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1. Information is in order - Name, Rank, Service other than USN, (next of kin; appointment/enlistment), ship, base or place of death, cause, date of death
2. Main abbreviations:
A - Aviation, F - Female, G - General, JG - junior grade, NNV - National Naval Volunteers, R - Radio, USNRF - US Naval Reserve Force, USNRC - United States Naval Reserve Corps
3.  Ranks of US Navy Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men

4. See also Casualties by Date and Ship/Base, starting 1914


 

 

 

O’ROURKE SIMON A, Lieutenant (JG), (father, Michael O'Rourke, 110 Whipple Street, Fall River Mass; appointed Massachusetts), at home (father's address), respiratory disease, September 21, 1918

 

OAK, HARRY ARTHUR, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, (wife, Mary Oak, 628 Saint Marks Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Great Lakes, Ill, June 25, 1917), USS Yantic, old wooden-hulled gunboat, training ship, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, December 5, 1917

 

OAKLEY, OSCAR DUNVAL, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (wife, Ruth E Oakley, 115 North Bellaire Street, Kansas City, Mo; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, July 19, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

OAKS, JOHN HAROLD, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (father, John Oaks, Frontenac Flats, Oshkosh, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

OBERLE, JOHN ADAM, Seaman, (Guardian, John Butler, 39 Pashine Avenue, Newark, N J; enlisted Portsmouth, N H, April 19, 1917), Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H, respiratory disease, October 29, 1918

 

OBORN, HARRY WILLIAM, Landsman for Quartermaster, (A), (mother, Mable Oborn, 2946 Glemarn Place, Denver, Colo; enlisted Denver, Colo, February 15, 1918), Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif, respiratory disease, April 9, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, FERDINAND ALOYSIUS, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Delia O'Brien, 1314 North Fifty-1st Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, May 13, 1918), USS Alabama, battleship (later BB-8), respiratory disease, October 9, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, HOWARD LEROY, Chief Yeoman, (wife, Helen O'Brien, 1214 Douglas Street, Reading, Pa; enlisted Cavite, PI, June 9, 1917), USS Monocacy, gunboat (No.20, later PG-20), Asiatic Fleet, Yangyze Patrol, fired on by Chinese southern revolutionary forces near Chenglin, killed in action, January 17, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, HUGH FRANCIS, Mess Attendant, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Marie T O'Brien, 330 North Sixty-1st Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, April 25, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, October 7, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, JOHN CLEMENT, Seaman 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Francis J O'Brien, 41 Cook Terrace, Mattapan, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, July 1, 1918), Boston, Mass, influenza, September 17, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, JOHN JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Dennis O'Brien, New Marlboro, Mass; enlisted Albany, N Y April 26, 1918), Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 17, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, MICHAEL WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Thomas O'Brien, Sag Harbor, Long Island N Y; enlisted New York, N Y December 19, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, March 24, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, PATRICK JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (aunt, Mary McAteer, 2 Thomas Street, Newry, Ireland; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 22, 1918), Hampton Falls, N H, automobile accident, killed, September 5, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, PETER JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class USNRF, (mother, Annie O'Brien, 610 Broadway, South Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 12, 1918), Boston, Mass, injured, DOI, September 5, 1918

 

O'BRIEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, (Fannie O'Brien, 28 Richardson Street, Wakefleld, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 17, 1917), Naval Air Station, Arcachon, France, respiratory disease, September 29, 1918

 

O'BRIEST, CHARLES, Quartermaster, 2nd class, (wife, Emma O'Briest, 4501 North Colorado Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Washington, D C, July 26, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 27, 1918

 

O'CALLAGHAN, MARTIN, Water Tender, (mother, Catherine O'Callaghan, 844 North Fourth Street, Columbus, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, May 31, 1916), USS Burrows, destroyer (later DD-29), at Queenstown, Ireland, boiler room fire, killed, January 19, 1918

 

O'CALLAHAN, ANDREW MICHAEL, Seaman, (father, Andrew O'Callahan, 75 Jay Street, Somerville, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 5, 1917), Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, N Y, respiratory disease, October 12, 1918

 

O'CONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH, Machinist, USNRF (class 4-3), (wife, Mrs Ellen Margaret O'Connell, 228 East Eighth Street South Boston, Mass; appointed Massachusetts), USS Bridgeport, ex-German passenger & cargo steamer Breslau, destroyer tender (ID-3009, later AD-10), respiratory disease, October 11, 1918

