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A rubbing
from the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial
THE
FAMILY HONOR ROLL: Veterans
From the
start of the family's appearance in New England, members of the
family have been serving their country. The first to pick up arms
were those members of town train bands, to protect the new
settlements from Indians as well as other European settlers.
While names on the Colonial, Revolutionary, War
of 1812 and Civil War honor rolls are fairly complete, I'll add
more about each soldier's and sailor's exploits as time allows.
Civil War records are scattered everywhere; Washington kept track
of the Union servicemen but left the states of the old
Confederacy keep their own records. And I'm including our
Canadian, British and other Parmelees while compiling lists of
World War I and II veterans.
The most
interesting find to date is William
Parmley of England, who was killed on the Mesopotamian Front
in WWI; he's buried in Iraq at the North Gate War Cemetery, which
is about half a mile beyond Baghdad's North Gate, on the right
had side of the road to Baquba. A
BBC reporter stopped by the cemetery in April, 2003, as the
Iraq War got under way -- and, as you'd expect, it's a mess. .
All of these pages will continue to be works in
progress:
- Train bands -- Colonial
town militias.
- Indian wars -- Pequot War
(1636-1637), King Philip's War (1675-1676), Pontiac's War
(1763-1765), Creek Wars (1780s and 1790s), First Seminole
War (1817-1819), Black Hawk War (1830-1831), Second
Seminole War (1835-1842), Third Seminole War (1855-1858),
Sioux Wars (1860s and 1870s), Washita War (1868-1869),
Red River War (1874).
- Colonial Wars -- King
William's War (1689-1697), Queen Anne's War (1702-1713),
King George's War (1744-1748), French & Indian War
(1754-1763).
- Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- This has been split into
one page on individuals and
another on battles.
At least 63 men fought for the American cause; nearly all
the soldiers have been placed into the main family tree. We've
added about a dozen new tombstone pictures!
- War of 1812 (1812-1815)
- Mexican War (1846-1848)
- Civil War (1861-1865) -- The
list has grown to more than 200 soldiers from the Union
and the Confederacy. Of all the veterans pages, this one
seems to update most frequently. Again, we welcome
copies of photos.
- Spanish-American War (1898)
-- The first of these soldiers, including the man who
became the patriarch of the Philippine branch of the
family.
- World War I (1914-1918) --
Now with some photos.
- World War II (1939-1946) --
The list of U.S., Canadian and British service men and
women is well under way. More photos are being added.
- Korean War (1950-1953) .
- Vietnam War (1964-1973)
- Persian Gulf War (1991) --
One veteran so far.
- War in Afghanistan / War on Terror (2001- ) -- No known
participants or victims.
- Iraq War (2003- )