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PVT Benjamin Deland Jr.

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PVT Benjamin Deland Jr. Veteran

Birth
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
19 Apr 1775 (aged 29–30)
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Peabody, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5228573, Longitude: -70.9183432
Plot
Unknown. Memorial plaque at entrance and memorial stone within cemetery.
Memorial ID
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American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was twenty-five years old at the time of his death.

The other six men of Danvers killed that day:
Samuel Cook, Jr
George Southwick, Jr
Jotham Webb
Henry Jacobs, Jr
Ebenezer Goldthwaite
Perley Putnam

Monument to all seven men
American Revolutionary War Soldier. He was killed during the British retreat from Concord on the first day of the American Revolution, one of fifty Americans either killed or mortally wounded on that day. He was twenty-five years old at the time of his death.

The other six men of Danvers killed that day:
Samuel Cook, Jr
George Southwick, Jr
Jotham Webb
Henry Jacobs, Jr
Ebenezer Goldthwaite
Perley Putnam

Monument to all seven men

Inscription

In Memory of
Benjamin
Deland Jr
Pvt
Col Pickering's
Regt
Minute Man
Rev War
Apr 19 1775


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