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Calvin Benjamin

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West Point Cemetery

329 Washington Rd
West Point New York 10996
United States
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Calvin Benjamin

Died: 13 September 1847
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People Buried Here
Simon H Drum
Buried Here
Jun 1807 - 13 Sep 1847
Raphael C. Smead
Buried Here
22 Nov 1801 - 20 Aug 1848
Epitaph

___Headstone (Cenotaph) Erected By Brother Officers As An Evidence Of Their Love & Admiration For Them-(NOTE The Efforts Of The US Marines In The Battle Of Belen Gate And Subsequent Occupation Of Mexico City Are Memorialized By The Opening Lines Of The Marines' Hymn "From The Halls Of Montezuma___")

Description

___Capt SIMON___ Asst Instructor Of Infantry Tactics At USMA 1830-32 Engaged In The Florida War & Canada Border Disturbances And As CAPT Of Artillery In The Occupation Of Texas In 1846 Served Through The Mexican War When He Was Killed In Action This Is A. 'Cenotaph'For Simon He Is Buried At Arlington Cemetery ___1LT CALVIN___ Killed In Action In Assault On Belen Gate At Mexico City His Cullum #1120. Unsure Of Where He Is Buried ___Capt RAPHAEL___4th US Infantry Died At Fortress Munroe VA On His Return From Service In Mexico From Disease Contracted There Raphael Is Actually Buried At Ashland Cemetery Carlisle Cumberland County PA. Next To Sarah Matilda Radcliffe Smead '1809-1891'.

Military Service
Branch: US ARMY
Rank: FIRST LIEUTENANT
Conflict: MEXICAN WAR
Unit: 4th US Artillery
Notes: Killed in Action at Belen Gate in Mexico City. USMA Class of 1842
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Simon H Drum
Buried Here
Jun 1807 - 13 Sep 1847
Raphael C. Smead
Buried Here
22 Nov 1801 - 20 Aug 1848
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