MILITARY PERSONNEL DESCENDED FROM ARIAIL FAMILY NOTE: This document contains information that has been obtained from various sources. We welcome submission of verifiable data to update and expand the accomplishments of these heroes of our extended family. We realize that many of our extended family are not listed below and encourage everyone to help expand this data base. Name: Descended from: -- (13 children of Jean Baptiste Mathias Ariail & spouses) Samuel Albert Ariail Enlisted three times during Civil War. Killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 6, 1864. Age 22 years and 25 days. From History of Banks County, Georgia. Vol. 1, pp. 375. Co. A. 2nd Regiment -- Army Northern Va.— Banks County Guards. Ordered from Brunswick, Georgia to Virginia, July 21, 1861; arrived Manassas Aug. 26, and assigned to Brigade of General Robert Toombs. Also Samuel is listed in History of Banks County, Vol. 3, pp. 2-12. Co. A 24th Regiment--Ga. Volunteer Inf.--Army of N. Va.--Independent Volunteers. He was under command of Captain Joseph N. Chandler. Name: Samuel A. Ariel, Residence: Banks County, Georgia Enlistment Date: 24 August 1861 Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Georgia Unit Numbers: 368 368 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 August 1861 Enlisted in Company A, 24th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 24 August 1861. Received a disability discharge Company A, 24th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 10 September 1862 in Richmond, Va. Name: S. A. Aerial, Residence: Banks County, Georgia Enlistment Date: 21 November 1861 Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Georgia Unit Numbers: 301 301 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 21 November 1861 Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Georgia on 21 November 1861 Killed Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Georgia on 06 May 1864 in Wilderness, VA John Harvey Ariail line Andrew Daniel Ariail Co. B, 29th Ga Inf. POW in Ky for 2 days in 1865. John Harvey Ariail line Col. Robert Winthrop Newton Lucy Ariail line Phineas Leonard Dunham In Hospital at Gettysburg, Penn, on Fri., 17th ult, of wounds received in battle July 2, 1862, Corporal PHINEAS L. DUNHAM, aged 22 years and 7 months. Corporal Dunham was one of the noblest of the noble band of young men who enlisted in Company G of the First Minnesota Regiment at the first call of the President for volunteers. Lucy Ariail line John Milton Ariail Civil War. GA-2 Ga. Inf. 4-20-61 thru 12-31-64. Wounded several times. From History of Banks County, Vol. I, pp. 375. Co. A. 2nd Regiment – Army Northern Va. -- Banks County Guards. Ordered from Brunswick, Georgia to Virginia, July 21, 1861; arrived Manassas Aug. 26, and assigned to Brigade of General Robert Toombs. Name: J. M. Aerial, Residence: Banks County, Georgia Enlistment Date: 20 April 1861 Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Georgia Unit Numbers: 301 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 20 April 1861 Enlisted in Company A, 2nd Infantry Regiment Georgia on 20 April 1861. Wounded on 02 July 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa (Arm) John Milton Ariail, a Confederate Soldier, was fighting against his 2nd cousin Phinehas Leonard Dunham, an Union Soldier, at the battle of Gettysburg, John was wounded on Jul 2, 1863, Phinehas Dunham was killed on Jul 17, 1863. John Harvey Ariail line Henry Ariail Dunham, Jr. – Civil War Name: Henry Dunham, Jr. Residence: Woodbury, Connecticut Enlistment Date: 13 August 1862 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Union State Served: Connecticut Unit Numbers: 79 79 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 13 August 1862 Enlisted in Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Connecticut on 11 September 1862 Received a disability discharge Company I, 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment Connecticut on 12 February 1863 Lucy Ariail line Lemuel Lawrence Ariail Died from measles. Age 17 years, 2 months and 12 days. He was in Civil War when he contacted the measles. They brought him back home where he died. John Harvey Ariail line SGT. Enos Beecher Chatfield – Civil War American Civil War Soldiers: Personal Information Name: Beecher Chatfield Residence: Wilton, Iowa Enlistment Date: 14 September 1861 Distinguished Service: Distinguished Service Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Unit Numbers: 183 183 Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant on 14 September 1861 at the age of 31 Enlisted in Company D, 11th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 03 October 1861. Wounded on 06 April 1862 at Shiloh, TN (Leg Wound) Discharged Company D, 11th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 15 August 1862 in Keokuk, IA Muscatine County, Iowa Civil War Soldiers Name: Chatfield, Beecher Unit Name: IA 11th Inf D Rank: Sergt Enlisted: 14 Sep 1861 Note: Wounded at Shiloh TN (In Leg) Discharged: 15 Aug 1862 Roster Iowa