Name: Jacob Benz
Color: White
Sex: Male
Age 43 years
Married or Single: Married
Date of Death: June 7, 1880
Cause of Death: Found Drowned
Occupation: Teamster
Place of Birth: Philadelphia
Ward: 16th
Street and Number: 1128 Frankford Road
Date of Birth: June 10, 1880
Civil War Service
Company A, 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
Company K, 72nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
38th Company, 2nd Battalion, V.R.C. (Veteran Reserve Corps)
(Placement for those physically unable to serve)
Company K, 9th Invalid Corps.
(Physically unfit for active service)
Jacob's brothers, Rudolph Benz and Charles Bentz, also served with the Union Army during the Civil War.
Jacob died unloading scrap metal from a docked ship from the Walnut Wharf in Philadelphia. His brother, Charles Bentz, died when he was run over by a train while walking to work in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Name: Jacob Benz
Color: White
Sex: Male
Age 43 years
Married or Single: Married
Date of Death: June 7, 1880
Cause of Death: Found Drowned
Occupation: Teamster
Place of Birth: Philadelphia
Ward: 16th
Street and Number: 1128 Frankford Road
Date of Birth: June 10, 1880
Civil War Service
Company A, 26th Pennsylvania Infantry
Company K, 72nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
38th Company, 2nd Battalion, V.R.C. (Veteran Reserve Corps)
(Placement for those physically unable to serve)
Company K, 9th Invalid Corps.
(Physically unfit for active service)
Jacob's brothers, Rudolph Benz and Charles Bentz, also served with the Union Army during the Civil War.
Jacob died unloading scrap metal from a docked ship from the Walnut Wharf in Philadelphia. His brother, Charles Bentz, died when he was run over by a train while walking to work in Reading, Pennsylvania.
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