Wills Township Baptist Cemetery
Veterans

Wills Twp

of War & Peace Time

LaPorte County, Indiana

Wills Baptist Cemetery - Wills Twp - Updated April 29, 2015

Surname Given Name Home address Next of Kin Next of Kin Address DOB Place Born DOD Burial Grave Lot Row Branch of Service Action or Unit War Served In Rank Enlisted Discharged Type of Stone Flagholder Additional Information
Brayton Russell 115 Patton St.,LaPorte,IN wife-Edna same 9/28/1894 Rolling Prairie, IN 08/14/1936 17-Aug-36 5 173 4 US Army 5th Engineers, 7th Div. WW I Cpl 05/12/17 04/03/1919 upright govt.& Pvt Amer. Leg.  
Bloker John H na na na year 1827 Germany 7/28/1892 7/31/1892 1 119 6 US Army 87th Regt.&42 Regt.Ind.Inf Civil War Pvt 9/19/1863 7/21/1865 Pvt Civil War  
Brown Christopher na wife-Mary B. na na unknown unknown na 2 60 3 US Army 73rd Regt., Ind. Inf Civil War Pvt 8/16/1862 7/1/1865 upright govt. Civil War  
Geis Leon Rolling Prairie, IN son Chicago,IL 3/29/1881 Suffolk Co., Eng. 03/14/1940 17-Mar-40 3 88   US Army 4th Battery, Lgt Artl'y Spanish Amer. Pvt 7/22/1898 10/21/1898 Flat Block Span. Amer Govt stone rec'vd & set 11/15/1974
Harris William O RR #1 Rolling Prairie,IN bro- same 12-Sep-17 Rolling Prairie, IN 11/18/1968 21-Nov-68 - 135 25 US Army - WW II Tech./4th 01/31/42 05/31/1945 Pvt WW II na
Hunt George na na na 8/17/1775 North Carolina 10/12/1842 10/15/1842 5 13 14 Army Govt stone requeest returned-no proof War 1812 Pvt na na Pvt War of 1812 na
Hunt Orval A 401 Rockwood St.,LaPorte wife same 21-Dec-26 Rolling Prairie, IN 11/02/1968 05-Nov-68 3 43 14 US Army Hdqtr Detachment 189th S.C.U. WW II Cpl 05/30/45 10/15/1946 Pvt WW II Sand-pit bulldozer accident
Jones John M na na na yr 1827 na 25-Jan-1903 28-Jan-03 3 37 22 US Army Co. H 87th Regt Ind Inf Civil War Pvt 8/31/1862 6/13/1865 Gov recv'd 11/29/1974 Civil War na
MechilingGeorge RNov 26, 19071 May 1999US NavyWW II
MonroeHoward WMar 8, 192129 Oct 1999US ArmyWW IIPfc
Rhodes David na na na yr 1832 Erie Co., NY 5/11/1874 5/14/1874 5 53 3 US Army Co. G 29th Regt Ind Inf Civil War Sgt 8/12/1861 12/2/1865 Gov recv'd 11/29/1974 Civil War na
Salisbury Alfred B na na na na na 03/09/1908 12-Mar-08 1 153 18 US Army Co. K 87th Regt., Ind Inf Civil War Musician 9/19/1863 na upright Govt Civil War na
Schoff Walter Earl na na na 13-Jun-01 na 10/12/1921 14-Oct-21 3 38 21 Navy US Navy Aviation Corp WW I Seaman/2nd cl Nov, 1917 04/01/1920 upright Govt WW II na
Whitehead John na wife-Anna na Jan 5, 1837 Kankakee twp,LaPorte 01/05/1902 08-Jan-02 4 104 9 Army Co. G 15th Regt Ind Inf Civil War Chaplain 7/15/1862 6/29/1864 pvt & monument Civil War b.Kankakee twp, LaPorte Co.IN
Whitehead Samuel F na na na na na 3/13/1879 3/16/1879 1 161 na Army Go. H 109th Regt. Ind Inf Civil War Pvt 7/10/1862 7/17/1863 pvt Civil War stone is broken
Whitehead William H na na na Apr 12, 1813 na Nov 8, 1877 11/12/1877 4 43 15 Army Co. H 109th Regt. Ind Inf Civil War Pvt 7/10/1862 7/17/1863 pvt Civil War na
Worthey Ralph Lee 1083 E.State Rd. LaPorte son-Ralph J Kingsford Hts,IN 16-Dec-20 LaPorte, IN 11/19/1980 22-Nov-80 8 17 na Marines - Viet Nam Corp 12/31/74 12/13/1976 Govt Bronze Viet Nam na

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