Holcomb Military History

ELI HOLCOMB – Corporal in the Revolutionary War in 1775 and served at the age of 70 in the War of 1812. He is Isaac Newton Holcomb’s Great Grandfather.

ISAAC N HOLCOMB- Illinois 27th Regiment and Illinois 49th Infantry Company B. Civil War wounded in Muffesburg, Tennessee 31 December 1862.

HOWARD DUTTON (Son of Lily Bell Holcomb Dutton) – United States Marine Corp WWII and Korea. He served and fought in the Iwo Jima invasion on Feb. 19, 1945. He was wounded on March 4, 1945 with head injuries, a broken arm and much shrapnel in his body. He healed and returned after six weeks to his Marine unit.