 

O'CONNER, JOHN CLAYER, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, (mother, Julia O'Conner, 36 South Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, July 8, 1913), USS Nereus, collier (No.10.later AC-10), during operation, July 15, 1917

 

O'CONNOR JAMES THOMAS, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Anna O'Connor, 214 Clark Street, Auburn, N Y; enlisted Syracuse, N Y July 16, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, September 22, 1918

 

O'CONNOR, CHARLES ALBERT, Chief Yeoman, (sister, Margaret Tessier, 105 West Broadway, South Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, September 1, 1914), USS Chauncey, destroyer (No.3), escorting convoy, rammed and sunk by British SS Rose around 110 miles west of Gibraltar, drowned, November 19, 1917

 

O'CONNOR, JOHN JAMES, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (mother, Mary O'Connor, 3637 West Polk Street, Chicago, I1L; enlisted Chicago, Ill, August 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

O'CONNOR, JOHN JOSEPH, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (sister, Hannah O'Connor, Heath Hill, Brookline, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, December 14, 1917), USS Sea Gull, two possibilities, both ex-motor boats used for patrol duties; either 83ft (SP-223) in Hampton Roads, Va and Baltimore, Md area, or 58ft (SP-544) in Delaware River and New Jersey coastal area, fell overboard, July 16, 1918

 

O'DAY, NICHOLAS JAMES, Seaman, (uncle, John McAllister, 258 Foote Avenue, Bellevue, Ky; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, April 5, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

O'DONNELL, CHARLES NOLAN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Alice O'Donnell, Arlington Heights, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, June 20, 1917), Receiving Ship, Boston, Mass, injured, DOI, September 8, 1918

 

O'DONNELL, DAVID ACHILLIOUS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, John E O'Connell, 231 East Mary Street, Bucyrus, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, July 10, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

O'DONNELL, HUGH, Chief Water Tender, (wife, Maggie O'Donnell, 527 Fifty-1st Street Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, September 4, 1913), Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, November 10, 1918

 

O'DONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Bartholomew O'Donnell, 54 Manchester Street, Lowell, Mass; enlisted Lowell, Mass, June 6, 1917), USS Manley, destroyer (later DD-74), based at Queenstown, Ireland, escorting convoy (various sources refer to her being alongside an HMS Montague and rolling into her. This should read armed merchant cruiser HMS Motagua), accidental explosion of own depth charges followed by fire, DOI, March 19, 1918

 

OETTLE, CLARENCE FREDERICK, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Mary Oettle, box No 4, Kampville, Ill; enlisted St Louis, Mo, July 27, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, disease, October 19, 1918

 

OFFUTT, LEWIS, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF, (wife, Mrs Taletha C Offutt 131 Twenty-2nd Avenue, San Francisco, Calif; appointed California), USS Lakemoor, also Lake Moore, freighter (ID-2180), torpedoed by UB64 in Irish Sea, April 11, 1918

 

OGBORN, DANIEL, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (Grandfather, Benjamin T Ogborn, Vineland, N J; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, August 12, 1918), Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash, respiratory disease, September 28, 1918

 

OGDEN, LOUIS CLARK, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Anna E Ogden, Alliance, Nebr; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, April 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, July 4, 1918

 

OGLESBY, AUTHUR BAILEY, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Rozzie Oglesby, route No 1, Whiteplans, Ky; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, April 9, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, May 13, 1917

 

O'GORMAN, MATTHEW E, Yeoman, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Margaret O'Gorman, Marlou Terrace, Jamaica Plain, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 21, 1917), Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, drowned, August 20, 1918

 

O'GRADY, FRANCIS CLIFFORD, Engineman, 2nd class, (father, James O'Grady, Phoenix, Ala; enlisted Montgomery, Ala, April 17, 1917), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

O'HARA, PATRICK JOSEPH, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Bridget H O'Hara, 116 Collins Street, Dunmore, Pa; enlisted Scranton, Pa, December 15, 1917), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, October 11, 1918

 

