{"id":573,"date":"2014-05-26T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jillholman.com\/genealogy\/?p=573"},"modified":"2022-05-30T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T19:04:00","slug":"military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/military-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Military research is hard! I don&#8217;t claim that this is complete, but here are the bits that I have gathered so far. If anyone knows more, please tell me! (These are in reverse chronological order by death date.)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Dennis Holman<\/strong><br \/>\nOct. 8, 1946 &#8211; Sep. 5, 2015<\/p>\n<p>SP5 US ARMY Vietnam<br \/>\nIn Fort Snelling National Cemetery.<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/152138373\/dennis-dean-holman\">https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/152138373\/dennis-dean-holman<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Boyd Holman<\/strong><br \/>\nJan. 31, 1938 &#8211; Jul. 23, 1994<\/p>\n<p>SP4 US ARMY<br \/>\nIn\u00a0Fort Snelling National Cemetery.<br \/>\nGrave info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=holman&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=801008&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=holman&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=801008&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Veikko Laitala<\/strong><br \/>\n13 June 1919 &#8211; 23 Feb 1991<\/p>\n<p>Enlisted 28 Jun 1944 in the Army at Fort Snelling, MN.<br \/>\nGrave info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=laitala&amp;GSfn=Veikko+&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=84500205&amp;df=all&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=laitala&amp;GSfn=Veikko+&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=84500205&amp;df=all&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Arvid Laitala<\/strong><br \/>\n27 Aug 1916 &#8211; 24 Apr 1986<\/p>\n<p>Served 27 Aug 1941 &#8211; 15 Oct 1945. Sergeant in the Army.<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"http:\/\/trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/6487974\/person\/-1279989499\/mediax\/2?pgnum=1&amp;pg=0&amp;pgpl=pid%7CpgNum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/trees.ancestry.com\/tree\/6487974\/person\/-1279989499\/mediax\/2?pgnum=1&amp;pg=0&amp;pgpl=pid%7CpgNum<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Luvern Holman<\/strong><br \/>\n4 Jan 1914 &#8211; 6 Feb 1970<\/p>\n<p>PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II<br \/>\nEnlisted 10 Feb 1941 in Ortenville, MN.<br \/>\nIn\u00a0<a title=\"Fort Snelling National Cemetery \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/cems\/nchp\/ftsnelling.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Snelling National Cemetery<\/a>.<br \/>\nGrave info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=holman&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=3452618&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=holman&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=3452618&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Robert Louis Fjerstad<\/strong><br \/>\n28 Sep 1921 &#8211; 22 May 1966<\/p>\n<p>AMM2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II<br \/>\nService Start Date: 25 Feb 1942.\u00a0On a muster roll for the ship Hollandia 30 Nov 1944.<br \/>\nIn\u00a0<a title=\"Fort Snelling National Cemetery \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/cems\/nchp\/ftsnelling.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Snelling National Cemetery<\/a>.<br \/>\nGrave info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=fjerstad&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=652639&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=fjerstad&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=652639&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Renie Middendorp<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 7, 1882 &#8211; May 4,1961<\/p>\n<p>PVT CO F 2 Infantry<br \/>\nEnlisted Jan 4 1906. Served in the Philippines &amp; was an excellent marksman. Discharged Jan 3 1909 Fort Thomas KY. Got a veterans headstone.<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~saintanthonycemetery\/Sort_by_marker.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~saintanthonycemetery\/Sort_by_marker.htm<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Paul Leroy Fjerstad<\/strong><br \/>\n14 Jun 1927 &#8211; 7 Jun 1950<\/p>\n<p>S1C US NAVY WORLD WAR II<br \/>\nService Start Date: 5 Feb 1945<br \/>\nIn\u00a0<a title=\"Fort Snelling National Cemetery \" href=\"http:\/\/www.cem.va.gov\/cems\/nchp\/ftsnelling.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fort Snelling National Cemetery<\/a>.<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=fjerstad&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=652638&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=fjerstad&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=82339&amp;GRid=652638&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>James Taylor<\/strong><br \/>\nSep. 26, 1834 &#8211; 1880?<\/p>\n<p>Co A 155\/OHIO NG INF<br \/>\nYikes, there were a lot of James Taylors in Ohio at the time! I don&#8217;t find him in this roster: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilwarindex.com\/armyoh\/rosters\/155th_oh_infantry_roster.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.civilwarindex.com\/armyoh\/rosters\/155th_oh_infantry_roster.pdf<\/a><br \/>\nHe is in both the service index &amp; pension index &#8211; has anyone ordered the documents?<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=taylor&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=94644&amp;GRid=58503511&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=taylor&amp;GSiman=1&amp;GScid=94644&amp;GRid=58503511&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Atchinson<\/strong><br \/>\n1787 &#8211; Jan 31 1855<\/p>\n<p>John fought in the War of 1812, enlisting 25 Sep 1813 in Captain Elijah Birge&#8217;s Company, Col. Dixon&#8217;s Regiment of Vermont Detached Militia, serving one month and 23 days. He was a corporal. You can see more details, including a muster roll in <a title=\"The Atchinson Book, book 2\" href=\"https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE74917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book 2 of The Atchinson Book <\/a>compiled &amp; written by Court Atchinson.