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Tufts casualties
Early wars
James Tufts Killed at Battle of Bloody Brook in French and Indian
War in 1675.
Henry Tufts possibly killed in same conflict in Dunstable in 1706.
Peter Tufts died of disease in siege of Louisburg Nova Scotia in
1745
Lt Thomas Tufts died of disease shortly after returning from the
siege of Louisburg in Greenland, NH.
Revolutionary War
William Tufts died in Battle of Bennington (VT) in The Revolution
in 1776
Adam Tufts died in service in 1778
Aaron Tufts died in Mill prison in 1781
Ichabod Tufts may have died at battle of Bunker Hill 1775.
War of 1812
William Tufts, Belfast Maine, William born in 1772 in Windham died
September 30 1812 in the war of 1812 at sea. His family is listed as heirs
receiving his pension in 1815 according to the pension roll of 1835, Volume 1
World War I (Some Canadian soldiers listed here are from other Tufts families and not Peter
Tufts the immigrant to Charlestown Massachusetts.)
Arthur Zimmerman
Tufts, born 13/06/1887, in Tweed, Ontario, regimental # 787678, Son of
Robert Tufts. He enlisted in Carleton Place, ON on 28 Mar 1916. He
was killed in action on 1 Mar 1917 and buried Zouave Valley Cemetery, Souchez,
Pas de Calais, France, Grave reference II.A.5 He was a private in the
75th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Gordon Harrison
Tufts, born 02/10/1888, in New Brunswick. His wife was Elsie Blanche
Pushie. He enlisted on 23 Oct 1916 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, in the 175th
O. Bin. C.E.F. with the rank of Lieutenant, having previously served 1 yr.
in the 21st Alberta Hussars. He was with the 27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
(Manitoba Regiment), rank Captain, when he was killed in action on 21 Aug
1917. He was awarded the Military Cross and is buried at the Vimy
Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Gorman Dewitt Tufts was born June 6, 1896 in Lake Pleasant Nova
Scotia and died November 6, 1917 in Belgium in World War I. he enlisted January
6, 1916 in Middleton NS.
Private Tufts served
in the 112th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Royal Canadian Regiment.
Irving S. Tufts of Michigan
Death Date: 27 Nov 1918
Cemetery: St. Mihiel American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial
Plot: Plot D Row 12 Grave 5
Cemetery City: Thiaucourt
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Division: 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th
Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll
John T Tufts 6
December 1917
Ray Kenneth Tufts,
born 29/10/1890, New Brunswick, regimental # 696187. He enlisted in
Medicine Hat, Alberta on 11 Feb 1916, having served 1yr in the 21st Albert
Hussars; 5 years in the 62nd St. John Fusiliers and 5 years in No. 7 Co.,
C.A.S.C. He was killed in action on 16 Oct 1918 and was serving with the
Canadian Infantry (Alberta regiment) 50th Bn., with the rank of Sergeant.
He is buried at Chapel Corner Cemetery, Sauchy-Lestree, Pas de Calais, France,
grave reference E 16. He was awarded the Military Medal
World War II
Aubert Mahlon Tufts
Death Date: 29 Apr 1944
Cemetery: Ardennes American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial
Plot: Plot D Row 11 Grave 15
Cemetery City: Neupre
Cemetery Country: Belgium
War: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-755611
Division: 579th Bomber Squadron, 392nd
Bomber Group, Heavy
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll Aubert M Tufts
Gender: Male
Cemetery Name: Neuville-En-Condroz
Permanent Cemetery, Belgium
Grave number: d 11 15
Disposition: According to next of kin
And this is from
findgrave.com: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=TU&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GScntry=19&GSsr=241&GRid=56361359&
2nd/Lt. Aubert M. Tufts KIA
Hometown: West Virginia
Squadron: 579th BS 392nd Bomb Group
Service# O-755611
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Target: Berlin Germany
MISSING AIRCREW REPORT: #04461
Date Lost: 29-Apr-44
Serial Number: #42-7510
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter: "0"
Aircraft Name: "EL LOBO" 38th Mission
Location: outskirts of Dinklage, Germany.
Cause: unknown 10KIA
The Group losses on this raid would be the second heaviest ever
encountered in its combat history in terms of men killed and planes lost-next
only to those suffered at Friedrichshafen on 18 March 1944. On this mission,
(18) aircrews were briefed between 0400-0430 hours with the 577th and
Lieutenant Rapenport as Bombardier leading. Crews began take-offs at 0725 on
what was to be a mission encounter of grave misfortunes due to heavy enemy
fighter opposition and flak. Before the target, an estimated 50 single engine
fighters hit the group, consisting of FW-190 and ME-109 aircraft, attacking in
double line-abreast and making a level pass through the Group's formation.
MISSION LOSS CIRCUMSTANCES: No report exists in the MACR from in-flight
eyewitness accounts on the loss of this aircraft. Other records indicated this
aircrew did fly this mission with formations of the 392nd's sister Group, the
44th, to the Berlin target complex. German eyewitnesses report hearing the
sound of gunfire in the clouds and then seeing this B-24 descend through the
clouds. Neither right engine was working and thick black smoke was coming from
the forward part of the fuselage. The plane impacted in a forest on the
outskirts of Dinklage, GGermany.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS OF CREWMEN FATES: No record exists in this MACR.
