Timeline
Birth- Sep 15, 1778
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 25 - 18 years
Branch
Navy
Service Start Date
Jan 1, 1797
Service End Date
Jan 1, 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- Sep 4, 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
