SPC David Wyckoff 71356 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;P&gt;Related to another post about people&#39;s families, I decided to start a discussion about people who come from generational military families. (even if its just one, or skipped a generation)&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Through research I have found that I have six generations of military in my family, counting my three kids.&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Solomon Wyckoff, G/G grandfather3rd Infantry Reg, Virginia Union Army&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Nicholas Wyckoff, G grandfatherWWI&amp;nbsp;Unknown unit or dates&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Harry Wyckoff, grandfather U.S.S. Melvin, WWII &lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Noah Cloud, great uncleUS Army OSS, WWII Unknown unit or dates&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Dave Kuster, great uncleU.S.S. Hercules, WWII&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Joshua Wyckoff, father U.S.S. Markab, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;David Cloud, uncle, Army, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Samuel Cloud, uncle, Marines, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Uriel Cloud, uncle, AF Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Me&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Ben Wyckoff, Eglin AFB Air Force, OIF OEF&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Chandilyn Wyckoff, 168th Refueling Wing, Air NG&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Cassondra Wyckoff, 108th MP Co. OIF&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Is there anything interesting that&#39;s military related that you&#39;ve found out about your family?&lt;/P&gt; 2014-03-07T09:14:05-05:00 SPC David Wyckoff 71356

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;P&gt;Related to another post about people&#39;s families, I decided to start a discussion about people who come from generational military families. (even if its just one, or skipped a generation)&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Through research I have found that I have six generations of military in my family, counting my three kids.&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Solomon Wyckoff, G/G grandfather3rd Infantry Reg, Virginia Union Army&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Nicholas Wyckoff, G grandfatherWWI&amp;nbsp;Unknown unit or dates&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Harry Wyckoff, grandfather U.S.S. Melvin, WWII &lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Noah Cloud, great uncleUS Army OSS, WWII Unknown unit or dates&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Dave Kuster, great uncleU.S.S. Hercules, WWII&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Joshua Wyckoff, father U.S.S. Markab, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;David Cloud, uncle, Army, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Samuel Cloud, uncle, Marines, Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Uriel Cloud, uncle, AF Vietnam&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Me&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Ben Wyckoff, Eglin AFB Air Force, OIF OEF&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Chandilyn Wyckoff, 168th Refueling Wing, Air NG&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Cassondra Wyckoff, 108th MP Co. OIF&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;<br />&lt;P&gt;Is there anything interesting that&#39;s military related that you&#39;ve found out about your family?&lt;/P&gt;

2014-03-07T09:14:05-05:00 2014-03-07T09:14:05-05:00 SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member 71374

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>This is just off the top of my head. I'll have to research my family history.</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Wilbur Lucas, Army Air Corps, WWII</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Stephen Lucas, Sr., US Army, Vietnam</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Dale Hougland, AF</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Jason Gray, AF</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Me</p><br /><p> </p><br /><p>Tony Hougland, Coast Guard</p>

2014-03-07T09:33:56-05:00 2014-03-07T09:33:56-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 73615

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;p&gt;Outstanding way to recognize those that have gone before us! Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Off the top of my head from what we&#39;ve found in our research of my&amp;nbsp;direct ancestors:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe Purvis Jr. - Father - US Army 27 Years - Vietnam, Cold War, Desert Storm&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe Purvis Sr. - Grandfather - US Army - WWII&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;One very interesting one we found was on my mother&#39;s side, several generations back, I had a direct ancestor who fought for the British against Americans in the American Revolution. He was captured and paroled. After the war he returned to England, then immigrated to the USA. During the War of 1812 he joined the US military (can&#39;t remember which branch) and fought against the British!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

2014-03-11T09:36:51-04:00 2014-03-11T09:36:51-04:00 GySgt Private RallyPoint Member 74158

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><div>Me - USMC - Iraq, Afghanistan</div>Father - Army - Korea<div>Grandfather - USMC - Japan WWII</div><div>Great Grandfather - Army - France WWI</div><div><br></div><div>Grandfather's Brother - Navy - Japan WWII</div><div>His Son - Navy - Vietnam</div><div>And His Son - Navy</div><div><br></div><div>Other Grandfather's Brother - Army - Korean War</div><div>His Son - Army - Vietnam</div>

2014-03-12T03:32:56-04:00 2014-03-12T03:32:56-04:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 74281

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Third generation Paratrooper!

