King or Konig, Benjamin

Rank: Private

Unit: F Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: September 27, 1836 in Carbondale . He was 24.

Date of birth: 1812

Hometown: Jericho, Vermont

Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 7 February 1838

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