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First name Middle name Last name Suffix — Jr. Sr. II III IV V Branch of service — Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard Army National Guard Army Air Corps Merchant Marine Highest rank — Private Private First Class Specialist Corporal Lance Corporal Sergeant Staff Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant First Class Master Sergeant First Sergeant Master Gunnery Sergeant Sergeant Major Command Sergeant Major Seaman Petty Officer Third Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer First Class Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer Airman Airman First Class Senior Airman Technical Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Chief Master Sergeant Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Second Lieutenant First Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Ensign Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant Lieutenant Commander Commander Brigadier General Major General Lieutenant General General Rear Admiral Vice Admiral Admiral Other Unit(s) Conflict / war — World War II World War I Korean War Vietnam War Persian Gulf War/Global War on Terrorism Cold War Afghanistan Iraq Spanish American War Civil War Mexican War Indian Wars War of 1812 Revolutionary War Peacetime Other Hometown Has a monument paver? — Yes No Paver section — Section A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section H Awards & decorations Overseas service Burial location Biography / notes School: UNKNOWN. alternate spelling: William Tway, William Tooway; no record of POW status in military records, although regimental history indicates that most of the regiment was captured at Thompson's Station, held at Libby Prison, and exchanged on May 5, 1863 notes from Carol Mickley indicate that Williamson Tway was released from Andersonville on June 26, 1864, and then mustered out on 7/21/1865, at Louisville, KY; brother, Nelson Tway, was bodyguard to President Lincoln buried in Row 21, Milford Cemetery, Milford Center, Ohio Source of this information Carol Mickley; Columbus Citizen Journal, 2/12/1930; American Civil War Research Database; American Civil War Soldiers Database; Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System; 1850 Federal Census Record; 1890 Veterans Schedule | Union Co., Ohio, Marriage Records; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Marysville Tribune Abstracts, 1910-1913, p. 77; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 7, p. 23; Regimental History, Civil War Archive, Indiana Infantry (Part 3); Civil War Data.com