O'HARE, REGINALD EUGENE, Acting Pay Clerk, (brother, Thomas F O'Hare, Rockhill College, Ellicott City Md; appointed Maryland), Naval Hospital, Strathpeffer, England, disease, July 19, 1918

 

O'HERN, WALTER IGNATIUS, Seaman, USNRF, (father, Maurice O'Hern, Scituate, Mass; enlisted Scituate, Mass, March 19, 1917), Boston, Mass, respiratory disease, October 17, 1918

 

OIDTMANN, WILLIAM FRED, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, John H Oidtmann, Camden, Mo; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, December 17, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 27, 1918

 

OLDACK, LEWIS AUGUST, Landsman for Electrician (G), USNRF, (mother, Anna Oldack, 4743 North Luna Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Great Lakes, Ill, June 12, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 17, 1918

 

OLDHAM, CHARLES FRANCIS, Seaman, (mother, Kate Oldham, Elko, Nev; enlisted Mare Island, Calif, May 9, 1917), USS Lakemoor, also Lake Moore, freighter (ID-2180), torpedoed by UB64 in Irish Sea, April 11, 1918

 

O'LEARY, CHARLES, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, (father, Arthur J O'Leary, 610 East Seventh Street, South Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, May 5, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 14, 1918

 

O'LEARY, LEO FRANCIS, Engineman, 2nd class, (wife, Margaret O'Leary, 266 Havre Street, East Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, December 30, 1917), Naval Hospital, Cape May, N J, influenza, October 3, 1918

 

O'LEARY, RICHARD, Wardroom Steward, (father, Timothy O'Leary, Cork, Ireland; enlisted New York, N Y May 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, August 9, 1918

 

OLIMPIA, RAFAEL, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (mother, Adriana Jorave, Laylay, Boac, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, July 9, 1918), Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif, influenza, October 31, 1918

 

OLIVER, DAVID LUTHER Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (brother, James E Oliver, P O Box 15, Coke, Va; enlisted Norfolk, Va, May 15, 1918), Riverside Hospital, Newport News, Va, influenza, October 16, 1918

 

OLIVER, JOHN FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), (mother, Mary Oliver, 277 Border Street, East Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 7, 1918), Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass, respiratory disease, March 21, 1918

 

OLIVER, MICHAEL ANTHONY, Seaman, (father, Michael Oliver, 1130 Prospect Street, Erie, Pa; enlisted Buffalo, N Y February 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, March 11, 1918

 

OLIVEROS, FAUSTINO, Mess Attendant, 2nd class, (Cousin, Dontio Castille, San Merceline, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, May 10, 1917), Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France, respiratory disease, October 11, 1918

 

OLMSTEAD, CHARLES LEE, Apprentice Seaman, (sister, Lena M Phillips, Larimore, N Dak; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, March 19, 1918), Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, April 27, 1918

 

OLNESS, NILS PEDERSEN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Ingeborg N Olness, Bergen, Norway; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, May 7, 1918), Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa, died, June 16, 1918

 

OLSEN, EDWIN, Coxswain, USNRF, (father, Harry Olsen, 274 Sixty-1st Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y May 25, 1917), USS Kittery, ex-German Praesident, freighter (later AK 2), drowned, September 23, 1918

 

OLSEN, GEORGE EUGENE, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Alice G Venjirue, East Grand Forks, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, June 22, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

OLSEN, HERBERT ERNEST, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 3), (mother, Mrs Annice C Olsen, 2706 Heath Avenue, New York, N Y; appointed New York), USS Herman Frasch, freighter (ID-1617), sunk in collision with tanker USS George G Henry off Nova Scotia, October 4, 1918

 

OLSEN, OSCAR, Water Tender, USNRF, (father, Oscar Olsen, Castine, Me; enlisted New York, N Y April 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Lorient, France, respiratory disease, October 9, 1918

 

OLSEN, ROBERT, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (sister, Emily Olsen, 56 Haughwont Avenue, West Brighton, Staten Island, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y May 24, 1918), Naval Hospital, New London, Conn, respiratory disease, October 9, 1918

 

OLSEN, WILLIAM LESLIE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (sister, Jennie Conero, box 345, Highland Falls, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y March 8, 1918), USS Iowa, battleship (later BB-4), drowned, August 6, 1918

 

OLSON, DAVID SIDNEY, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Anna Olson, Spooner, Minn; enlisted Portland, Oregon, September 5, 1917), Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash, disease, January 11, 1918

