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George Kenneth Eaton

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George Kenneth Eaton

Birth
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Death
4 Jan 1870 (aged 28)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 260
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son of Capt Nathaniel Johnson Eaton, grandson of Capt William Eaton - hero who lead the troops against the Barbary Coast during the 1st Barbary War which ended the looting of U.S. ships in North Africa. Later, immortalized in the "Marines Hymn" "from the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli!"
son of Capt Nathaniel Johnson Eaton, grandson of Capt William Eaton - hero who lead the troops against the Barbary Coast during the 1st Barbary War which ended the looting of U.S. ships in North Africa. Later, immortalized in the "Marines Hymn" "from the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli!"


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