William Mista is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Mista
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405247
Unit:
Merchant Ship Atalanta
Date of Death:
1815-02-13
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Mista was a 36-year-old seaman from Virginia who served aboard the merchant ship Atalanta. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Mista died on February 13, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.