Bernard Borgeson
Representing: Union
G.A.R Post
- Custer Post #6 Pierce Co. WA
Unit History
- 28th Michigan Infantry K
Family History
Created by Brian
Bernard Borgeson
- Birth
- 7 Dec 1843
Sweden
- Death
- 14 Oct 1924 (aged 80)
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
- Burial
- Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
- Plot
- Grave 5, Row 8, Block 147 G A R plot
- Memorial ID
- 232398361
- "I walked the section and he has no headstone." T.P.
Veterans Affairs, Department of, Orting Soldiers Home, Member Files
https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/63266F7E89A5F4FA66D64003E3409DE1 - Born in Sweden. Enlisted in the 28th Michigan Infantry for three years at Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan. Mustered in as a Corporal in Company K on 17 Oct 1864. Mustered out at Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Served the Post as Officer of the Day in 1917 and Senior Vice Commander in 1921. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. He is buried in a G.A.R. section of the cemetery. His death certificate lists his year of birth as 1843, contradicting both his pension records and Orting file. His military records list his last name as "Borgerson" and "Borgesson".
Cemetery
Buried at Oakwood Hill Cemetery
Row: Row 8, Block 147 G A R plot
Site: 5