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Surname
McCracken Military Service
Honoring those who have served the country in the McCracken, Ellis, Jury, Peelle, and affiliated families. Included are members of the family and their spouses.
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1) Select the conflict. People will be listed under the earliest conflict in which they served.
2) Select Direct ancestors, siblings & first cousins of direct ancestors (includes spouses of siblings and first cousins), or more distant relatives.
Note: Service men and women currently serving are purposely omitted for security and safety reasons.
Revolutionary
War
War of
1812
Indian
Wars
Civil
War
Spanish
American
War
World
War I
World
War II
Korea
Vietnam
War
Other Conflict
or
Peace Time
DIRECT ANCESTORS
Bassett, William Sr.
Service Dates: 1776 - 1779
Wounded at Baylor’s Massacre at Old Tappan, New Jersey
Captured & escaped
English, Charles
Private in Capt. Logan's unit
Virginia
Peele, Robert
Robert is recognized by DAR and SAR as a patriot for giving financial aid to the Revolutionary War. This is
quite unusual as he was also a strong Quaker. Quakers generally did not support any war and those that
joined were often disowned by the local meeting.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Richardson, Jesse
Spouse of Martha English, sister of Lucy English
McQuiddy, James
Clark's Illinois Regiment
Infantry
1782
McQuiddy, John Sr.
Capt. John Craig's Company
1776, 2 months
1777 - 1778, 2 months
August 10, 1779 - June 4, 1780
Capt. Thomas Bartlett's Company
1777-1778, 4 months
Capt. John Chew 's Company
1780, 2 months (Major Quarles)
1781, 2 months (Col. Matthews)
Capt. John White's Company
Mar 1781 - May 1781
McQuiddy, Thomas
Capt. Ben Roberts
Illinois Regiment
Clark's Illinois Regiment
McQuiddy, William
Infantry
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
DIRECT ANCESTORS
Nicholson, George William
Kentucky Militia
Cpt. Paschal Hickman’s Company
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Bassett, Thomas A.
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
DIRECT ANCESTORS
No ancestors in this line are known to have fought in the Indian Wars.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
No siblings or first cousins in this line are known to have fought in the Indian Wars.
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
DIRECT ANCESTORS
McCracken, Lemuel Lawrence
Registered for the draft and received a call to serve in the Union Army. No information has been found that shows if he actually served.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Doolittle, Ormas R.
Company G, 13 Indiana Calvary
Union
Mar 9, 1864 - Nov 18, 1865
Private
Ellis, Notley David
7th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
Dates Served: 1862 - Oct 27, 1864
Died at Memphis, TN
Kirkpatrick, John
Union
1860-1865
Slipped away from British Navy to join the U.S. Army before start of Civil War
Twice wounded during the war
Johnson, Eleazer
Service details unknown
Long, Abram L (Abraham Lewis)
Union
39th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Company D
Nov 20, 1862 - Jun 5, 1865
Private
POW
Matteer, Francis M.
Seventh Missouri Calvary Company D
Private
Oct. 3, 1861 - Sept 19, 1862
Matteer, William
Seventh Missouri Calvary Company D
Oct 3, 1861 - Aug 1. 1863.
Killed in action, Independence, Mo.
Peelle, Stanton Judkins
8th Indiana Volunteers Company G
57th Indiana Infantry Company K
2nd Lt.
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
DIRECT ANCESTORS
No ancestors in this line are known to have fought in the Spanish American War.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Farmer, Charley O.
5th Calvary, Troop L
Dates Served: May 26, 1898 - April 13, 1899
Highest Rank: Private
A letter from the War Department claims he was released from the military at the end of his service time,
but he was never heard from after he left the military.
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
DIRECT ANCESTORS
No ancestors in this line are known to have fought in World War I.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
McCracken, Ernest Franklin
U.S. Army
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
Lame, Arthur E.