 

OLSON, EMIL, Shipwright, USNRF, (father, Louie Olson, Thief River Falls, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, June 19, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 2, 1918

 

OLSON, LEIF THEODORE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Gustave Olson, Hay Ward, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, April 19, 1918), Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, September 27, 1918

 

OLSSON, ANDREW, Lieutenant (JG), (wife, Mrs Kathryn V Olsson, 35 Perry Street, New London, Conn; appointed New York), Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn, respiratory disease, no date

 

OLSTAD, GILBERT BENJAMIN, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Bertha Olstad, Zumbrota, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, December 8, 1917), Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, January 14, 1918

 

ONDOCK, WILLIAM, Electrician, 3rd class, (father, Frank Ondock, 1917 South Racine Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Chicago, Ill, November 20, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 13, 1918

 

O'NEIL, CHESTER, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Martin O'Neil, Bigtree, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y July 20, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, August 30, 1918

 

O'NEIL, JAMES ALOYSIUS, Apprentice Seaman, (father, James O'Neill, 2305i Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, N J; enlisted Baltimore, Md, August 12, 1918), Marine Hospital, Baltimore, Md, influenza, October 11, 1918

 

ONKEN, AUGUST JOSEPH, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Gustav F Onken, 77 2nd Place, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y August 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

OPPENHEIMER, CARL FREDERICK, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Lettie M Oppenheimer, 14 Cherryvale Avenue, Springfield, Mass; enlisted New Haven, Conn, May 24, 1917), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, disease, November 9, 1918

 

O'QUINN, LYNN MAYNARD, Apprentice Seaman, (father, James J O'Quinn, Colfax, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, July 11, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, September 26, 1918

 

ORANGE, BARRETT CARLISLE, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (father, J R Orange, Dawsonsprlngs, Ky; enlisted Louisville, Ky, May 9, 1918), Naval Air Station, Eastleigh, England, respiratory disease, October 13, 1918

 

O'REILLY EDWARD, Seaman, (Cousin, Margaret Kellar, 498 West One hundred and fifty-eighth Street, New York, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y May 22, 1917), USS Louisville, ex-liner Saint Louis, transport (ID-1644), respiratory disease, September 23, 1918

 

O'REILLY, GEORGE W, Landsman for Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (mother, Pauline O'Reilly, 249 Monroe Street Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Brooklyn, N Y August 6, 1917), USS Cherokee, ex- Luckenbach No.2, tug (ID-458), foundered in gale about 12 miles off Fenwick Island Light Vessel, February 26, 1918

 

ORGAIN, DEANE MORTIMER, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Mary B Orgain, 115 Chestnut Street, Danville, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, July 23, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 27, 1918

 

ORLANDO, PETER, Landsman for Ship's Cook, USNRF, (brother, Samuel Orlando, 332 Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, August 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

ORMSBY HOWARD ERNEST, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Elizabeth Ormsby, Armada, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, May 4, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

ORMSBY, EDGAR PARMELE, Water Tender, (brother, George M Ormsby, 815 North 3rd Street, Wilmington, N C; enlisted Richmond, Va, September 9, 1915), USS Kearsarge, battleship (later BB-5), fell overboard and drowned, October 15, 1917

 

ORMSBY, THOMAS FREEMAN, Chief Machinist's Mate, (father, William P Ormsby, 1825 Eighth Avenue, Nashville, Tenn; enlisted Louisville, Ky, October 20, 1917), Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, respiratory disease, October 5, 1918

 

ORNE, SIDNEY BAXTER, 2nd Lieutenant of Engineering, USCG, (wife, Mrs Charlotte O Orne, 22 Carolina Apartment, Wilmington, N C), Receiving Ship, New York, N Y, at St Vincent's Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

O'ROURKE, JOHN FRANCIS, Electrician, 1st class (G), (father, John O'Rourke, Labor Temple, Fort Worth, Tex; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, July 21, 1915), USS Savannah, ex-German Saxonia, submarine tender (later AS-8), believed refitting Boston Navy Yard, died, April 16, 1918

 

ORQUIOLA, DONATO, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, (wife, Vicenta Layes, Calamba, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, July 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa, influenza, September 19, 1918

 

