Posey Cemetery Veteran Burials

Galena Twp

Veterans of War & Peace Time

LaPorte County, Indiana
1000N between 300E and 400E


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Name

Address

Next of Kin

NOK Address

DOB

At

Date of Death

Cause of Death

Date of Burial

Grave #

Lot #

Branch of Service

War Served in

Rank

Enlisted

Dishcarged

Type of Stone

Flag Holder

Added Comments

Albertson, Ben           7/21/49 abt       Grave 1 Lot 39   WW 1            

Ashcraft, Clarence R

RR 5 Box 234-A La Porte IN

daughter Lise Ashcraft

Three Oaks, MI

03/08/1926

LaPorte Co., IN

01/07/1978

illness

01/10/1978

3

3-A

US Navy

WW II

Seaman 1st cl

05/20/1944

06/06/1946

Govt flat

WW II

Bemiss, Charles W

1204 Clay St., La Porte, IN

wife

same

11/13/1892

Oakland, CA

12/22/1961

illness

12/27/1961

3

13

US Army, 339th Fire Dept

WWI

PFC

12/09/1917

03/14/1919

na

Cranson, Lester Daniel       9/14/1894               WW 1            

Darling, Donald M

RR 1, La Porte, IN

parents

same

11/03/1942

Michigan City, IN

07/12/1962

drowned accid.

07/18/1962

2

40

US Air Cop at Loring Air Base-Maine

Peacetime Vet

Airman 3rd cl

07/08/1961

died while in

Govt Bronze

Peace-Time

Drowning Accident while in Service

Easton, William P

na

son of William & Emily Easton

wife - Emily

8/31/1841

New York

4/14/1863

died in service

4/20/1863

92

Army Co. B, 73rd Regt Ind Inf

Civil War

Sgt

8/16/1862

died

Pvt Lot

Civil War

Died in Nashville TN

Gable, Samuel

na

wife - Alice

same

11/1845

Indiana

1906

illness

1906

1

14

Army Co. F 46th Ind Inf

Civil War

Pvt

11/11/1861

9/4/1865

Pvt Lot

Civil War

Harbin, John C

na

wife - Tula

na

01/01/1911

na

12/22/1974

illness

12/24/1974

1

54

US Army

WW II

PFC

na

Govt flat

WW II

Harding, Albert V

Michigan City, IN

wife - Marie

same

6/6/1898

na

06/15/1967

illness

06/18/1967

1

41

US Army

WWI

na

na

na

Pvt Stone

Amer. Legion

Hicks, Dale D

Three Oaks, MI

parents

same

11/12/1929

Michigan City, IN

01/30/1953

killed in action

04/13/1953

1

A-37

Marines, 5th Marines, 1st Div

Korean

PFC

11/21/1951

killed in serv.

Govt flat

Korean

Killed on Night Patrol in Korea

Horner, Paul F

na

na

na

1895

na

06/21/1933

illness

06/24/1933

1

47

US Army,156th Aero Sqdron, Mich.Rgt

WWI

Pvt

na

na

Upright Gov

Amer. Legion

Hultgren, William W

na

na

na

1/18/1894

MI

11/05/1956

illness

11/08/1956

1

28

US Army, Utilities Det. O. M. Corps

WWI

Sgt

na

na

Govt flat

WWI

Johnson, Martin O

3622 E 700 N, Rolling Prairie, IN

wife - Jeanette

same

02/25/1919

Chicago, IL

09/22/1991

illness

09/25/1991

na

na

US Army

WW II

PFC

06/09/1942

08/13/1945

na

WW II

Essling Funeral Home

Johnson, Stanley H

Grand Rapids, MI

wife - Mary K

same

01/22/1912

NA

05/24/1950

auto accident

05/27/1950

na

US Navy

WW II

Commander

na

na

Pvt Stone

WW II

obit on file

Larson, Henry A

Counrty Side Pl, LaPorte, IN

son-David

La Porte IN

01/20/1920

Denver, CO

06/02/1977

illness

06/09/1977

na

na

US Navy

WW II

Lieut. J. G.

02/19/1944

07/24/1946

Govt Stone

WW II

Long, Cecil D

Three Oaks, MI

wife

Three Oaks, MI

1921

Michigan ?

1974

illness

1974

1

25-A

US Navy

WW II

Commander

na

na

Pvt Stone

WW II

na

Martin, David D

RR 2, Three Oaks, MI

parents - Arthur & Bessie Martin

Three Oaks, MI

02/16/1920

Three Oaks, MI

02/16/1944

killed in action

none

56-D

US Navy, Submarine Service

WW II

RadioMan 1st cl

na

killed in serv.

