Pvt. Ben Cecil: Houston, TX 1917 Riot Camp Logan Series

Ben Cecil was born 4 Jul 1896 in Tazewell, VA to Mattie Cecil. He was born out of wedlock and raised by his Aunt Malinda Floyd since he was 4 years old, this is on his delayed birth certificate, along with the fact of her having on other child before him.


Ben Cecil
Inmate #12252 Leavenworth
Crime: Mutiny & Murder
Received: 16 Dec 1917
Term: Life
Reduced to 22 years and 6 months 
He was 24 years old
Occupation: Servant for a doctor (It was stated that he was a very good worker and very intelligent) 

He enlisted in the 24th INF Company I in Sep 1913.


Below are his Clemency Documents 
















It states that in July of 1919 he had Nephritis, which is inflammation of the kidney's.
As of 3 Aug 1931 he was still in prison trying to get out.




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