ORR, HENRY MERRILL, Seaman, 2nd class USNRF, (mother, Edith W Orr, R F D 3, Independence, Iowa; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, July 9, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 29, 1918

 

ORR, WILLIAM WARD, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Thomas J Orr, 6414 Dean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa; enlisted Pittsburgh, Pa, July 2, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 27, 1918

 

ORTON, BOMAN, Apprentice Seaman, (sister, Ora Standards, Copperhill, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, December 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, February 24, 1918

 

OSAKO, SONO, Cabin Steward, (friend, Ura Takeuchi, 107 Georgia Street, Vallejo, Calif; enlisted San Pedro, Calif, December 5, 1916), Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif, influenza, October 31, 1918

 

OSBORN, PEARL LLOYD, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Ruth E Osborn, Sycamore, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, July 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 3, 1918

 

OSBORNE, WEEDEN EDWARD (right - no enlargement), Dental Surgeon (Medical Corps), (sister, Elizabeth Osborne, 4427 Racine Avenue, Chicago, Ill; appointed Illinois), serving with the Sixth Regiment of Marines, killed in action, June 6, 1918, awarded posthumous Medal of Honor

 

OSHEIM, GILBERT, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Ole Osheira, Leroy, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, August 5, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, disease, October 10, 1918

 

OSTENDORF, WILLIAM CHARLES, Fireman, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Mary Ostendorf, 2707 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, May 29, 1917), USS Huron, ex-German liner Friedrich der Grosse, troop transport (ID-1408), influenza, October 22, 1918

 

OSTERHAUS, HAROLD, Seaman, USNRF, (Clara T Osterhaus, Fairmont Avenue, Westchester, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y March 26, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, October 26, 1917

 

OSTRANDER, ALLEN COOPER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Harriet M Ostrander, Outlook, Wash; enlisted Seattle, Wash, June 6, 1918), Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash, respiratory disease, October 17, 1918

 

OSTROOT, CONRAD LYMAN, Electrician, 2nd class (R), (mother, Pauline Ostroot, 323 North Howard Street, Moscow, Idaho; enlisted Portland, Oreg, December 11, 1917), HM Transport Caronia (British), respiratory disease, October 10, 1918

 

OSUNA, ALEXANDER LEE, Seaman, 2nd class, (friend, Joe Morro, Pala, Calif; enlisted Los Angeles, Calif, June 15, 1917), USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser (No.3, later CA-3), Asiatic Station, respiratory disease, May 8, 1918

 

OSWALD, ROBERT POTTER, Boilermaker, (wife, Catherine E Oswald, 502 Liberty Street, Berkley, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, July 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

OTILLIO, JOSEPH NARCISSE, Master-at-Arms, 3rd class, USNRF, (wife, Georgiana G Otillio, 1405 Frenchman Street, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, March 18, 1918), Naval Station, New Orleans, La, disease, March 27, 1918

 

OTTATI, JOSEPH GUADULUPS, Fireman, 1st class, (mother, Escolestica C Ottati, 1214 San Louis Street, Trinidad, Colo; enlisted Denver, Colo, May 25, 1916), Navy Base Hospital No 5, Brest, France, respiratory disease, September 24, 1918

 

OVERTON, DAVID MILNER, Carpenter's Mate, 2nd class, (father, William A Overton, Adamsville, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, April 6, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

OVESEN, MARTIN MARINUS, Water Tender, USCG, (father, Anders Ovesen, Mou Aalberg, Denmark), USS Seneca, ex-USCG revenue cutter, ocean escort, member of steaming party on torpedoed British tanker SS Wellington in Gibraltar convoy OM.99, drowned attempting to abandon ship, September 16, 1918

 

OWEN, HERSHEL, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class (A), (mother, Jennie Owen, Englevale, N Dak; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, June 2, 1917), Naval Air Station, St Trojan, France, respiratory disease, September 20, 1918

 

OWEN, RUSSELL HENDRIX, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (wife, Jessie O Owen, Fair Play, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, July 27, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 5, 1918

 

OWENS, DAVID GEORGE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, John D Owens, 500 Square Street, Utica, N Y; enlisted Syracuse, N Y March 11, 1918), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

