There are no dates on the stone, but I doubt that Marion Harris, buried beneath a Civil War-style gravestone, was a Vietnam vet.
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According to American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line via Ancestry.com] compiled by Historical Data Systems, Marion Harris enlisted on September 23, 1861 at the age of 17. He received a disability discharge on April 29, 1862 at Camp Dennison, Ohio.
Certainly not a Vietnam vet.
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Canaan Cemetery, Marion County, Ohio
Maybe he came back & fought in Vietnam as well. I mean folks in Chicago can vote for YEARS after they die :)
ReplyDeleteI know I would have been scratching my head if I came across that grave. Nice catch!!
LOL. "In a past life, I was a Civil War soldier"
DeleteThey probably ran out of Civil War markers! LOL
ReplyDeleteI hope he gets a flag on Mem Day!
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