Sauktown Cemetery Veterans
Wills Twp

of War & Peace Time

LaPorte County, Indiana

Sauktown Cemetery - Wills Twp - Veterans typed on July 2, 2014

Surname Given DOB DOD East Side or West Side Lot Grave Additional Comments
Barker William 19. Sep. 1846 18. May. 1920 East C 10 Civil War - Co K, 151st Inf Reg Ind enlisted Feb 19, 1865, and disc. Sept 19, 1865 in Nashville, TN
Beringer George A 9. May. 1829 24. Aug. 1892 East E 5 cause of death – illness Pvt Army, 3rd Indiana Calvary - Civil War Co., M., 45th Ind. Volunteers
Bowman Donald E 16. Jan. 1924 20. Dec. 2004 West F 4 WWII Vet
Bradburn George C. 29. Jun. 1925 7. May. 2006 need local

WW II Vet – per obit
Callahan Francis P 18. May. 1834 1. Jun. 1890 East G 2 Civil War Pvt Army Co. C 12 NY Calvary ae 56 yrs 2 m 18 da
Cosgriff Arthur Abt 1825 0 0 1864 West D 23 killed in CW 18 Feb 1864 -enlisted in 87 Ind. Inf. Co. C - In South Bend, IN Originally buried National Cemetery, TN
Doms Camiel F 10. May. 1930 3. Aug. 1960 East D 55 Pfc U.S. Army, Co. A 65th Inf Korean War
Dudley Lewis S - 18. Feb. 1872 West K 20 age 33 yrs 9 mo 25 da -CW Vet
Eberly Joseph J 13. Aug. 1896 19. May. 1961 East C 64 RR @ Walkerton, IN next of kin-wife-Walkerton Cause of death – Illness Pvt U.S. army, Battery C 150th Field Artillery WW I
Feather Kenneth Dale 1929 9. Apr. 1954 East C 62 South Bend, Ind
Next of Kin-wife-South Bend
Cause of Death-illness
US Army - Korean War
Fisher Thomas Freemont 1. Jan. 1818 25. Nov. 1863


Killed in battle at Chattanooga, age 15 yrs 10 mo 1 da
Buried Sec. B, Grave 514 Chattanooga National Cem.
Pvt. Army Co. G 37 Reg't. Ind. Inf. Civil War
Glenn James F (Ferdinand) 27. Sep. 1890 14. Feb. 1944 West B 25 WW I Pvt. US Army, 2nd Co. Dav. Battalion
Glenn William O Sr. 2. Aug. 1919 3. Sep. 1967 West B 28 309 Warren St., LaPorte
next of kin wife LaPorte
Buried Grave No 5, Lot 5
Cause of death accident
WW II
Pvt US Army Medical Corps
Hancock Devon W 1. Feb. 1925 15. Jan. 1945


Mill Creek, Indiana
next of kin - Parents Mr. & Mrs. Lester Hancock, Mill Creek
Pvt 157 inf. 45 Inf. Div US Army Killed in action in France WWII
Hennen Lloyd W 04/23/22 10/18/75


WW II
Jacobs Myrl E 23. Jul. 1913 11. Jul. 2003 need local

US Army WW II Vet per obit
Jones Jack Jr. 3. Apr. 1955 6. Sep. 2002 East H 11 Vietnam Vet -died from auto accident.
Kennedy Thomas - -


Enlist Priv. on 15 Dec 1863 Comp A, 12th Cav. Reg. Ind 15 December 1863 Must. out 10 Nov. 1865 in Indianapolis, IN
Buried Grave No. 3 Lot 8
Kuhn Henry 0 0 1827 11. Aug. 1892 West L 21 Buried Grave No. 3 Lot 83
Civil War
Army Co. F 9th Ind. Inf
McClellan Hiram M 9. Dec. 1833 2. May. 1903 West I 14 Buried Grave No 3 Lot 54
Civil War -declared res. as Wanatah, IN. Enl as Priv on 12 Sep 1862 . Co I, 87 Reg. Ind. Inf.
Discharged 01 Jan 1863
Miller Charles R 21. Oct. 1921 26. Jul. 1968 East A 12 WW II #35339397
New Carlisle, IN
next of kin-father
Mill Creek, Buried Grave N. # Lot 5 Row 1
East SEction
cause of death - auto accident
Tech 5. US Army Co. B, 551st Bat. Eng.
Miller Oliver Wendell 1894 1921 East C 12 WWI
buried Grave No 5 Lot 33
Cause of death-illness
US Army
Moore LeRoy 9. Dec. 1890 31. Oct. 1966 East F 64 WW I #1336927
Rw, New Carlisle, next of kin - wife-New Carlisle Caused of death heart attack
WWI Sgt. US Army, 3rd Co., 1st Training Battalion
Ness James A 20. Dec. 1830 6. Apr. 1912


Civil War
Enlisted as a priv. on 24 Apr 1861- Company A, 10th Infantry Reg. Pennsylvania
Mustered out 31 July 1861
died 1912 - cause of death-illness
buried Grave No 2, Lot 70
Olson Jack Eugene 7. May. 1941 9. Jul. 1973 East C 66 Vietnam War
12642 Jeff. Road, Mishawaka, IN
next of Kin - wife-Mishawaka
GMG3 - US Navy
Piotrowicz John 5. Jun. 1922 29. Oct. 2011 West H 27 WWII Vet
Reed John 12. Feb. 1841 9. Oct. 1922 East B 45 Grave #5 Lot 208, caus of death-illness
Vet - Civil War - Pvt Army, Co. F 9th Regt. Ind. Inf enlist date 5 Sep 1861
discharged on 13 Nov 1861
Reed Lyle D 6. Jun. 1926 28. Jun. 2007 need local

WWII Vet PFC US Army
Ricks Richard 23. Dec. 1813 5. May. 1897 West B 17 Grave No. 2 Lot 69 cause of death-illness
Civil War - Pvt Co. C 35th Regt. Ind inf
Roda Henry Louis 23. Dec. 1895 10. Dec. 1954 East D 19 WW I #3718361
Showers Wilbur 21. Mar. 1911 27. Aug. 1943 East C 82 WW II #15036068
202 Fox St., LaPorte, IN. Next of kin-wife LaPorte. Cause of death-illness. Pvt US Army Air Force, 72nd Group, 1st Squardron
Tarnow David L 3. Sep. 1939 24. Oct. 1970 East F 73 US Air Force - Peace Time
RR #1 Mill Creek, Instructor
death was accidental: he suffocated in a Harvestore silo
Tennis Joseph 06/22/94 26. Mar. 1937 West C 12 WW I #4719666
Grave 3, Lot 59
Pvt. US Army, 253rd Co. Wagon Ambulance 14th Battalion
Tipton Hugh H 9. Jun. 1925 27. May. 2007 East E 73 US army Vet WW II
Ward Claire D 12. Apr. 1931 26. Nov. 1978 East B 64 Korean War
Ward Wilbert E 24. Apr. 1921 14. Dec. 1947 East B 67 WW II
died Benton Harbor , MI
Wilson Max C 18. Apr. 1933 19. Sep. 1956 East E 70 Korean War #55433710
Tech/Sgt. US Army Engineers
Kouts, IN
son Miller C & Florence
Unknown2 Revolutionary Soldiers, identity being sought at this time.

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