Allyn K. Capron Jr. was the son of Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. who was in the 1st US Artillery in the Cuban Campaign, 1898 Spanish American War.
Lieutenant Allyn K. Capron Jr. was a in the 7th Cavalry and was at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
In 1898 in the War with Spain, Captain Capron Jr. was in command of Company L in the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, "The Rough Riders".
He was killed in action at the ambush at Las Guasimas in the Cuban Campaign.
His father, Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. died only weeks after the war's end, in a camp in New York of yellow fever that he contracted in Cuba.
In 1925 Capron's widow was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for her husband's gallantry in Cuba and presented with the original Company L Guidon from the Campaign. Allyn Capron Junior and Allyn Capron Senior are buried only a few feet from each other.
Lieutenant Allyn K. Capron Jr. was a in the 7th Cavalry and was at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
In 1898 in the War with Spain, Captain Capron Jr. was in command of Company L in the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, "The Rough Riders".
He was killed in action at the ambush at Las Guasimas in the Cuban Campaign.
His father, Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. died only weeks after the war's end, in a camp in New York of yellow fever that he contracted in Cuba.
In 1925 Capron's widow was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for her husband's gallantry in Cuba and presented with the original Company L Guidon from the Campaign. Allyn Capron Junior and Allyn Capron Senior are buried only a few feet from each other.
Allyn K. Capron Jr. was the son of Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. who was in the 1st US Artillery in the Cuban Campaign, 1898 Spanish American War.
Lieutenant Allyn K. Capron Jr. was a in the 7th Cavalry and was at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
In 1898 in the War with Spain, Captain Capron Jr. was in command of Company L in the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, "The Rough Riders".
He was killed in action at the ambush at Las Guasimas in the Cuban Campaign.
His father, Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. died only weeks after the war's end, in a camp in New York of yellow fever that he contracted in Cuba.
In 1925 Capron's widow was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for her husband's gallantry in Cuba and presented with the original Company L Guidon from the Campaign. Allyn Capron Junior and Allyn Capron Senior are buried only a few feet from each other.
Lieutenant Allyn K. Capron Jr. was a in the 7th Cavalry and was at the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890.
In 1898 in the War with Spain, Captain Capron Jr. was in command of Company L in the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, "The Rough Riders".
He was killed in action at the ambush at Las Guasimas in the Cuban Campaign.
His father, Captain Allyn K. Capron Sr. died only weeks after the war's end, in a camp in New York of yellow fever that he contracted in Cuba.
In 1925 Capron's widow was posthumously awarded the Silver Star medal for her husband's gallantry in Cuba and presented with the original Company L Guidon from the Campaign. Allyn Capron Junior and Allyn Capron Senior are buried only a few feet from each other.
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