Stop 4: Harry Bankard

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Harry Bankard Grave

Grave #6765

The last soldier buried in a separate grave was Harry Bankard.  He served in Company K, 2nd Virginia Infantry National Guard and was discharged in July 1916.  After his service he was a watchman for the Janney-Marshall Company until he left Fredericksburg to move to Maryland.  He died while walking down Princess Anne Street on June 19, 1945 on a visit back to his hometown.