Gross or Grosel, John

Rank: Private

Unit: A Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 13, 1839 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 26.

Date of birth: 1813

Hometown: York, Pennsylvania

Occupation prior to enlistment: Chair maker

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 20 August 1840

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida

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

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