John Louis is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
John Louis
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201739
Unit:
Merchant Ship Hugh Jones
Date of Death:
1814-08-05
State:
Louisana
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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John Louis was a 24-year-old seaman from New Orleans who served aboard the merchant ship Hugh Jones. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Louis died on August 5, 1814, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.