Pvt. 33 CO
159 Depot Brigade
DIRECT ANCESTORS
McCracken, Lemuel Lawrence
Registered for the draft and received a call to serve in the Union Army. No information has been found that shows if he actually served.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Davis, Donald Lee
U.S. Army
Service Dates: 1945 - 1946
Served in Germany, France
Spouse of Kay McCracken
Ellis, David H
U.S. Army
Dates Served: April 14, 1945 -
Ellis, Frank Eugene
U.S. Army
Dates Served: Sep 1, 1942 -
Purple Heart
Ellis, Ona George
U.S. Army
Dates Served: Aug 24, 1944 -
Ellis, Ora Ray
U.S. Navy
Dates Served: 1942 - 1945, 1947
U.S. Air Force
Dates Served: 1947 - 1963
Fisher, Weldon Edward
U.S. Army
Service Dates: May 19,194 - 1945
Served in Australia, New Guinea
Spouse of Ester McCracken
McCracken, Carl Andrew
U.S. Navy MM3
U.S. Army
Military Police
Private
McCracken, Dewey Cortis “Doc”
U.S. Army
Served: Aug 4, 1942 - Apr 3, 1943
983rd Artillery Battalion
Radio Operator
Served in California
McCracken, Dewey Stanton
U.S. Army Airforce
WWII
Mechanic for airplanes primarily at
a training facility at
Greensville, South Carolina
Served: Oct. 21, 1942 - 1946
McCracken, Glen Rosewell
U.S. Army
Sep 1, 1942 -
Served in North Africa, Italy
Also served in Korean War
McCracken, Paul Lee
U.S. Navy
McCracken, Ray Eugene
U.S. Navy
May 16, 1944-
McCracken, Rex H.
U.S. Coast Guard
Served in New Jersey, Puerto Rico
McCracken, William Howard
U.S. Army
88th Division, 350th Regiment, Company C
Served Oct 16, 1943 - April 17, 1945
MIA, Monterumici Hill, Italy
Bronze Star
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Niemeir - Glen Wayne
U.S. Army
Service Dates: 1942 - 1945
Medic
Served in North Africa, Italy, France, Germany
5 Bronze Stars
Spouse of Ruby McCracken
Peterson, Harold
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
Plummer, Paul Eugene
U.S. Army
Served: Feb 14, 1942 -
Plummer, Robert, Glen
U.S. Army
Served: Sept 23, 1941 -
Ross, Everett Raymond
U.S. Army?
WWII
Service Dates: 1942 - 1945
Served in Pacific
Spouse of O'Ella McCracken
Thomas, Leonard W. (Leland)
U.S. Navy
5-22-42 - 10-21-45
Zielsdorf, Richard
U.S. Army
Spouse of Jesse Johnson
Weldon Fisher
Dewey McCracken
Rex McCracken
Harold Peterson
"Doc" McCracken
Glen McCracken
William (Howard) McCracken
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
Houdashelt, Charles Asberry
ADRC
US Navy
WWII, Korea
Apr 4, 1944 - Apr 10, 1957
Houdashelt, Earl
US Navy
Nov 13, 1935 - Dec 5, 1946
Wilkie, Edward H.
U.S. Army
Captain
Wilkie, John
U.S. Army
Captain
DIRECT ANCESTORS
No ancestors in this line are known to have fought in Korea.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
McCracken - Kenneth Donald
U.S. Army
Korea
Signal Corps
Radio operator
Service Dates: 1952 - 1954
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
Swanson - Wayne Leroy
U.S. Airforce
Korea, Vietnam
MSGT
January 25, 1951 -
DIRECT ANCESTORS
No ancestors in this line are known to have fought in Vietnam.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Fisher, Steven
U.S. Air Force
Service Dates: 1966 - 1969
Served in Guam, Thailand
Niemeir, Gilbert Wayne
U.S. Air Force
Service Dates: 1969 - 1989
Served in England, Italy, Thailand, Germany
Ross, Joseph Mark
U.S. Navy
Served 1965 - 1971
Served in Virginia, Scotland
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
Houdashelt, Francis Gerald
U.S. Marine Corp.
Sgt
Company A, 1st Platoon
3rd Recon Battalion
3rd Marine Division
KIA
Moore, Jimmie
U.S.Navy
11 years
3 years in Vietnam
Retired due to injuries received Feb 1974
DIRECT ANCESTORS
None.
SIBLINGS & FIRST COUSINS
Davis, Dallas Lee
Kansas National Guard
Houdashelt, Charles Lee
Army
1908 -1911
McCracken, Karla Lucille
Kansas National Guard
McCracken, Lester
U.S. Navy
MORE DISTANT RELATIVES
Anderson, Jill
U.S. Navy
6 years
Carl Kitchens Jr.
USAF
Nov 1986 - Dec 1989
314 Services Squadron
Little Rock AFB
Dan Niemeir
U.S. Army
3rd Battalion 187th Infantry
101st Airborne (Air Assault) Division, Fort Campbell, KY
1st Battalion, 6th Infantry (Mechanized), 1st Armored Division, Germany
Oct. 1 1986 - Feb 13, 1989
Roufs, Aaron
U.S. Air Force
Jill Anderson
Aaron Roufs
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