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COL John Timothy Van Orsdale

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COL John Timothy Van Orsdale Veteran

Birth
Woodhull, Steuben County, New York, USA
Death
18 Oct 1921 (aged 71)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 3 Site 1692-A
Memorial ID
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son of Augustus Van Orsdale
and Eunice Graham;
husband of 1)Emily Logan,
2)Edith Laura Shurtleff,
and 3)Margaret Logan;
COL, US Army, NY

Col Van Orsdale was a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1872. A summary career biography of him is given in entry #2425 in Cullum's Biographical Register of the Graduates of the Military Academy; it is online. [See Below]
[Contrib 2013: Bill Thayer #46555645]

"#2425 - John T Van Orsdale: Infantryman, twenty years on the western frontier including fighting Indians; fought in Cuba in the Spanish-American War, and fought insurgents in the Philippines; served in Cuba again; called out of retirement to command German prisoner barracks in World War I."
(Cullum's Register - Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy - Class of 1872)
son of Augustus Van Orsdale
and Eunice Graham;
husband of 1)Emily Logan,
2)Edith Laura Shurtleff,
and 3)Margaret Logan;
COL, US Army, NY

Col Van Orsdale was a graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1872. A summary career biography of him is given in entry #2425 in Cullum's Biographical Register of the Graduates of the Military Academy; it is online. [See Below]
[Contrib 2013: Bill Thayer #46555645]

"#2425 - John T Van Orsdale: Infantryman, twenty years on the western frontier including fighting Indians; fought in Cuba in the Spanish-American War, and fought insurgents in the Philippines; served in Cuba again; called out of retirement to command German prisoner barracks in World War I."
(Cullum's Register - Register of Officers and Graduates of the United States Military Academy - Class of 1872)


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