PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD PAUL EZEPCHIK; MARINE CORPS

DOB/DOD: May 11, 1924 (New York, NY) – February 23, 1945; 20 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: Box 34, Hanover, CTENLISTMENT: July 30, 1942, in New London, ConnecticutSERVICE NUMBER: 442121UNIT: Company C, 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine DivisionMILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY: 0745, Rifleman FAMILY: Born to Paul K. (1885-1973) and Kate (1885-1963) Ezepchik. Both parentsContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EDWARD PAUL EZEPCHIK; MARINE CORPS”

SERGEANT ALLEN TUCKER; ARMY

DOB/DOD: April ?, 1837 * (Old Lyme, CT) – February 22, 1903 (New Haven, CT); 65 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married to Amelia J. Bradley (1846-1897). Married to Lucy A. Stevens (1852-1922) on September 11, 1898, in Hamden, Connecticut.CHILDREN: Two sons, George A. (1870-1928) and Leland T. (1876-1935). One daughter, Carrie A. Tucker Smallman (1866-1917).ENLISTMENT: AprilContinue reading “SERGEANT ALLEN TUCKER; ARMY”

SERGEANT EUGENE MORTIMER TINKHAM; ARMY

DOB/DOD: April 19, 1842 (Sprague, CT) – October 2, 1909 (Springfield, MA); 67 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Anna Jordan (1838-1910) on March 8, 1874, in Ephratah, New YorkENLISTMENT: August 28, 1862, in Waterloo, New York.WOUNDED: June 3, 1864, in Cold Harbor, Virginia.DISCHARGE: June 22, 1865, in Richmond, Virginia. FAMILY: Born to Welcome E. (1805-1863) andContinue reading “SERGEANT EUGENE MORTIMER TINKHAM; ARMY”

SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER J. FLYNN; ARMY

DOB/DOD: December 15, 1829 (County Westmeath, Ireland) – October 15, 1889 (Sprague, CT); 60 years oldMARITAL STATUS: Married Catherine Spratt (1836-1912) on November 24, 1852, in Blackstone, Massachusetts.CHILDREN: Four sons, Joseph T. (1863-1943), John (1859-1939), James (1861-?), and Thomas E. (1874-1964). Five daughters, Anna J. Flynn Craig (1863-1939), Catherine V. Flynn Welch (1865-1942), Sarah C.Continue reading “SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER J. FLYNN; ARMY”