VETERANS AND SOLDIERS IN THE EXTENDED WOOD, WALDSPURGER, KOLEK AND DAVIS FAMILY TREES
Here's a health to the company and one to my lass
Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass
Let us drink and be merry, all grief to refrain
For we may and might never all meet here again
~ Traditional Scots-Irish Parting Song
The following is a list of members of the extended Davis, Kolek, Waldspurger and Wood families who have served this country as soldiers and servicemen.
- If they are listed here, it is because I can prove a link between my immediate family and the person in question.
- If there is a question mark after a person name, it is because I am still trying to determine if that person did indeed serve the country.
- If there is no information on the rank or regiment of a person listed after his or her name, it is because I am still looking for information.
CLICKING ON A LINK POPS OPEN A NEW WINDOW
The American Revolution (1775-1883)
Jacob Hoover (b. 1720) - Sgt. PA militia
Lewis Humphreys (d. 1805)- fought with Col. John Haslett's regiment and/or with Capt. Jonathan Caldwell's company, DE
Jacob Kelty (?)
Jacob Sheets (1779-1847)- Pvt, Fought Lt. Col. Joshua Howell's Regiment, Capt. Henry Freas' company 27 Sept-14 Dec 1814.
Jacob J. Bupp (1822-1895) - 6th PA Heavy Art. / PA 212th, Co. G
Charles W. Chapman (1838-1862)- Capt. PA 63 Co. K - 23 Sept 1861-5 March 1862 (Killed in Action)
David Fowkes
Jonathan W. McGinnis (1830 - 1906) Ohio 9th Infantry, Co. F
Jeremiah N. Tatem (1830-1913) - PA 14 Calvary, Co. B
Paul W. Tatem (1846-1863)- PA 19, Co. E, Died 2 April 1863 (Killed in Action)
Thomas M. Tatem (1838-1903) - Corporal PA 147, Co. A, 22 August 1861-27 August 1864
John D. Vautier (1843-1912) - PA 88, Co. E
William J. Vautier (1840-1913) - PA 29, Co. E, 20 August 1862-3 June 1865
David D. Wood (1820 - 1871) - PA 102 Co. G
John D. Wood (1841-1896) - Sgt., PA 63rd, Co. K. 1 August 1861-1865
William M. Wood (1846-1896) - Pvt, PA 155 Co B and US Calvary 2nd, Troop L
William W. Wood (b. 1847)- Pvt., PA 155, Co. B
Spanish-American War (1898) and Philippine - American Conflict (1898-1902)
Albert H. Vautier (1885 - 1971) - US Navy
World War I (1918-1920)
Otto Croy (1891 - 1975) - Army
Robert S. Dalzell (1894 - 1986) - Private, Army Expeditionary Forces
Thomas T. Evans (b.1886) - Master Sgt., 1st Section Co. C, 103 Fld Sig.
