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Last Name: Brown   Birth: January 30, 1842 First Name: Roscoe   Death: September 24, 1930 Middle Name: G   Age: 88

Unit: 2nd Branch: INF     State: WI Company: H Side: Union Confederate If Federal State From: Rank: PVT     Enlisted: May 27, 1861 Discharged: October 25, 1862 Veteran Summary Born in Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine. A resident of Lodi, Columbia County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Mustered in as a Private in Company H. Wounded and taken prisoner at Gainesville, Virginia on 28 Aug 1862. Discharged for disability. By 1907 he was a member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Served as Post Commander in 1927. Also served as Aide-de-Camp to Commander-in-Chief Louis F. Arensberg (1924-25) of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). He and his wife Melvina were admitted to the Washington State Veterans Home at Retsil, Kitsap County, Washington on 18 Sep 1913. Melvina died on 20 Sep 1922 in Tacoma, Washington while on furlough and he apparently left the Veterans Home after that and was dropped from the rolls. He died at his home in Tacoma, Washington and is buried next to his wife.

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Cemetery Name	Tacoma
Cemetery Street	4801 South Tacoma Way
Cemetery City	Tacoma
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Cemetery County	Pierce
Cemetery State	WA

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Cemetery Lot	1 - B
Cemetery Section	9
Cemetery Grave Number	203
GAR Post	Custer Post 6
GAR Department	WA
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