2014-03-12T09:41:06-04:00 2014-03-12T09:41:06-04:00 SSG Robert Blum 82774

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Army</p><p>Myself  (OIF, OEF)</p><p>My Father (Desert Storm, OIF)</p><p>Paternial Grandfather (Korea)</p><p>Step Grandfather (WW2 *Pacific Campaign Enlisted, Korea Officer)</p><p>Great Grandfather (between WW1 WW2)</p><p>My Aunt (Desert Strom) *Assigned in Germany when the Wall came down.</p><p> </p><p>Navy</p><p>My Great Aunts Son, Captian, Navy Test Piolt, former member of the Space program</p><p> </p><p>Pre WW2 My family history on my fathers side is a little foggy, it seems to be the time where the family began to migrate from Germany to the US. </p><p> </p>

2014-03-23T07:54:10-04:00 2014-03-23T07:54:10-04:00 CSM Michael Poll 83067

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Grand Father, US Navy, PHm03 USS Liddle Gulf of Lyte 1942 WWII<div>Grand Father, US Army, CPL WWII</div><div>Uncle, US Army Air Corp, B-17 Navigator WWII</div><div>Father, USAF, TSGT, b-52 bomber Crew chief, Vietnam</div><div>Uncle, USMC, CPT, Vietnam</div><div>Myself, US Army, CSM, Military Police, Transportation, Somalia (X2), Iraq and Afghanistan</div><div>My Son, US Army, SGT, Combat medic, Iraq</div>

2014-03-23T14:54:06-04:00 2014-03-23T14:54:06-04:00 SSG Keith Evans 83372

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><div>Paternal:</div><div>Great Grandfather - Army, WWI</div>Grandfather - Navy, WWII<div>Father - USMC, Vietnam (Volunteered!!)</div><div>Brother-in-Law - Army, 1995 - Present</div><div>Myself - Army, 2004 - Present</div><div><br></div><div>Maternal:</div><div>Grandfather - US Navy, WWII</div><div>Uncle - US Navy 1973-1975</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm told somewhere in the Civil War I have an Ancestor as well.  I guess I should get on Ancestry.com and figure it out!</div><div><br></div><div>  </div><div><div><br></div></div>

2014-03-23T21:09:02-04:00 2014-03-23T21:09:02-04:00 SFC Timothy Riser 87026

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Through Ancestry.com and family archives I have traced my family back to 1742 in South Carolina, My familiy on the Riser and Bierfischer sides have been in every war except the Vietnam war, I have even found some of their discharge and service documents

2014-03-27T23:41:04-04:00 2014-03-27T23:41:04-04:00 CH (CPT) Heather Davis 95937

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&lt;p&gt;Every generation in my family has served both American Military and Spanish Military. My Father was 15 when he joined the Navy during WWII. My Grand Father was MIA for a year and he had malaria, my Grand Mother lit a candle every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I had Uncles in Vietnam and my Father was in communications and I started in communications. I had Uncles that were in Infantry, and that were Rangers. I did a study on Intergenerational PTSD, and the impact of childhood trauma. It is vital that you have an understanding of not transmitting PTSD to the next generation by telling the graphic stories to children.&lt;/p&gt;