Memorial Marker

WW II

Martin, Isaac

Three Oaks, MI

na

na

1/30/1845

New Jersey

11/02/1916

illness

1916

2

69

Army Co. K, 11th Mich. Cav

Civil War

Pvt

na

na

Pvt Stone

Civil War

Morrow, Charles S

na

wife - Elizabeth

na

4/1/1811

Ohio

4/7/1881

illness

4/10/1881

1

82

Army Co F 9th Regt, Ind Inf

Civil War

1st Lieut.

9/1/1861

9/21/1862

Pvt Stone

Civil War

Recv'd Commision on 9/5/1862

Morrow, James

na

na

na

1840

na

11/1/1890

illness

1890

2

22

Army Co., F 20th Regt Ind Inf

Civil War

Pvt

7/22/1861

7/29/1864

Upright Gov

Civil War

Newell, Thomas J

na

na

na

3/25/1842

na

3/3/1864

na

1864

5

53

na

Civil War

na

na

na

Pvt Stone

Civil War

Parkhouse, Roger D

3632 N Cty Rd 850 W, Mich. City,IN

wife - Audrey (Tews)

same

12/14/1917

Arthur, ND

13-Mar-76

Heart

03/15/1976

na

na

US Army Hdq. Co., 113th Engrs, C Batt

WW II

Tech/ Sgt

04/08/1941

11/10/1945

Pvt Stone

Amer. Legion

Parkhouse, Wilbur M. South Bend, IN wife same 4/26/1909 Illinois 24 Jul 1997 n/a July 1997 na na US Army WW II Pvt na na na na Info contributed by: Ralph E. Parkhouse at
rparky@juno.com

Perkins, J. W. (John)

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

na

1

4

Army C, 128th Regt., Ind. Inf

Civil War

Pvt

11/16/1863

5/21/1865

Upright Gov

Civil War

Searing, David

Three Oaks, MI

wife - Ella per 1870 census

same

2/26/1840

New Jersey

8/28/1871

illness

8/30/1871

5

89

Army Co K, 39th New Jersey Inf

Civil War

Pvt

9/9/1864

6/17/1865

Prvt Head & Lot

Civil War

Smith, Conger W

Galena Twp, La Porte Co., IN

Parents - Mr & Mrs Stanley W. Smith

Galena Twp, La Porte, IN

12/26/1921

Galena Twp, IN

03/16/1944

plane crash

06/15/1948

na

na

US Army Air Crops, 9th Air Force

WW II

Lieut-

Jul-42

died

Pvt Stone

WW II

plane accident in Fench Morocco

Smith, Henry E

na

wife - Emma

na

1831

na

01/15/1913

illness

01/18/1913

1

34

Army Co B, 9th Regt. Ind. Inf

Civil War

Pvt

4/25/1861

7/29/1861

Pvt Stone

Civil War

Smith, William W

Three Oaks, MI

Three Oaks, MI

11/18/1840

Three Oaks, MI

08/22/1924

old age

08/25/1924

5

6

Army Co E, 2nd Michigan Inf

Civil War

Sgt

9/13/1861

7/28/1865

Pvt Stone

Civil War

Taft, Gordon

121 S. Liberty St., W. Liberty, OH

Edith Ann Taft

same

03/21/1920

Sioux City, Iowa

12/01/1998

illness

12/05/1998

na

na

US Navy

WW II

Lieut-

02/22/1943

04/21/1946

na

WW II

Walls, Harold H

RR 1 Rolling Prairie, IN

son

Jackson MI

11/3/1896

Van Wert, OH

10/29/1966

illness

11/02/1966

1

25

US Army Troop H, 16th Cav

WWI

Pvt

04/13/1917

09/02/1919

Pvt Stone

WWI

Williams, Gilbert

1 Tivoli Place Apt 2 Elgin< ILL

wife - Helen

same

5/16/1898

Bayonne, NJ

05/14/1981

illness

06/06/1981

5

18-E

US Army, Field Art.

WWI

2nd Lieut

Apr-17

12/04/1918

na

WWI

Witsch, Anthony A

Chicago, IL

na

na

1902

na

Sep-78

illness

10/03/1978

2

40

US Army

WW II

Pvt

na

na

Govt flat

WW II

Cremation

unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

42

-

Civil War

-

-

-

-

Civil War

unknown

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

20

-

Civil War

-

-

-

na

Civil War