Soldiers - War of Rebellion Vol 2 Chatfield, Beecher: Age 31, Residence Wilton, Nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 3, 1861. Wounded in leg April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Discharged Aug. 15, 1862, Keokuk, Iowa. Lucy Ariail line John Clement Markham WWII – Several Battles Lucy Ariail line Col. William Eldon Chatfield Lucy Ariail line SP4 Daniel Harold Chatfield Army Spec. 4/c Daniel Harold Chatfield, 20, son of the late Harold Chatfield and Mrs. Herman Buttifofer, 2099 Elm St., died in an evacuation hospital in South Vietnam on May 16 as a result of wounds received in combat a few hours earlier. Daniel H Chatfield Specialist Four PERSONAL DATA Home of Record: Dubuque, IA Date of birth: 06/08/1947 MILITARY DATA Service: Army of the United States Grade at loss: E4 Rank: Specialist Four ID No: 54925593 MOS: 11D20: Armor Reconnaissance Specialist Length Service: 01 Unit: A TRP, 1ST SQDN, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, USARV CASUALTY DATA Start Tour: 09/20/1967 Incident Date: 05/16/1968 Casualty Date: 05/16/1968 Age at Loss: 20 Location: Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam Remains: Body recovered Casualty Type: Hostile, died of wounds Casualty Reason: Ground casualty Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dc/ChatfieldDH01a.htm ON THE WALL Panel 61E Line 007 Lucy Ariail line SK1 Lyle Preston Woods Lucy Ariail line Pvt. Eldon Paul Bahner WWII, U.S. Army T Sgt 845 Engr Avn Bn Lucy Ariail line William Smoot Hughes – WWI Lucy Ariail line Pvt. Orval Loren Koch Joined the Wyoming National Guard at the age of 20 and belonged to Troop F, 115 Cavalry. He was sent to Fort Lewis, where he volunteered for the 101st Airborne. He was proud of doing an exhibition jump for Gen. Eisenhower while stationed at Fort Benning. Mr. Koch was sent to Germany and jumped at Normandy, where he was captured by Germans. He was a prisoner of war for 11 months before escaping with several others into Czechoslovakia, where they hid in a kind Czech family's barn for a week before they were rescued by American troops. Lucy Ariail line Lt. Col. George Franklin Lafollette Lt. Colonel LaFollette served in the Pacific Theatre in WWII. A graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, he served as Director of the Command and General Staff Courses of the Jackson U.S.A.R. School. Lucy Ariail line Ensign Esq. John Harvey Ariail, S. C. Militia Jean Baptiste Mathias Ariail line Maj. Leland Arthur Jackson – WWII John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Col. Edwin Barksdale Jackson John Harvey Ariail line Col. James Hamilton Martin John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Col. Thomas Edwin Allison, Jr. U.S. Air Force. John Harvey Ariail line Maj. James William Mizell 20 years of service in USMC. John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Col. John Craig Williams U.S. Army Air Corps, WW II John Harvey Ariail line Rep. Bennett Lee Hendricks, Jr. – WWII Pilot, USAF -- S.C. State House of Representatives for 22 years – Awarded ‘Order of the Palmetto’ – Mayor of John Harvey Ariail line Easley, -- Named ‘Citizen of the Year’ 1966 John Bush Rogers – WWII – Graduate of Citadel John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Robert Francis Hodgson – WWII John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Col. Henry Daniel Coffee – WWI – Became Head of Veterans Hospital, Columbia, SC John Harvey Ariail line Maj. Henry Thomas Coffee – WWII John Harvey Ariail line Lt. Col. Otto Henry Schumacher II – WWII John Harvey Ariail line Louie Alexander Lesley – WWII & Korea John Harvey Ariail line CDR Ronnie Lesley John Harvey Ariail line CTOCS James Wayne Patterson, USN, Retired, 33 Years, 20 active duty, 13 fleet reserves. Cold War and Vietnam Era. Served in Formosa, California, Philippines, Guam, Washington, D.C., Florida, Maine, Morocco, Ft. Meade, Md., and Naples, Italy. Awarded: Joint Service Commendation Medal, Naval Achievement Medal and Naval Security Group Meritorious Service Award, Meritorious Unit Citation – 2 Awards, Good Conduct Medal – 5 Awards, National Defense Ribbon, Joint Air Reconnaissance Control Center Plaque Award and NATO Commen- dation. Selected as Chief Petty Officer Advisor to Chief of Naval Operations. John Harvey Ariail line Lt. William Edward Patterson, USA Stationed in Korea John Harvey Ariail line SGT John Trenton Patterson, USA U.S. Army in Germany during 1962-1965. John Harvey Ariail line William Ira Ariail, Civil War. Co. B, 15th Georgia Inf. Died from typhoid fever at Manasses, Virginia. Age 23 years, 4 months and 17 days. William Ira Ariail was 5' 10'' tall, dark hair, dark eyes and dark complexion. John Harvey Ariail line James Madison Reid, husband of Sarah Jane Ariail. 10th Btry, S.C. Calvary, CSA, Civil War. He was a veteran of the war with Mexico and faced the enemy with Scott at the historic battle of the City of Mexico and that of Ra Saca DeLa Palma, besides being in many minor engagements during his two years of service.