100 of My Veterans

For Veteran's Day I'm posting 100 of the veterans from my family file. Next year maybe another hundred.

I'll start with my brother. 

Brock Paul E.  (Marine Corp)

Alexander, Thomas American Revolution

Allman, Raymond (Navy)

Allman, Fred  (Army) WWI KIA

Allman, Robert D.  (Navy)

Allman, Royal "Bud" (Army)  WWII 

Austin, Nathaniel Sr.  American Revolution

Ballard, Melvin  (Navy) WWII

Banister, Alvin Henry (Army)  WWII 

Banister, William E. "Bill" (Army) WWII 

Beard, Elijah  Civil War/Confederacy

Beard, Franklin Pinkney Sr. WWII 

Beard, Leonard Herchel (Army)  WWII 

Beard, William  American Revolution

Bearden, Richard D. American Revolution

Bedel, James Edward "Jimmie" Vietnam

Benbrook, Adrel A. WWII 

Black, Edgar O. WWII 

Bode, Carl H. (Army) WWII 

Bode, Francis O. (Army) WWII 

Bohall, Daryl Wayne Vietnam

Bohall, Ervin E. (Army Air Corp) WWII

Bohall, George Emil (Army Air Corp)

Bohall, John Dudley Civil War/Union

Brock, Andrew Jackson Civil War/Union

Brock, Benjamin F. Civil War/Union

Brock, Calvin Lee (Navy) WWII

Brock, Ernest Cleveland WWI 

Brock, Isaac   American Revolution

Brock, Lawrence Porter Civil War/Union

Brock, Paul Henry (Army) WWII 

Brock, Rufus Marvin (Navy) WWII

Brock, Thomas Porter (Army) WWII

Brock, Warner Hardin (Navy) WWII

Bush, Bernard (Army) Korea

Bush, Gerald N. (Army)  WWII 

Bush, Jerry Lynn (Army)

Bush, Neal William (Navy)  WWII 

Bush, Russell L. (Army Air Corp) WWII

Carmer, James C. Civil War/Union

Carmer, Samuel C. Civil War/Union KIA

Cockerham, Reuben B. Civil War/Union

Ditmore, Edwin James Civil War/Union

Ditmore, Vincent A. Civil War/Union

Erhardt, Joseph H. (Army)  WWII 

Gerth, Ralph (Army National Guard)

Gerth, Thomas J. (Navy)

Golden, David Civil War/Union

Hackman, Earl Charles (Army) Korea

Henry, Clifton  Civil War/Confederacy

Hicks, John American Revolution

Hite, Julius  American Revolution

Hoke, Caspar  American Revolution

Hovis, Frederick  American Revolution

Hovis, John War of 1812

Hunnicutt, William Orlando WWII KIA

Jaynes, Albert T. WWII 

Jaynes, Arthur R. (Navy) WWII 

Jaynes, Donald Charles (Army) WWII 

Jaynes, Edwin WWII 

Jaynes, Kenneth W. (Army Air Corp) WWII 

Jaynes, Leon Golden (Navy) WWII 

Jaynes, Louis W. (Army) WWII 

Jaynes, Marion F. (Army) WWII 

Jaynes, Millard (Army) WWII 

Jaynes, Noble (Navy) WWII 

Jaynes, Roscoe Nelson (Army) WWII 

Jaynes, Thomas (Navy) Vietnam

Jaynes, William E. (Army) Vietnam

Joyce, Elijah Civil War/Union

Kiser, James Sr. Civil War/Union

Loop, Lewis N. (Army) WWII 

Lucas, James E. WWII 

Manning, John Gordon (Navy) WWII 

Manning, Robert Gordon (Army) WWII

Martin, John Civil War/Union

Mashburn, Grady Dean (Army) WWII

Milstead, James Civil War/Union

Morgan, Andrew Anderson Sr. Civil War/Union

Morgan, Jeremiah American Revolution

Partridge, Isaac Newton  Civil War/Union

Pearson, Joseph G. (Army)  WWII 

Raborn, John J.  Civil War/Union

Sandlin, Fred (Army)

Tallent, John Lott Sr.  American Revolution

Trapp, Donald Lee (Navy) WWII 

Trapp, Ermil Russell (Army) KIA

Trapp, Ernest Roy (Army) WWII 

Trapp, Murrel Ray (Army) WWII 

Trapp, Robert Dale (Army) Vietnam

Trapp, Robert Thomas (Army) Korea

Ward, Raymond Carlos (Army Air Corp)  WWII

White, George  Civil War/Union

Williams, Russell R. (Army Air Corp) WWII

Wilson, Ephraim Civil War/Union

Wilson, Willard Spanish-American War

Wineinger, Solomon Civil War/Union

Woodson, George M. WWII KIA

Wright, Wayne L. "W.W." (Air Force) Vietnam

Wright, Wayne Eugene "Babe" (Army) WWII 

Searching For George Brought Sadness

 

I'm still working on photos. I have made a huge dent though. Two large folders are done, and I am working on the next folder, which is larger than the last one, so I will be in it for a while. But they are correctly named and meta data added.

