Benjamin Rennaben is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Benjamin Rennaben
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4100482
Unit:
Merchant Ship Fox
Date of Death:
1813-11-16
State:
Louisana
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Benjamin Rennaben was a 25-year-old seaman from Guadeloupe who served aboard the merchant ship Fox. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Rennaben died of pneumonia on November 16, 1813. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.