Durrin, Oliver

Rank: Private

Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: September 12, 1839 in Albany, New York. He was 18.

Date of birth: 1821

Hometown: Watervliet, New York

Occupation prior to enlistment: Blacksmith

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 15 October 1841

Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea

Location of fatality: Saint John‘s Bluff, Florida

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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