Family members who died in military service for the United States
American Revolutionary War
Private Luther Blanchard (1756–1775)
Bef. 30 Sep 1775—Wounded in action on 19 Apr 1775 while serving with the Acton Minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. He died later that summer from his wounds.
Captain John Brown III (1728–1776)
3 Sep 1776—Died in an epidemic in camp in New York.
Captain Isaac Davis (1745–1775)
19 Apr 1775—Killed in action while serving with the Acton Minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
David Haynes (1738–1775)
Jun 1775—Died in camp after the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Private Abner Hosmer (1754–1775)
19 Apr 1775—Killed in action while serving with the Acton Minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.
First Lieutenant John Jolly (1750–1781)
Mar 1781—Killed in action at Fair Forest Creek, Union, South Carolina.
William Marshall Martin (1745–1780)
14 Sep 1780—Killed in action at the Siege of Augusta, Georgia.
Private James O’Kelley (1715–1777)
11 Sep 1777—Killed in action while serving with the 10th Virginia Regiment, 7th Company at the Battle of Brandywine, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Elijah Rose (1757–1776)
Aft. Apr 1776—Died while a prisoner.
James Strain (1760–1783)
Bef. 13 Jan 1783—Killed in action in a battle at Thickety Fork, South Carolina.
Private Isaac Whitcomb (1755–1775)
24 Jun 1775—Reported died; this is one week after the Battle of Bunker Hill, Massachusetts.
World War I
Private Ralph Roswell Knight (1899–1918)
6 Oct 1918—Died in the collision of the H.M.S. Otranto ferry ship off the coast of the Isle of Islay, Scotland.
Private Thomas Jefferson Sirmons (1892–1918)
6 Oct 1918—Died in the collision of the H.M.S. Otranto ferry ship off the coast of the Isle of Islay, Scotland.
World War II
Private First Class Victor Porter McKnight (1922-1944)
13 Sep 1944—Killed in action while serving with the 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, U.S. Army at the Battle of Normandy in France.