Lyons, Michael

Rank: Private

Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: November 22, 1835 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was 26.

Date of birth: 1809

Hometown: Montgomery, Maryland

Occupation prior to enlistment: Tobacconist

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 24 July 1836

Age at death: 27 yrs

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Fort Drane, Florida

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