrination program in the officers’ compound, and did more than his share of the work in helping his fellow prisoners to survive….

In spite of a complete lack of care and only crackers and rice for food, Bill, by sheer determination. recovered from flu, only to incur the wrath of the Chinese for organizing the ambulatory soldiers at what was, in name only, the prison camp’s hospital. Thrown into detention in a part of the “hospital” from which no prisoners ever emerged alive, Bill died a hero’s death staunchly defending his convictions and the traditions of his Alma Mater and country. Fellow prisoners report that Bill’s death occurred approximately 15 June 1951, a date which is more accurate than the year end date, 31 December 1951, assumed in AG official records.

In their tremendous and irreplaceable loss, Bill’s surviving parents and brothers and sister have been strengthened by a justifiable pride shared bv friends, classmates, and fellow officers in a man who died as he lived: courageous and determined to be true to his own high ideals whatever the danger, whatever the personal sacrifice.

–R.P.L. ’50–

http://www.larchmontgazette.com/guide/history/1954/1954macdonnell2.html

http://www.kmike.com/oz/77/PyokTong.htm

http://www.cyberussr.com/hcunn/e-asia/korea-pow.html

http://koreanwar.defense.gov/factsheetpowkw.html

http://www.usma1950.com/1950/memorials/KellumWH.htm

http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=107004

http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance_search_6.html?key=15625

http://www.homeofheroes.com/verify/recipients_k.html

http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/silver_star/p_silver_star_recipients_k.htm

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~laalhn/korea.htm

http://www.fanbase.com/Army-Black-Knights-Football-1949/roster

http://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/la-alpha.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?id=J6-nkEfeZ0wC&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=William+Harold+Kellum&source=bl&ots=nkvKmRIEcl&sig=PNO-NPoXpZ9bNZqGSWhsKxU8-t4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AmYUUL-TPIOC7AH-jIGACg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAjgo#v=onepage&q=William%20Harold%20Kellum&f=false

http://www.kmike.com/POW_Olympics/pow/POW_Olympics_Names.htm

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Turk Griffith

October 18, 2007 – 7:11 pm

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150 Tackle who wore low cuts. Army A Cow and firstie Year. Killed in Vietnam

Thurston A. Griffith Jr.
http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/24265/

Thurston Algee Griffith Jr.., was born in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on 17 March 1940. He and his family moved first to Raton, and then to Los Alamos, New Mexico, where he attended high school, was active in church and Sunday school work at the Methodist church, and was a member of the Boy Scouts of America.

At Los Alamos High School, “Turk’s” interests were varied. He participated in sports, stood 12th in his class scholastically, and was awarded the Junior Citizenship Award in 1958. He was a member of the National Honor Society; a delegate to Boy’s State; president of the senior class and the Los Alamos Student Council, as well as the North Central District Student Council. He was also a talented amateur photographer.

Athletics were important to Turk from the time he played little league baseball to the time he graduated from West Point. Swimming, ice skating, ice hockey, and fishing were all a major part of his extracurricular activities. He was co-captain of his high school football team and lettered in track, baseball, and football. At West Point he played football on the 150-pound team, and was named on the Eastern Intercollegiate All-League team for 1961 as a tackle.

When Turk was a junior in high school his father, Turk Griffith Sr., was killed in an accidental explosion, and Turk Jr., assumed responsibilities beyond his years. His friends and neighbors said that Turk was “born to be a leader,” and that his perseverance, integrity, and high moral standards would certainly help him in His ambition to go to West Point.

When Thurston A. ‘Turk” Griffith Jr., was elected the “outstanding senior boy” at Los Alamos High School, he was also voted the “most likely to succeed.” He did succeed in his desire to go to West Point, and when he graduated in June 1962, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Signal Corps. He then completed a series of training courses fitting him for the Army’s Special Forces arid an assignment to the Military Assistance Command in Vietnam, where he lost his life on 17 January 1965.

In Vietnam, Turk was greatly admired by his associates, both American and Vietnamese. After his death, which occurred while on a combat patrol for which he volunteered, the Republic of Vietnam awarded him the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm Leaf Cluster and the Vietnamese National Order Medal Fifth Class. Also awarded to Turk posthumously were the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and the Bronze Star Medal with “V” device for valor.

Turk’s many friends in Los Alamos petitioned the Los Alamos School Board to name the new high school gymnasium after him, and they were successful in their appeal. It is a fitting memorial for a fine young man. a New Mexican who gave his life in the war in Vietnam.

At Fort Gordon, Georgia, a multi-storied bachelor officers’ quarters building has been named Griffith Hall in honor of Turk. The building, scheduled for completion in mid-

1966, was dedicated to Lieutenant Griffith in memory of his tours of duty at that post and in recognition of his “outstanding service to the U.S. Army and the ultimate sacrifice of his life to his country in Vietnam. …”

First Lieutenant Thurston A. Griffith Jr., is remembered proudly by his mother, Mrs. W. O. Connor Jr., his brother, Dudley Griffith, and his host of friends.

Requiescat in pace.

A Friend”

Note – Jim Ellis asked Harry Hagerty to sign for Turk on the Class of ’62 listing in the ’62 Room – Arvn Gym.
(The Class listing is just under the pictorial of General MacArthur’s expectation of us – Duty Honor Country – May 1962) the 2d picture of the ’62 Room.

Shadow box and picture from Virtual Wall
http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GriffithTA01a.htm

HS Gymnasium Dedication and program from Jim Heldman’s ’62 webpage
http://www.heldman.com/page9/page9.html

Starting guard and key contributor on Army’s 150-pound 1961 football team. KIA Vietnam 1/17/65.  Turk and  I were in the basic officer’s course together at Fort Gordon, GA. Turk (and others) played on a touch football team. The team was stacked with former college players and had its way with the other teams in the league.Turk played on the inside of the offensive line and had a much larger varsity college player on his outside. The other teams would frequently complain that Turk was not abiding by the rules and I can vividly remember the referee getting right up on the line to try to catch Turk doing something illegal.Now I am sure Turk would never do anything outside the rules, but since the referee was shielded from seeing everything by the player to Turk’s outside, Turk was never called for an infraction.Griffith Hall at Fort Gordon is, of course, named for Turk. It is a BOQ or VOQ and, I am told, has recently been renovated – – by John Easterbrook

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