Personal Information

Last Name:	Mead		Birth:	November 25, 1840
First Name:	David		Death:	May 27, 1921
Middle Name:	W		Age:	80

		Unit:	17th	Branch:	INF
		State:	CT	Company:	I
Side:	Union Confederate	If Federal State From:		Rank:	1LT
		Enlisted:	August 01, 1862	Discharged:	December 26, 1863
Veteran Summary	Born in Connecticut. A resident of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut when he enlisted in the 17th Connecticut Infantry. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of Company I and mustered in on 28 Aug 1862. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 18 Apr 1863. Discharged for disability. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. The Post elected him as an Alternate to the 1901 and 1909 and as a Delegate to the 1907 and 1913 Encampments of the Department of Washington and Alaska, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). Admitted on 17 Sep 1913 to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Sawtelle, Los Angeles County, California where he died.

Cemetery Information
Cemetery Name	Los Angeles National
Cemetery Street	950 S Sepulveda Blvd
Cemetery City	Los Angeles
Cemetery Township
Cemetery County	Los Angeles
Cemetery State	CA