2014-04-07T17:24:24-04:00 2014-04-07T17:24:24-04:00 SFC Timothy Riser 96077

<div class="images-v2-count-4"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-2745"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fgenerational-military-families%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Generational+Military+families&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fgenerational-military-families&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AGenerational Military families%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/generational-military-families" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="9949ae1c30b62f6dfc365dd20ddf89be" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/745/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/745/large_v3/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-2746"><a class="fancybox" rel="9949ae1c30b62f6dfc365dd20ddf89be" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/746/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/746/thumb_v2/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-3" id="image-2747"><a class="fancybox" rel="9949ae1c30b62f6dfc365dd20ddf89be" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/747/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/747/thumb_v2/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-4" id="image-2748"><a class="fancybox" rel="9949ae1c30b62f6dfc365dd20ddf89be" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/748/for_gallery_v2/image.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/748/thumb_v2/image.jpg" alt="Image" /></a></div></div>Just a few I have found<div><br></div>

2014-04-07T20:00:55-04:00 2014-04-07T20:00:55-04:00 MAJ Private RallyPoint Member 96079

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Members of my family were stationed at Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C. in the Rev War, Civil War and WW II.  Two out of three wars they fought on the winning side.

2014-04-07T20:02:45-04:00 2014-04-07T20:02:45-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 96081

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not very consistent in my Clan but we&#39;ve had a few. I am the only one from my Generation to have served considering the number of cousins that I have it is kinda sad but is well within the number of Americans that have served. Presious Generation My Father served both his Brothers did. 1 Uncle on my Mothers Side. Historically Rufus Dawes in the Civil War and William Dawes in the Revolutionary War. We made a showing small that it may be but significant.

2014-04-07T20:03:37-04:00 2014-04-07T20:03:37-04:00 SFC William Swartz Jr 96106

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Maternal Grandfather: Army, WWII &amp; Korean War ('42-'54)</p><p>2 Great Uncles: Navy, WWII </p><p>Father-in-Law: Army, Vietnam War ('60-'82)</p><p>Stepfather: Air Force, ('66-'70)</p><p>Brother-in-Law: Navy, Desert Storm ('82-'02)</p><p>Brother: Army, Desert Storm ('87-'91)</p><p>Me: Army, OIFx2 ('87-'13)</p><p>Son: Army ('12-present)</p><p><br></p><p>I have ancestors that fought for the Union in the Civil War, but have not researched that far back so far.</p><p><br></p>

2014-04-07T20:27:31-04:00 2014-04-07T20:27:31-04:00 MSG Jose Colon 96121

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><p>Jose A. Colon, Me</p><p>PVT Victor Colon, WW 2, Uncle</p><p>SGT Sixto Rivera, WW 2, KIA, Battle of the Bulge, Uncle</p><p> </p><p>Sons: </p><p> </p><p>1 USMC</p><p>1 US Army</p>

2014-04-07T20:40:18-04:00 2014-04-07T20:40:18-04:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 96532

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great-Great Grandfather US Army Spanish-American War (His uniform is on display on the USS Olympia in Philadelphia, PA)<div>Grandfather- US Navy, USS Amberjack WW2</div><div>Grandfather- US Navy, USS Phillip WW2-Korea</div><div>Other Relative- US Navy, Seabee, Pacific</div><div>Uncle - AF 80/90s</div><div>Me- US Navy '11-Present. </div><div><br></div><div>With my brother to soon join the Navy as well in a few years.</div>

2014-04-08T11:11:46-04:00 2014-04-08T11:11:46-04:00 MSG Gene Potocki 96551

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Me - 21 years Active duty (Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm)<div>Father - Us Navy (Reserve) &amp; US Air Force (Reserve) 1955-1994</div><div>Grandfather (Mom's Side) US Navy WWII Pacific Theater</div><div>Grandfather (Dad's Side) US Navy WWII Atlantic Theater</div><div>Uncle (Dad's side) US Army Air Corp WWII Fighter Pilot (England)</div>

