The Soldiers

 

 

Name

Rank

Unit

Notes

WAR OF 1812
John Jean Private Georgia Calvary Mounted Riflemen Ft. Mitchell, Hartford, Pulaski County, Georgia, August 1813 - December 1814

INDIAN WARS 1836
Albritton H. Jean Private Heard County, Georgia Volunteers Captain William Barton Wade Dent's company, guarding the banks of the Chattahoochee River from incursions by the Creek Indians.

TEXAS INDEPENDENCE 1832-1836
James Monroe Jean Private Wiley Martin's Texian Volunteers 1836, Texas War for Independence from Mexico

MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848
Darius Thomas Jean Private Co. C, 1st Battalion Mississippi Rifles 1847, Mexican War - War Department records show that Thomas D. Jean of Capt. Anderson's Co. C, 1st Battalion, Mississippi Rifles was enrolled October 30, 1847; mustered in on December 8, 1847 at Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi; and mustered out of the company June 18, 1848 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. The rolls do not show the soldier absent except as follows: February 29 and April 30, 1848. He was a cook in a military hospital at Tampico, Mexico. Company muster out roll dated June 28, 1848 shows him sick.
Bartlett Barker Jean Private Co. C, 13th Regiment Infantry, Georgia 1847, Mexican War

CSA Flag Carrier

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
James Monroe Jean, Jr. Private Co. A, Ragsdale's Battalion, Texas Cavalry March 1863 to July 1865
William Lumpkin Jean Private Co. G, 6th Arkansas Infantry Enlisted 29 May 1861 at Little Rock, Arkansas in the Columbia Guards.  Discharged 21 Nov 1861. 
John James Jean Private Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; wounded in the face and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1863; confined at Davids Island, New York, until paroled on September 8, 1863; furloughed for fifty days, September 16, 1863; dropped from the rolls for absence without leave, August 31, 1864.
Robert Mathis Jean Private Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry Enlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Three Creeks, Arkansas, June 19, 1861; discharged for disability, April 5, 1862; reenlisted in Co. G, 3rd Arkansas Infantry at Three Creeks, Arkansas, January 19, 1863; wounded in the left thigh at Petersburg, Virginia, July 7, 1864; leg amputated; retired to Invalid Corps at Camden, Arkansas, October 15, 1864; died in Arkansas, August 11, 1897; married Malissa P. Garner; filed Arkansas pension application #584 from Little River County, July 1, 1892.
Robert Marion Jean Private Co. G, 33rd Arkansas Infantry Enlisted in Columbia County, Arkansas on June 19, 1862, and reportedly deserted February 1, 1863.
Samuel E. Kight Corporal Co. E, 10th Georgia Cavalry CSA
John M. Kight Sergeant 10th Georgia Cavalry CSA
William Pullian Sewell Private Co. K, 55th Georgia Infantry Private May 3, 1862. Captured at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. September 9,1863. Released at Camp Douglas, Illinois June 1865. Buglar
Robert Marion Bledsoe Private Co. B, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry CSA
William Hopson Jean Private Co. F, 13th Regiment Georgia Cavalry Enlisted May 14, 1862, at Newnan, Georgia. Shown present on the muster roll for May and June 1863. Union prisoner of war records show that he was captured April 26, 1865, at Lick Skillit, Georgia, and paroled April 26, 1865, in the field.
John H. Jean 4th Corporal Co. B, 56th Georgia Infantry

Residence Carroll County GA; Enlisted on October 15, 1861 as a Private. He mustered into "D" Co. GA 3rd State Troops.  He was discharged on March 27, 1862.  On May 15, 1862, he mustered into "B" Co. GA 56th Infantry.  Promotions: 4th Corporal May 15, 1862.
Lewis Marion Barker Private Co. K, 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Heard County, Georgia May 12, 1862. Died of pneumonia in Atlanta, Georgia hospital May 9, 1864.
George W. J. Watson 4th Corporal Co. A, 35th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia

