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Colonial Wars

Revolutionary War

Civil War

The Spanish - American War

World War One

World War Two

Korean War

Vietnam War

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Military Unit Image Gallery

COLONIAL WARS

1607-1763

NAME

DOB-DOD

UNITS / RANK

* - denotes a direct ancestor

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

1775-1783

NAME

DOB-DOD

UNITS / RANK

ABEL, Johan George *

1744-1785

Pennsylvania Militia; of York Co., 1st Battalion, Capt. Michael Kauffelt’s Company (1781)

ARNOLD, Johannes *

1735-c.1806

Pennsylvania Militia, 6th Battalion of York Co. Captain Thomas McNerry's Company (1777), Private,

ATTIG, John George

1742-1790

Pennsylvania Militia; of York Co., 1st Battalion, Capt. Michael Kauffelt’s Company (1781)

BARD (Barth) George Philip

1736-1793

Pennsylvania Militia, of Lancaster County, Capt. Roland’s Co., (1775)

CHRISTMAN, Balthaser

1760-unk.

Pennsylvania Militia, of York County, 1^st Battalion, 7^th Company (1783)

DELLINGER, Frederick

ca. 1750-1815

Continental Army; Pennsylvania Line; German Regiment, Peter Boyle’s Company – Private (1777-1782)

DELLINGER, Jacob *

1751-1824

Pennsylvania Militia, of York Co., 3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777); 1st Battalion, Capt. Michael Kauffelt’s Company (1781)

DELLINGER, Johannes "John"

1741-unk.

Pennsylvania Militia of York Co.,  3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777); 1st Battalion, Capt. Michael Kauffelt’s Company (1781), 8th Battalion, Capt. Samuel Fulton’s 5^th Company (1781)

DELLINGER, Joseph "Joshua"

c.1737-c.1826

Pennsylvania Militia, of York Co.,  3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777)

DRITT, Johann Peter

1755-1839

Pennsylvania Militia, of York Co.,  3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777)

GILBERT, Andrew (Andreas), Sr.*

1728-1816

Pennsylvania Militia, of York Co.,  3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777); 

ILGES, Johann Georg *

1745-1801

Pennsylvania Militia, 6th Battalion of York Co. Captain Thomas McNerry's Company (1777), Private,

ILGES, Johann Philip

1752-1792

Pennsylvania Militia, 6th Battalion of York Co., Captain Thomas McNerry's Company

KELLER, Anthony II *

c.1744-1817

Pennsylvania Militia; of York Co. 3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777);  1st Battalion, Capt. Michael Kauffelt’s Company (1781)

LIEBERKNECHT, Johann Friedrich*

1732-1797

Pennsylvania Militia; of York Co., 3rd Battalion Capt. Jacob Bieber’s 1^st Company (1777); 

REINHARD, George Philip

1761-1800

Pennsylvania Militia; of York Co., (1776), Private (Not Verified)

* - denotes a direct ancestor

THE AMERICAN

 CIVIL WAR

1861-1865

Tomb of about 2,111 unknowns gathered from

Civil War battlefields, Arlington National Cemetery

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT / RANK

BENNER, Benjamin Adam

1841-1926

29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment - Private

DELLINGER, Jonathan *

1846-1921

187th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Co. H - Sergeant

GOTTA, Alexander C.

c.1840-unk.

57th New York Infantry Regiment, Co. H

LEITHISER, Jacob

1848-unk.

195th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, Co. K - Private

* - denotes a direct ancestor      

Rough Riders charge at Jan Juan Hill, Cuba

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

1898

Spanish-American War Memorial

Section 22, Arlington National Cemetery

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT / RANK

WORLD WAR ONE

1917-1918

World War I Memorial, Washington, DC

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT / RANK

GOTTA, Paul Cousart

1897-1978

NJ National Guard , 3^rd Inf. Regt., Co. M – Private – 1917

U.S. Army; 29^th Div., 114 Inf. Regt., Co. D.; 1917-19 – P.F.C.

NEFF, Albert , Jr.

1891-1965

 Unknown

SILAR, George D.

1899-1965

U.S. Army; Infantry, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

SILAR, Harry Eugene

1895-1986

U.S. Army; Air Corps, 43rd Aero Squadron

SILAR, Sherman Rhoades *

1897-1969

PA National Guard, 3rd Inf., Co. A, 1917

U.S. Army; 28^th Div., 110 Inf. Regt., Supply Co.; 1917-19,  Pvt.

* - denotes a direct ancestor      

WORLD WAR TWO

1941-1945

World War II Memorial, Washington, DC

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT /RANK

SILAR, Ammon Homer

1908-1990

U.S. Army; Corporal (1943-45)

SILAR, Freeman Alfred

1915-1978

U.S. Army: Private

SILAR, Leon Roy

1908-1965

U.S. Army: Private

SILAR, Lorin Gordon

1920-1995

U.S. Navy, Chief Petty Officer

SILAR, Richard Allen

1915-1945

U.S. Army; 15^th Air Corps, 304^th Bomber Wing, 459th Group, 759th Squadron

SILAR, Robert Jackson

1926-1989

U.S. Army; 7th Infantry Division - Staff Sgt.

SILAR, Samuel Wiliard

1919-2004

U.S. Army; 66th Infantry Division - Private First Class

SILER, Frederick George *

1924-1991

U.S. Navy; 6th Special Construction Battalion –

Petty Officer 1^st Class

* - denotes a direct ancestor      

Korean War Memorial, Washington, D.C.

KOREAN WAR

1950-1953

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT / RANK

VIETNAM WAR

1964-1973

NAME

DOB-DOD

BRANCH / UNIT / RANK

SOURCES AND CITATIONS

Additional information regarding the sources used to compile the military service of these soldiers can be found at the via the following links:

My Paternal Ancestors: Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

DKPS Source Documents

Pennsylvania Militia, York County – Revolutionary War

187^th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment (USA) – Civil War

110^th Infantry Regiment, 28^th Division, U.S.Army – World War One

6^th Special Naval Construction Battalion, USN – World War Two 

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