2014-04-08T11:43:29-04:00 2014-04-08T11:43:29-04:00 SGT Thomas Lucken 96797

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Paternal, my grandfather was the 1st Lucken born in the US:<br>Grandfather - WWI - Army<br>Father - WWII - Army<br>Uncle Bud - WWII - Navy<br>Uncle Frank - Vietnam - Navy<br>Uncle Skip - Navy <br>Cousin Faye - Vietnam - Army<br>Cousin Wendy - Vietnam - Army<br>Me - Korean DMZ/Desert Storm - Army<br>Son - OEF/Afghanistan - Army<br><br>Maternal:<br>Grandfather - WWII - Army <br>Uncle Dean - Korea War - Army<br><br>Also have several 2nd/3rd cousins that have served along with great uncles.<br>

2014-04-08T17:08:43-04:00 2014-04-08T17:08:43-04:00 MSgt Keith Hebert 96845

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Grand father coast guard<br />Dad(adopted) Air Force<br />Dad(biological) USMC<br />Me USMC LAARNG LAANG 26 years retired<br />Sister USMC<br />Son LAARNG just enlisted

2014-04-08T17:46:34-04:00 2014-04-08T17:46:34-04:00 SSG Trevor S. 101109

<div class="images-v2-count-4"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-2892"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fgenerational-military-families%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Generational+Military+families&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fgenerational-military-families&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AGenerational Military families%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/generational-military-families" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="34c4ad56ffc03868c2e31a6b0c3e3850" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/892/for_gallery_v2/MSP0003_Marshall_S._Petty_civil_war_service.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/892/large_v3/MSP0003_Marshall_S._Petty_civil_war_service.JPG" alt="Msp0003 marshall s. petty civil war service" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-2893"><a class="fancybox" rel="34c4ad56ffc03868c2e31a6b0c3e3850" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/893/for_gallery_v2/James_Riley_Dodson_service_record_Civil_War.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/893/thumb_v2/James_Riley_Dodson_service_record_Civil_War.JPG" alt="James riley dodson service record civil war" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-3" id="image-2894"><a class="fancybox" rel="34c4ad56ffc03868c2e31a6b0c3e3850" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/894/for_gallery_v2/Jefferson_C_Forrester_death_Civil_War_Record.JPG"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/894/thumb_v2/Jefferson_C_Forrester_death_Civil_War_Record.JPG" alt="Jefferson c forrester death civil war record" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-4" id="image-2895"><a class="fancybox" rel="34c4ad56ffc03868c2e31a6b0c3e3850" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/895/for_gallery_v2/Moses_Wigger_6_mos_Missouri_Militia.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/002/895/thumb_v2/Moses_Wigger_6_mos_Missouri_Militia.jpg" alt="Moses wigger 6 mos missouri militia" /></a></div></div>Four of the records of enlistment for my grandfather's during the Civil War. If you have family from Missouri the state achieves has many of these enlistment records. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/">http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/</a> <div class="pta-link-card"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/img/banner.png"></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-content"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/" target="_blank">Missouri Digital Heritage : Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I</a></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-description">The Missouri State Archives holds nearly 1½ million pages that document the service of Missourians in domestic and foreign wars between 1812 and World War I. These military records primarily consist o...</div><br /></div><br /><div style="clear:both;"></div><br /><div class="pta-box-hide"></div><br /></div>

2014-04-13T20:17:00-04:00 2014-04-13T20:17:00-04:00 SFC James Himes 6498729

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>These are the generations of my military family:<br />Revolutionary War: Johann Heim - Pennsylvania unit of the continental Army<br />Civil War: David Heim - Pennsylvania company - Grand Army of the Union<br />WWI: John Heim<br />WWII: Lawrence Himes (dad), Mary Cuthbertson (mom)<br />Vietnam era: Me<br />Desert Storm: Me<br />Current: Stephen Himes (son) USMC<br />In the 1860s David Heim either changed or had changed his last name from Heim to Himes. Still trying to research why and how it happened.

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