Unit | USS St. Mary's |
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Rank | Boy U.S. Navy |
Date of Death | October 9 1864 |
Buried |
Plot
F
Row
8
Grave
4
Corozal American Cemetery |
Notes
A 14 year old American boy from San Francisco, California who served on active duty as a Boy aboard the Sloop of War "USS ST. MARY'S". He died on October 9, 1864, while his ship was on patrol in the Pacific Squadron protecting American shipping from Confederate ships during the Civil War, was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery then reinterred at Corozal American Cemetery in 1979 with his Mt. Hope monument.