William Dillain is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Dillain
Rank:
Marine
Serial Number:
4100599
Unit:
Merchant Ship Argus
Date of Death:
1814-05-10
State:
New Jersey
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Dillain was a 50-year-old marine from New Jersey who served aboard the merchant ship Argus. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Dilland died on May 10, 1814, with dysentery recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.