Timeline
Birth- 15/09/1778
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 25 - 18 years
Branch
Navy
Service Start Date
1/01/1797
Service End Date
1/01/1804
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
Other Service
Rank
Master Commandant (from the USS Intrepid)
Unit Or Ship
USS Intrepid
Ship explosion
Death- 4/09/1804-Age: 26 years
Libya
Burial
Libya
13 seamen buried on beach and on land above. Reburials since 1804 resulted in 10 unnamed Intrepid crew buried in a Protestant cemetery and under Green Park. Richard Somers and 2 officers are buried beneath Green Park, by west gate of Old Castle Fort.
Tripoli, Libya
Other Facts
Source Information
The Foreign Burial of American War Dead
http://www.theforeignburialofamericanwardead.com/
Dickon: Appendix 1 Ð American sailors buried in Tripoli, Libya since 1804.
Full Name
Richard Somers
Father
Richard Somers
Mother
Sophia Somers
Gender
Male