Manuel Martin is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Manuel Martin
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4201346
Unit:
Merchant Ship Paul Jones
Date of Death:
1814-09-22
State:
Louisana
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Manuel Martin was a 17-year-old seaman from New Orleans who served aboard the merchant ship Paul Jones. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Martin died on September 22, 1814, with pneumonia recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.