McMahon, Thomas

Rank: Corporal

Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: August 21, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 23.

Date of birth: 1816

Hometown: Monaghan, , Ireland

Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 4 June 1840

Cause of death: Consumption

Location of fatality: Fort King, Florida (Ocala, Florida)

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

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