John Devinas is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Devinas
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405743
Unit:
Merchant Ship Ohio
Date of Death:
1815-04-12
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Devinas was a 26-year-old seaman from Massachusetts who served aboard the merchant ship Ohio. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Devinas died on April 12, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.