Name:
James Smith Deblois
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Unit:
U.S.S. Constitution
Date of Death:
1803-11-30
State:
Massachusetts
Cemetery:
Syracuse (Siracusa)- Non-Catholic Cemetery
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Comments:
US Navy Officer. Born in 1769. From Boston. Purser on the USS Constitution "Old Ironsides", commanded by Admiral Edward Preble while fighting during the Barbary War. From the US Naval Records:From US Naval Records: Deblois, James Smith. Purser, May 5, 1798. Served in U. S. S. Constitution during the Quasi-War with France; Constitution in the Mediter- ranean, 1803. Died Novem- ber 30,1803, at Syracuse.