BURIAL RECORDS: All ten crew members were buried in the Forest Cemetery
in Vechta, Germany. Overseas U.S. National Cemetery records reveal the
following interments concerning certain members of this aircrew: In the
ARDENNES Cemetery near Liege, Belgium, are Lt. Wyatt (Grave A-40-7); Lt. Tufts
(Grave D-1 1-15); S/Sgt Womer (Grave A-26-20); S/SGT Monroe (Grave C-4-42); and
Sgt Sorrells (Grave A-33-45). All five were noted to have awards as recorded:
Wyatt, the Air Medal with (2) Oak Leaf Clusters; Monroe and Sorrells, both the
Air Medal. All were cited for the Purple Heart as well. On the remaining (5)
crew members of this aircrew there is no burial or remembrance recognitions.
This aircraft had
suffered a near miss before with part of the tail and turret shorn off by a
propeller: pictures available at this link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougsheley/4220911949/in/set-72157607353942605
Henry William
Robert Tufts, age 23, serving the Royal Canadian Air Force (service
# R/155964) as a flight sergeant, died 17 June 1944. He was son of
William John and Gertrude (McCauley) Tufts of Yorkton, Saskatchewan and is
buried in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, grave
reference Section B., Row G, Grave 5
James P Tuffs
Inducted From: Michigan
Rank: Private
Combat Organization: 289th Infantry 75th Division
Death Date: 28 Dec 1944
Monument: Henri-Chapelle, Belgium
Last Known Status: Buried
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
Milton John Tufts Jr, was from Hudson New Hampshire.
He was born in Connecticut and in the 1930 Waterford, CT census his father
Milton John Sr. listed his occupation as truck driver. His wife Anna was born
in CT and it appears her parents were as well. In the 1940 census they are in
Litchfield NH where his father was engaged in poultry farming. They later lived
in Hudson, NH where Milton enlisted in the Navy from. He descended from Peter
Tufts, the immigrant, through his sons; Jonathan, James, John, William,
Zachariah, Daniel, John, and Milton John Sr. This was a storied military
family. William was a hero at Louisburg in 1745, Zachariah served with distinction
in the Revolution, and others served in the Civil War from Vermont.
A great story about
Milton was found from 2004 in The NH Business Review. In the article it states
he is forgotten on the Sailor’s Memorial in Hampton, NH and relates one man’s
efforts to recognize him. I did not find his name listed in the roll of honor
in Concord either. http://www.nhbr.com/Archive-2004/A-delayed-salute-for-Milton-Tufts/
In that story it also
relates the circumstances of Milton’s ship being torpedoed and the rescue ship
being sunk as well.
Tufts was killed in the Atlantic in 1942 when he was part of a convoy
bringing supplies and equipment to England. The ship he was on - the SS Gurney
E. Newlin - was torpedoed twice. The second time, those on board abandoned
ship. The captain and several others were picked up by a Canadian corvette. The
rest of those on board, Tufts included, were picked up by a Canadian tanker,
the SS Bic Island. According to Bole’s research, the tanker had been sent back
to find any survivors. The ship had about 44 survivors from the Newlin and 77
survivors from another ship. German submarines looking for any members of the
convoy that may have been cut off from the group found the Bic Island. The
submarines attacked the ship, which sank, with everyone on board dying. Tufts,
as are all who are lost at sea, was listed as missing in action.
Death Date: 29 Oct 1943
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge
American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial
Plot: Missing in Action or Buried at
Sea
Cemetery City: Cambridge http://www.abmc.gov/search-abmc-burials-and-memorializations/detail/WWII_58651#.U4NNQfldWa8
From findagrave.com:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56295069
Milton served as a Seaman, First Class and armed guard, SS Gurney E. Newlin, U.S. Navy during
World War II. Milton was declared "Missing In Action" when the Newlin was torpedoed and
sunk in the Atlantic during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Cemetery Country: England
War: World War II
Awards: Purple Heart
Title: Seaman, First Class
Rank: Seaman, First Class
Service: U.S. Navy
Service ID: 6069312
Division: United States Naval Reserve
Data Source: World War II Honor Roll
Roy Olaf Tufts,
age 29, serving with the Canadian Scottish Regiments R.C.I.C., with the rank of
Private, was killed in action 2 Oct 1944. His service # was F/76515; he
was son of Heber & Elva Tufts of Simpsons Corners, Nova Scotia and was
buried in Calais Canadian War Cemetery (Leubringhen), Pas de Calais France,
grave reference 2.E.8
Korea
Willie L. Tufts
b. 1930 Chatham GA
killed Korea 24 Apr
1952
3rd div.Willie
L Tufts
Birth Date: 1930
Race: (Black)
Home State: Georgia
Casualty Date: 24 Apr 1952
Casualty Country: North Korea Sector
Casualty Type: Killed in Action OR Missing in Action, KIA
Group: KIA or Missing in Action, KIA
Branch: Infantry
Component: AUS - 21 Months
Marine showing vest
Private Willie Tufts was shot wearing armored
Vest Number 329 worn by Private 1st Class Willie Tufts, US 52077771, with
bullet holes circled and marked 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Company E, 7th Regiment.
Notes:
Private First Class
Tufts was a member of the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was
killed in Action while fighting the enemy in North Korea on April 24, 1952.
Private First Class Tufts was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat
Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal,
the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and
the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Data Source:
Korean War Veterans
Honor Roll
Vietnam
Robert Bruce Tufts
William L Tufts, CHARLIE COMPANY 2/12th Infantry Regiment, 4th
& 25th Infantry Division
