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Turner David

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David Turner is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

American Prisoner of War Memorial Tablets - War of 1812

Name:
David Turner
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4405376
Unit:
Merchant Ship Derby
Date of Death:
1815-03-17
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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David Turner was a 23-year-old seaman from Boston 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. Turner died on March 17, 1815, with no cause of death recorded. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.