DOB/DOD: May 21, 1975 (Meriden, CT) – January 29, 2004; 28 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Crown Street; MeridenENLISTMENT: November 6, 1996MILITARY OCCUPATION SPECIALTY: 21B; Combat EngineerUNIT: A Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, 10th Mountain Division; Fort Drum, New York FAMILY: Born to Edith “Edie” R. Gilman (1952-). No siblings. His Big Sister from the BigContinue reading “SERGEANT BENJAMIN LEWIS GILMAN; ARMY”
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CORPORAL JOHN ROBERT “BOB” MCGLEW; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: February 21, 1925 (Lowell, MA) – February 19, 1945; 19 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 20 Windsor Avenue, MeridenENLISTMENT: February 19, 1943, in Boston, Massachusetts, on his 18th birthdaySERVICE NUMBER: 526410UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 737, Fire Team Leader FAMILY: Born to John T. (1900-1970) and BerthaContinue reading “CORPORAL JOHN ROBERT “BOB” MCGLEW; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE ALEXANDER “SASHA” LOGOYKE; MARINE CORPS
DOB/DOD: September 16, 1920 (Meriden, CT) – February 27, 1945; 24 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Unmarried LOCAL ADDRESS: 2 Billiard Street, MeridenENLISTMENT: June 16, 1944, in Hartford, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 987668UNIT: Company I, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0521, Basic Marine FAMILY: Born to John Logoyke (1884-1955) and Annie Audevich Logoyke (1896-1955). BothContinue reading “PRIVATE ALEXANDER “SASHA” LOGOYKE; MARINE CORPS”
PRIVATE CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM WILSON, SR.; ARMY
DOB/DOD: February 14, 1846 (Dublin, Ireland) – September 12, 1916 (Sea Cliff, NY); 70 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Henrietta Hartwell (1849-1925) in 1868.CHILDREN: Three sons, George D. (1868-1944), Robert H. (1870-1934), and Christopher W., Jr. (1880-1942). One daughter, Bessie D. Wilson Scofield (1876-1957).ENLISTMENT: July 5, 1861, in New York City. FAMILY: Born to Joseph andContinue reading “PRIVATE CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM WILSON, SR.; ARMY”