William Alexander Johnson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Alexander Johnson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303574
Unit:
Merchant Ship William
Date of Death:
1814-11-02
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Alexander Johnson was a 22-year-old seaman from Charlestown who served aboard the merchant ship William. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Johnson died on November 2, 1814, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.