<br \/>\nGrave info: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=atchinson&amp;GSfn=john&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSst=49&amp;GScntry=4&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=99166180&amp;df=all&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=atchinson&amp;GSfn=john&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSst=49&amp;GScntry=4&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=99166180&amp;df=all&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Aaron Van Benschoten<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 27 1746 &#8211; January 18, 1836<\/p>\n<p>He served the first year of the Revolutionary War under Captain Van Benschoten, his cousin; later under the command of General George Washington. Because of his passionate liking for horses, he was detailed to care for Washington&#8217;s saddle horses. For awhile he was in the Honor Corps and served as George Washington&#8217;s body guard. He didn&#8217;t receive\u00a0compensation for his services in the war. He was pensioned at the age of 86.<br \/>\nThat is from Ray Seely McWhorter&#8217;s book: <a title=\"Van Benschoten, Benschoten, Seeley, Seely\" href=\"https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1018856&amp;from=fhd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Benschoten, Benschoten, Seeley, Seely : the Benschoter line of Alice Esther Benschoter Seely<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnd there are more details in this book: <a title=\"Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=j6ZYAAAAMAAJ&amp;lpg=PA420&amp;ots=Lbvl44ruj1&amp;dq=CONCERNING%20The%20VAN%20BUNSCHOTEN&amp;pg=PA420#v=onepage&amp;q=CONCERNING%20The%20VAN%20BUNSCHOTEN&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America<\/a>.<br \/>\nThere are approved SAR applications for Aaron.<br \/>\nGrave info:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=Van+Benschoten&amp;GSfn=aaron&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=38645870&amp;df=all&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GSln=Van+Benschoten&amp;GSfn=aaron&amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;GSdyrel=all&amp;GSob=n&amp;GRid=38645870&amp;df=all&amp;<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Henry Ingalls<\/strong><br \/>\nOct 12 1738 &#8211; Jun 1813<\/p>\n<p>He joined May 5 1775, Lieutenant, Captain Caprons Company, Ashley&#8217;s Regiment, Militia, New Hampshire.\u00a0They marched to the relief of Ticonderoga.<br \/>\nHe is in the DAR Patriot Index.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>John Atchinson<\/strong><br \/>\n28 Jun 1762 &#8211; 1790<\/p>\n<p>There were two John Atchinsons at the time, but it is likely that this is the right service record for this John Atchinson. \u00a0See <a title=\"The Atchinson Book, book 2\" href=\"https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE74917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atchinson Book<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<br \/>\nHe enlisted 15 Mar 1779 as a Private in Capt. John Carpenter&#8217;s Company (Carpenter was from Brimfield, Mass.), and was discharged 15 June, having served three months with the guards at Springfield. This would appear to be the same John Atchinson &#8220;of Brimfield,&#8221; said to have served 4 Jul to 10 Oct 1780 in Capt. Abel King&#8217;s Company (King was from Wilbraham), Col. Sears commanding. And, finally, he is probably also the John Atchinson who enlisted 20 Aug 1781 and was discharged 20 Nov 1781, also under Capt. King and Col. Sears, having served three months at Saratoga.<br \/>\nThat is from\u00a0<a title=\"The Atchinson Book, book 2\" href=\"https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE74917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book 2 of The Atchinson Book<\/a> compiled &amp; written by Court Atchinson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Elias Van Bunschoten<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 23, 1679 &#8211; 1757<\/p>\n<p>As a lieutenant on the Canadian expedition in 1709, he survived, and later served in the second attempt on Canada in 1711. He was made Lieutenant of the Militia at Kingston and served also as Captain of the Dutchess Co. Militia, and later became a major.<br \/>\nThat is from Ray Seely McWhorter&#8217;s book:\u00a0<a title=\"Van Benschoten, Benschoten, Seeley, Seely\" href=\"https:\/\/dcms.lds.org\/delivery\/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1018856&amp;from=fhd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Benschoten, Benschoten, Seeley, Seely : the Benschoter line of Alice Esther Benschoter Seely<\/a>.<br \/>\nAnd there are more details in this book:\u00a0<a title=\"Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America\" href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=j6ZYAAAAMAAJ&amp;lpg=PA420&amp;ots=Lbvl44ruj1&amp;dq=CONCERNING%20The%20VAN%20BUNSCHOTEN&amp;pg=PA420#v=onepage&amp;q=CONCERNING%20The%20VAN%20BUNSCHOTEN&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerning the Van Bunschoten or Van Benschoten family in America<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military research is hard! I don&#8217;t claim that this is complete, but here are the bits that I have gathered so far. If anyone knows more, please tell me! (These are in reverse chronological order by death date.) Dennis Holman Oct. 8, 1946 &#8211; Sep. 5, 2015 SP5 US ARMY Vietnam In Fort Snelling National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15,22,32,40,44,45,51,63,67,68,77],"class_list":{"0":"post-573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-military-service","8":"tag-aaron-van-benschoten","9":"tag-boyd-holman","10":"tag-elias-van-bunschoten","11":"tag-henry-ingalls","12":"tag-james-taylor","13":"tag-john-atchinson","14":"tag-luvern-holman","15":"tag-paul-leroy-fjerstad","16":"tag-renie-middendorp","17":"tag-robert-louis-fjerstad","18":"tag-veikko-laitala","19":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Military Service | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jillholman.com\/genealogy\/military-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Military Service | Jill&#039;s Genealogy Journey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Military research is hard! 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