Clarence R. Fowkes (1890 - 1973)- Army - Co D 30th Infantry
William F. Hughes (1890 - 1957) - Army, 56th Regiment, Pioneer Infantry
Paul L. Krisher (1892-1943) - 15th Eng, Co D US Army
Ecford McGinnis (1894 - 1967) - Army
Emmet C. McGinnis (1889 - 1941) - Army
Ferris R. McGinnis (1883 - 1970) - Army, 158 Depot Brigade
Robert D. McGinnis (1895 - 1969) - Army
Rolfe T. Miller (1898 - 1946) - 2nd Lt. Army Air Service
John F. Pfeiffer (1891-1968) - Army Corporal, Company L, 328th Infantry, 82nd Division
James W. Vautier (1893-1970) - Army
Raymond M. Weaver (1890 - 1947) - 2nd LT AJMA Army
William C. Wood (1896-1975) - PFC 26th Co Engrs. Misc, Army
Paul R. Wood (1891-1988) PFC Medical Department, Army
John R. Best (1917 - 1988) - Army Corporal, 346th Bomb Squadron
William Casserly (1919 - 2000) - Army
Harold W. Cole (1921 - 2004) - Army
Woodrow W. Cole (1912 - 1973) Sgt. 804th Co, Army
Charles R. Fowkes (1925-1991) - Army - 12th QM Co. N
Jacob B. Fowkes (1900 - 1973) - Navy
Herbert B. Gilmore (1911 - 1991) 87th Division, 345th Infantry Regiment, Co I
Dan C. Gower (1924 - 2010) - 2nd Lt., 306 Infantry, 10th Army
Albert F. Guertse (1923- ) - Army
Walter F. Jagger (1926-2005) - Communications Battalion, Navy
William P. Jurca (1916 - 1982) Corporal, USMC
Henry J. Kolek (1919 - 2003) - Army
Mitchell Kolek (1922 - 1997) - Seaman 1st Class, Navy
Harry Lynch (1925 - 2004) - Army Air Corps
Alexander R. McGinnis (1913 - 1997) Coporal, Army
Roy D. McGinnis (1922 - 2005) - Army 235th Engineer Battalion
Harold E. Moon Sr. (1926 - 2007) - Army
Titus Prutz (1911 - 1987)- Pharmacist Mate, Second Class, Navy
William H. Roberts (1910 - 1946) - Army, PFC 357th Company C
M. Russell Robinson (1922 - 1992) - 1st Lt. 390 Bomb Group, 568 Bombing Squadron, Army
Marion R. Scanlan (1912 - 1989) - Private, Army
Crawford D. Tatem (1898-1977) - Private, Army
Edmond G. Vanden Bosche (1922 - 2001) - Navy
Ernest J. Waldspurger (1919-1969) - Marine Corps
Eugene P. Waldspurger (1917-1993) - Army
Joseph Waldspurger (1917-2002) - 4th Arm. Div. - Army
Burris D. Wood Jr. (1912-2002) - Navy
Charles W. Wood (1918-1989) - Army Signal Corp
Robert L. Wood (1922-1957) - Corporal, USMC
William R. Wood (1920-2009) - Army
Howard Young (1916-1944) - SSgt., 422nd Bomb Squadron - Shot down over the Mediterranean near
Ladispoli, Italy - Click here to see an offsite page dedicated to him
John Camburn (1930-2000) - Army
James Curley (1932-2004) - USAF
William Waldspurger (1931-2007) - Army - Helped with the occupation of Germany
Burris D. Wood Jr. (1912-2002) - Navy
Edward C. Waldspurger III (1935-2004) - Army
Florian A. Waldspurger Jr. (1930 - ) - Navy
James E. Viale (1943 - 1986) - USAF
George Waldspurger (1946 - ) - USAF, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing AND 306 Tactical Fighter Squad - Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam - December 1966 to December 1967
Richard C. Waldspurger (1941-2002) - Army Captain
James F. Wood Sr. (1953- ) - Navy
The Gulf War (1990 - 1991)
Gregory L. Cole (1951 - 2000) - Navy
Others Who Have Served
Dana R. Davis (1925 - 1968) - Army
Dan C. Gower III (1950 - 1979) - Navy
Robert Gonzalez (1954-1997) - USMC
Jon E. Hoch (1941-1999) - Army
David F. Knight (1927 - 1992) - Army
David A. Waldspurger (1952-1972) - A1C, Air Force
Douglas C. Wood (1956 - ) - USMC Captain and communications officer
SSG. Jennifer L. Maher (1971 - ) - Army
This candle burns brightly both for those lost in the 9-11 tragedy and for those who lost their lives serving the United States throughout its history.
"I remember you like yesterday, yesterday
I still can't believe you're gone, oh...
I remember you like yesterday, yesterday
And until I'm with you, I'll carry on"
~ Switchfoot, Yesterdays
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Last Updated 20 April 2012 by Kelley Wood-Davis