Soldier: Corporal John A. Lentz
Regiment: 87th. OVI
Company: I
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: May 28, 1862 (Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio)
Period of Service: 3 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Mustered out on October 3, 1862
Battles in which he fought: The 87th. OVI was a three-month regiment. It was not involved in any battles.
Other interesting information discovered: John Lentz lived most of his life in the Cardington area.
Date of Death: July 13, 1933
Place of Burial: Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, OH
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard