William Packer is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
William Packer
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405375
Unit:
Merchant Ship Derby
Date of Death:
1814-11-28
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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William Packer was a 20-year-old seaman from Barnstaple who served aboard the merchant ship Derby. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Packer died on November 28, 1814, with rubella recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.