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Mansfield Town Council Honors Vets, Active Duty [Video]

The council observed Memorial Day at its meeting Tuesday.

The Mansfield Town Council took time before its meeting Tuesday to observe .

United States Navy veteran and council member Christopher Paulhus led off the ceremony with the Plege of Allegiance and followed with a tribute to verterans and active duty personnel.

"Teach the youth what Memorial Day is about," Paulhus said.

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"Say a prayer for the families who have lost a loved one or those who still have families in an area of confliect," he said.

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"Pray they come back - your loved ones to celebrate Veterans Day, not Memorial Day."

The following is a list of Mansfield soldiers who served and died in the Civil War. The names were compiled in 2011 by Keith Wilson for the .

Charles Baldwin

Samuel F. Barrows*

Theodore F. Bennett

Andrew H. Brown*

Samuel Burden

William H. Campbell

George H. Crosby

William H. Hall

William Hulse

Canfield J. Humphrey

George H. Hutchins

Leander Ide

James K. Johnson

Henry N. Livermore**

Charles Munroe

Elijah F. Owen*

John A. Parker

Dwight P. Peck*

James M. Perkins

Orson M. Presbrey**

John L. Rathbone

Asa W. Rouse

Oliver E. Stearns***

Henry W. Thorne

William P. Traganse**

Daniel Travis, Jr. a/k/a Daniel Jones Jr.

Charles Wantt

Reuben E. Wilson

Whiting S. Wyllys

 

*Born in Mansfield but enlisted from elsewhere

**Buried in Mansfield but not born nor enlisted from Mansfield

***Born and buried in Mansfield but enlisted from another town


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