Tag Archives: Killed in Action
Private Jan De Vreede, C Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Private Jan DeVreede, a thirty-two-year-old Belgium immigrant, was the only soldier from Captain Henry Jackson’s C Troop that was killed at Wounded Knee. By December 1890 he had over four years experience with the unit and the regiment. Like many … Continue reading
Lakota Casualties at Wounded Knee
The number of Lakota that were killed as a result of Wounded Knee has remained an unknown question that the Army, reporters, historians, and, perhaps most importantly, the survivors and their relatives have wrestled with since the day of the engagement. … Continue reading
Corporal Horace Ross Forrest, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Harry R. Forrest was a twenty-four-year-old corporal in Captain Varnum’s B Troop at Wounded Knee with two and a half years of experience in the Army and that unit. As with the other six soldiers in B Troop that were killed … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 