A Memorial Day Remembrance

Honoring All Fallen Military Heroes, Our American Flag Shall Fly At Half-Staff Until Sundown 30 May 2020, This Day Is Traditional Memorial Day.    

Any American inclined to research their detailed personal ancestry is certain to discover many family military personnel who made the "supreme sacrifice" -- relatives who gave that last full measure in duty to their Country.  In particular today, I'm thinking of these three men we never had the good fortune to meet, three gallant men who directly belong to our strong family military history.

Technical Sergeant (aka TEC4 or T/4) Arthur Leo Muthig (1914-1944).  Maternal second cousin Arthur was Killed-In-Action on 30 July 1944 in France, while in U.S. Army service with the Sixth Armored Division.  Arthur is interred at Florence Cemetery, Lauderdale County, Georgia, USA.

Private Mahlon Barns Zeh (1921-1945).  Paternal third cousin Mahlon was Mortally-Wounded-In-Action, February 1945 in Germany while in U.S. Army service with the Ninth Infantry Division.  He later died from his wounds on 8 February 1945 in a Belgium field hospital.  Mahlon is interred at a WWII Military Cemetery, Henri-Chapelle, Liege, Belgium.

Captain Amos Stanton (1750-1781).  Paternal third cousin Amos was Killed-In-Action on 6 September 1781, during the Revolutionary War Battle of Groton Heights at Fort Griswold, Groton, Connecticut.  Captain Stanton's three+ years of active military service as 6th Company Commander in Colonel Sherburne's Second Regiment of the Connecticut Line was then complete.  On this early September 1781 day, Amos answered an alarm issued by local area militia commander Colonel Ledyard and was among many killed in the valiant defense of Fort Griswold.   Amos is interred at Stanton Cemetery, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.