Luce, John Adams
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 27, credited to Braintree, VT Unit(s): 3rd VT INF Service: enl 6/29/61, m/i 7/16/61, Pvt, Co. A, 3rd VT INF, dis/dsb 1/24/62 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 04/16/1834, Braintree, VT Death: 07/04/1864 Burial: Lower Branch Cemetery, Braintree, VT Marker/Plot: 6 Gravestone photographer: Carl/Janice Thresher Findagrave Memorial #: 79412622 MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, minor, 2/25/1907, ME, not approved Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: Not Found (If there are state digraphs above, this soldier spent some time in a state or national soldiers' home in that state after the war) Remarks: None DESCENDANTS 2nd Great Granduncle of Catherine Mey, San Antonio, TX (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Lower Branch Cemetery, Braintree, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Obituary
John A. Luce of West Randolph, brakeman on a freight train, was killed instantly on Monday the 4th inst., while shackling a car near the depot. A projecting timber knocked him senseless, and his head and arm were crushed between the cars.
Source: Burlington Free Press, July 9, 1864
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.