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Willis, Don Lothrop

MILITARY SERVICE Age: 21, credited to Bethel, VT Unit(s): 17th VT INF Service: enl 1/2/64, m/i 3/4/64, Pvt, Co. D, 17th VT INF, kia, Wilderness, 5/6/64 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALS Birth: abt 1843, Albany, VT Death: 05/06/1864 Burial: Probably buried in an unmarked grave, , VA Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, mother Eliza, 10/1/1878 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 4th Great Granduncle of Tina Willis, Newport, VT (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today)

BURIAL: Copyright notice Died in Virginia Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there.

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Obituary

Vermont's Roll of Honor.

Official List of Casualties in the First Vt. Brigade in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5th, 6th and 7th, 1864.

SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT

KILLED

Company D. Don L. Willis, Bethel

Source: Vermont Record, June 3, 1864.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.