When I need a break I type out obits to add to the program. I have 9 left to do. No problem there! I think an obituary is my favorite source. Yes, I know they are not always right, but for the most part they are. They have a lot of hints in them that can get you to the next step. Anyway, I had a George M. Woodson that did not seem to fit anywhere into my family. I was fairly certain that he should fit in. As I was typing out his obit, the only person I recognized listed was an aunt, Cora Woodson Jaynes. I had no siblings listed for Cora in my program, though I knew her parents names. George died in Italy in 1943. I made the assumption that he was brought home for burial. I then went to Find-A-Grave. No George buried in Indiana. When I removed the place of burial, George Marion Woodson popped up, having died in Italy in 1943. He was buried in Italy. I know, duh. In my defense, most of my people that died on foreign soil in WWII were brought back for burial, at least they have grave sites in the county. I'm not going to check that they are in them! 

Then, another problem. He had no parents or siblings listed on his page on Find-A-Grave. I knew from the obit that his parents were Louis and Mary Woodson. So I went looking for Louis Woodson. No luck there. I had not searched for Cora on Find-A-Grave before, so I tried that. I found her, her parents and siblings were listed. Interesting. There was a Lewis. Not Louis. Spelling can give me a headache. On his page there is no George listed as his son. In the newspaper obit I have, a John Bias was listed as an uncle. Lewis Woodson married Mary Belle Bias. On FamilySearch it was all laid out. In the obit was listed a Mrs. Reichenba and a Mrs. Mae Wheeler as sisters, while in another little blurb article about his death, sisters were listed as Mae Woodson and Mrs. Lucille Reichenba. I know where he fits now. They were all listed as children of Lewis Woodson. There was no death information on George. He was 25 when he died with no wife or child, and obviously forgotten over time. I will have to go and remedy that (and hope it stays corrected). I'll add the obit as well. Now to find sources to go with it all.

This talk about WWII got me thinking about my uncle, Ermil Trapp. He was killed in the Battle for Metz, France in 1944, part of a tank brigade. My mother, a 9 year old at the time, remembered going to meet the train carrying his body home for burial. I know that this ritual happened over and over again. I put their obits and stories on the Jackson County INGenWeb site when I was the CC there. I remember typing out the obits for two brothers. They were the only children the family had. This family gave their all, and I don't know how they kept from falling under the weight of sorrow. I would have to limit myself to only one obit and article a day because I would feel sick after doing more, I wanted to cry all the time. 

These guys are the original Antifa. They gave their lives so we would not have to live under Fascism. It's time to remember that, the price they paid for this freedom we have, and hold it dear.  

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Ermil R. Trapp - A TwigTale

Ermil R. Trapp
Born: August 28, 1923
Died: September 15, 1944 France
Buried: Marion Cemetery, Jackson County, Indiana
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
Ermil served in General Patton's 735th Tank Battalion in a light tank. He was killed in the Battle of Metz, France in September 1944.

Ermil Trapp Dies in Action September 15
Local Soldier Was Serving With Tank Group in France - Widow Gets Word

Technician Fifth Grade Ermil R. Trapp, age 21, was killed in action September 15, according to a telegram received late Sunday afternoon by his wife, Mrs. Joyce L. Trapp, 620 Euclid Avenue.

"The Secretary of War desires me to express his deep regret that your husband, Technician Fifth Grade Ermil R. Trapp, was killed in action on September 15th in France. Letter follows," read the telegram, signed by J.A. Ulio, adjutant general.

Sgt. Trapp entered the service on January 8, 1943, receiving his training at Fort Lewis, Wash., as a member of a tank battalion. He had served overseas since February 1 of this year. Mrs. Trapp's last letter from her husband was dated September 6.

Lived at Chestnut Ridge.

Born in Jennings county, T.5 Trapp was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trapp, of Chestnut Ridge, six miles south of this city. He spent most of his life in the Chestnut Ridge community, attending school there. He was employed throughout the county on various farms and also worked at Camp Atterbury before entering the armed forces.

T.5 Trapp was widely known both in this city and throughout the county and a host of friends join with relatives in mourning his death.

Survivors include the widow, the former Miss Joyce Jaynes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Jaynes, with who she makes her home; a fourteen-months-old daughter, Judy Kay Trapp; the parents; five sisters, Mrs. Fern Russell, of Beanblossom, and Marjorie, Carol, Vivian and Phyllis Trapp, all of Chestnut Ridge; and three brothers, all of whom are in service. Ernest Trapp and Murrel Trapp, both serving overseas in England or France, and Donald Trapp, serving on a Navy destroyer in the South Seas.
~frontpage: Seymour Daily Tribune, Seymour, Indiana


Brick at the Veteran's Memorial - Seymour, Indiana

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Grave photo: owned and taken by Tina Brock Smith
Photo: in possession of Former Judy Kay Trapp
Obit: original in my possession
Brick Photo: owned and taken by Sheri Bush
for: Veteran's Day Post 2008

I have 2 step-nephews and 1 full nephew serving right now. One already had several tours in the US Navy and is stateside now. Two will soon be going.