No service for my self but come from a long line of service men dating back to the beging of the great country of ours

Heres just a brief list of relatives

America Revolution
Daniel Cone

Creek Indian War
Garrett Craft Served under Capt. James Meriweather

Texas Revolution

Henry H. Cone - Land Grant for his service at the Battle of Bexar

Mexican War
Orlando V. Cone ~ Land Grant for his service - KIA during Civil War

Civil War
- Confederate
Daniel Marion Craft Co. G 22nd Alabama Infantry

- Federal
1st Lt. Pinckney S. Cone Chicago Merchantile Battery captured the the Battle of Mansfield, La. and spent the next war in a POW camp in Tyler , Texas

WWI
Sylvester Washington Cone ~ Wounded

WWII
Virgil Lee Cone Purple heart, Bronze Star

my dad served from "1962-1964"
Verlie Ray Cone 3rd Armored Cav Regiment
Troup B 1st Recon Sq. Baumholder, Germany

Vietnam
Aviation Structural Mechanic Third Class Lloyd A. Cone.

As a member of the Navy SeaWolves, ASM3 Lloyd Cone served our country for 2yrs until Ma y 8th, 1968 when he kia from small arms fire in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam. He was only 20 years old Lloyd Cone is on panel 56E, line 037 of the Vietnam Memorial.

Thank you all for your service. God Bless

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Posted by loweralabamatrojan

Lower Alabama

Member since Oct 2006

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Posted on 11/12/08 at 3:12 am to Bama Fan In Tn

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No service for my self but come from a long line of service men dating back to the beging of the great country of ours

Nice family history.

My uncle does ours, and found we were descendants of Israel Putnam. Israel Putnam was the name of one of Washington's Generals in the Revolutionary War.

It was also the name of a Private in the Colonial Army.

We were descended from the latter, as it happens.