Henry Thompson is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Henry Thompson
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4303470
Unit:
Merchant Ship Clarence
Date of Death:
1815-02-21
State:
New York
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Henry Thompson was a 28-year-old seaman from New York who served aboard the merchant ship Clarence. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Thompson died of smallpox (variola) on February 21, 1815. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.