Birchard, Willard
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MILITARY SERVICE Age: 24, credited to Salisbury, VT Unit(s): 5th VT INF Service: enl 8/20/61, m/i 9/16/61, PVT, Co. F, 5th VT INF, reen 12/15/63, pr CPL 6/9/64, pr SGT, m/o 6/29/65 See Legend for expansion of abbreviations VITALSBirth: 1837, Rochester, VT Death: 10/23/1911 Burial: Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, VT Marker/Plot: Not recorded Gravestone researcher/photographer: Bernie Noble Findagrave Memorial #: 0 (There may be a Findagrave Memorial, but we have not recorded it) MORE INFORMATION Alias?: None noted Pension?: Yes, 9/8/1890, OR Portrait?: Unknown College?: Not Found Veterans Home?: VT (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: DESCENDANTS 3rd Great Grandfather of Lynda Fette, Bakersfield, CA (Are you a descendant, but not listed? Register today) |
BURIAL: Copyright notice  Goshen Cemetery, Goshen, VT Check the cemetery for location/directions and other veterans who may be buried there. |
Biography
Obituary
Bennington Briefs
News was received at the soldiers' home today of the death at Hancock of one of its inmates of the institution, Willard Birchard. He left the home on the 19th of the present month. He served in the fifth regiment, Company F, enlisting from the town of Salisbury in 1861 and went through the entire war. He was promoted to corporal and later to sergeant and was mustered out of the service in June, 1865. He became an inmate of the home in August, 1909.
Source: Bennington Evening Banner, October 25, 1911.
Courtesy of Tom Boudreau.