James Gayler is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
James Gayler
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4302541
Unit:
Merchant Ship America
Date of Death:
1814-12-03
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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James Gayler was a 32-year-old seaman from North Carolina who served aboard the merchant ship America. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Gayler died on December 3, 1814, with phthisis recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.