Michael Mark McNamee – Colonel, United States Army

Michael Mark McNamee of Wisoncon

• Army, Private, Corporal, Sergeant and First Sergeant, Troop G, 17th U. S. Cavalry, 15 November 1882 to 4 March 1899
• Second Lieutenant, 3rd U.S. Cavalry, 11 February 1899
• First Lieutenant, 9th U. S. Cavalry, 9 September 1896
• Transferred to the 7th U. S. Cavalry, 17 November 1899
• Major, 40th U. S. Volunteer Infantry, 17 August 1899
• Honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, 24 June 1901
• Captain, 14th U. S. Cavalry, 2 February 1901

Michael Mark McNamee was born on 6 February 1859 at Irish Ridge, Mount Hope County, Wisconsin.  He was christened on 15 February at St. Andrew’s Church, Grant, Wisconsin.  He died on 11 January 1949 at Atlanta, Georgia.

His sons, Alfred Armstrong McNamee, Colonel, United States Army, and Michael Mark McNamee, Jr. Second Lieutenant, Untied States Army, are buried close by in Section 6 of Arlington National Cemetery.

MCNAMEE, MICHAEL M

• COL INF CAV USA
• DATE OF DEATH: 01/11/1949
• BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 5711SH
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

MCNAMEE, BERTHA J W/O MICHAEL M

• DATE OF DEATH: 03/24/1939
• BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 5711
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
• WIFE OF MM McNAMEE, COL U S A RET

MCNAMEE, MICHAEL MARK JR

• 2LT 329TH CO CIV CONSER CORPS USA
• DATE OF BIRTH: 02/27/1903
• DATE OF DEATH: 03/17/1969
• BURIED AT: SECTION 6  SITE 5723-B
• ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

Reviewed by: Michael Howard