4th Corporal, August 15, 1861. Wounded in eye, resulting in loss of sight, at 2nd Manassas, VA, August 29, 1862. Appointed 5th Sergeant August 1864. Pension records show he was captured near Richmond, VA March 1865.  
William Hopson Bledsoe Private Co. I, 4th Infantry Regiment Georgia, CSA
Littleton Riley Jean Private Co. C, 26th Battalion, Georgia Infantry 1863-1865 Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia; Wagoner and Teamster; captured and paroled in the field May 22, 1865 in Talladega, Alabama
John E. Wallace Lieutenant 9th Mississippi Infantry Organized at Corinth, Mississippi, in March, 1861, recruited its men in Tate, De Soto, Marshall, Tishomingo, Quitman, Lafayette, and Panola counties. After serving in Florida and fighting at Shiloh, the unit saw action in Kentucky. Later it was placed in General J.P. Anderson's, Tucker's, and Sharp's Brigade, Army of Tennessee, and fought at North Carolina. It was organized with 930 men, sustained 53 casualties at Munfordville, and lost 8 killed, 71 wounded, and 5 missing at Murfreesboro. Of the 332 engaged at Chickamauga, more than thirty percent were disabled. The regiment was briefly consolidated with the 7th Mississippi Regiment and in December, 1863, totaled 468 men and 252 arms. It surrendered with 43 officers and men. 

WORLD WAR I 1917-1918
Evander Gandy Private U. S. Army Camp Pike, Arkansas
William Benton Jean Private U. S. Army Camp Pike, Arkansas, entered June 24, 1918
Littleton Jean Private U. S. Army Entered Magazine,  Arkansas, June 4, 1917
Leonard L. Jean Sgt 356 Field Regiment Sq. QMC WW I, discharged January 11, 1919
LeRoy Ford PFC U. S. Army WW I
Joseph Adam Jean     U. S. Army WW I, served in France
Richard H. Jones PFC Quartermaster Corps - Texas WW I
Earl Lamar Jean     U. S. Army WW I, Wagoner

WORLD WAR II 1941-1945
Leonard J. Gandy Seaman 1st Class United States Navy Went down with ship August 10, 1943 
Phillip L. Jean TSgt 549th Night Fighter Squadron Missing in Action April 1, 1946, Honolulu, Hawaii
Carl H. Jean TSgt 814th Bomber Squadron Killed in Action, January 23, 1944, Cambridge, England
Brenard Jack Jean Corporal Army Antiaircraft December 1942 - October 1945. Trained at Camp Hulen. Served in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. .
Burrell Calvin Jean WT2 U. S. Navy WW II
Garland Baker 1st Sergeant U. S. Army Air Corps November 1941, WW II - enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp. in November of 1941, and went on to serve 4 years during World War II, 2 of these were spent overseas
Curtis Elvin Hight     U. S. Navy    
Herbert Miller, Jr. Captain U. S. Army    
Frank M. Ford     U. S. Army    
Enoch Jesse Bramlett Private U. S. Army    
Wyatt B. Jean PFC U. S. Army    
Charles David Jean U. S. Army Company K, 324th Infantry from May 1943 to June 1945.  He fought in 7 major battles and was at the taking of the Rhineland bridge. He was wounded twice and received two Purple Heart medals.
Douglas Ervin Jean     U. S. Army          
William B. Powell Tec. 4 U. S. Army       
Earnest Odell Jean     U. S. Army    
Leon Jean     U. S. Navy    
Roy Jean ADC U. S. Navy Career Navy
Alvie Ray Jean U. S. Army Member of 343rd Bomber squadron, 99th Bomber Group.  Killed in action on December 23, 1944 when his plane smashed into a mountain; there were no survivors.  Buried in the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.

KOREAN CONFLICT  1950-1953
Claud Murphy Jean SSgt U. S. Army Korea
Marvin Wayne Wells     U. S. Army Korea

VIETNAM WAR 1961-1973
Otto Adis Jean, Jr. MSgt U. S. Air Force Received the Airmen's Medal for heroism at Ben Hoa Airbase, Republic of Vietnam, on May 16, 1964. He served 21 years in the Air Force