PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DONALD LAWRENCE PENNINGTON; MARINE CORPS

DOB/DOD: May 5, 1926 (Rochester, MA) – March 9, 1945; 18 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedLOCAL ADDRESS: 212 Ashley Street, Hartford. The home is no longer there. The address is now a parking lot for St. Francis Hospital.ENLISTMENT: June 1, 1943, in Columbia, South Carolina, at 17 years oldSERVICE NUMBER: 496698UNIT: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 23rdContinue reading “PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DONALD LAWRENCE PENNINGTON; MARINE CORPS”

FIRST LIEUTENANT FREDERICK CLARENCE BUCK; ARMY

DOB/DOD: 1843 * (Poquonock Br, Groton, CT) – July 15, 1905 (Johnson City, TN); 61 years oldMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedENLISTMENT: August 17, 1862, in Windsor, Connecticut.WOUNDED: Wounded on September 27, 1864, at Fort Harrison, Virginia.DISCHARGE: Mustered out on June 16, 1865. * The exact Date of Birth is unknown. FAMILY: Born to Daniel (1814-1892) and MaryContinue reading “FIRST LIEUTENANT FREDERICK CLARENCE BUCK; ARMY”