OWENS, JAMES FRANCIS, Fireman, 2nd class, (father, Barnard Owens, 266 Forty-sixth Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Brooklyn, N Y April 23, 1917), USS Herman Frasch, freighter (ID-1617), sunk in collision with tanker USS George G Henry off Nova Scotia, October 4, 1918

 

OWENS, JOHN BURLESON, Fireman, 1st class, (mother, Maggie Campbell, Box 331, Sour Lake, Tex; enlisted Dallas, Tex, October 5, 1914), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (DANFS - on passage), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

OWENS, JOHN MANSON, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mary E Owens, R F D 3, Red Creek, N Y; enlisted Columbia, S C, June 5, 1917), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, disease, February 24, 1918

 

OWENS, PERCY WILLIAM, Landsman for Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (mother, Elizabeth Owens, Hoopeston, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, May 31, 1918), Naval Hospital, Gulfport, Miss, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

OWENS, WILLIAM (right), Fireman, 1st class, (father, William R Owens, 553 Perry Street, Trenton, N J; enlisted Newark, N J, May 18, 1917), USS President Lincoln, ex-German liner, troop transport (no ID #), torpedoed and sunk by U90 about 600 miles west of France, May 31, 1918

 

OXFORD, JOSEPH MARSHALL, Quartermaster, 2nd class, (mother, Mrs Julia Holland, New Harmony, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, April 12, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

 

 

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PACAUD, JOE ALBERT, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Ella Pacaud, 132 Talbot Avenue, Jackson, Tenn; enlisted Cleveland, Ohio, January 8, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, June 4, 1918

 

PACE, CHARLIE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Lizzie Bell Pace, Pace, Miss; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, July 31, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

PACE, ELLET NEWTON, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, (mother, Dora Kirk Pace, Salem, Ky; enlisted Louisville, Ky, June 2, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 21, 1918

 

PAGE, CARROLL GODDARD Assistant Paymaster, USNRF (class 2), (mother, Mrs Emeroy G Page, Hyde Park, Vt; appointed Vermont), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PAGE, OWEN LEONARD, Fireman, 1st class, (uncle, Owen W Mekinstry, Bevier, Mo; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, May 1, 1917), Section 1, Fifth Naval district, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 14, 1918

 

PAGE, PHILLIPS W, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (mother, Mrs Anna W Page 1758 Q Street NW, Washington, D C; appointed Massachusetts), off Harwich, England, seaplane accident, possibly DOI, December 17, 1917

 

PAGE, RAYMOND HILDOFF, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), (father, W J Page, Abbott Village, Me; enlisted Dover, Me, March 8, 1918), Abbott, Me, disease, September 14, 1918

 

PAGTAKHAN, FRANCISCO, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (mother, Marta Dunicio, Olongapo, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, July 31, 1917), USS Chauncey, destroyer (No.3), escorting convoy, rammed and sunk by British SS Rose around 110 miles west of Gibraltar, drowned, November 19, 1917

 

PAIGE, BERT LOUIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mamie Paige, 171 Valley Street, Lakeport, N H; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 9, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

PAINE, FRANK TROY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service), (mother, Willie Peete Paine, Covington, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, July 8, 1918), Nashville, Tenn, collision on New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad, killed, July 9, 1918

 

PAINE, WILLIAM JENNINGS, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Homer A Paine, Betheny, Okla; enlisted Oklahoma City, Okla, July 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

PALASH, DAVID HERMAN, Shipwright, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Mollie Palash, 1227 North Rockwell Street, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Chicago, Ill, June 4, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

PALLETT, ERNEST LINWOOD, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (mother, Zina Clara Pallett, Virginia Beach, Va; enlisted Norfolk, Va, May 1, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, May 30, 1918 (BN - duplicated entry, also FALLETT,  mother, Zina Fallett)

 

PALM, LESTER RUDE, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, (mother, Wilhelmina Palm, 409 3rd Street, Broderick, Calif; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, July 25, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 7, 1918

 

PALMER, CLYDE N, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (wife, Mrs Clyde N Palmer, 23 Fellsmore Road Malden, Mass; appointed Massachusetts), St Inglevert, France, aeroplane accident, both killed, September 14, 1918

 

PALMER, IVAN IRA, Seaman, 2nd class, (Mrs Mary Elizabeth Palmer, mother, Central City, Iowa; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, April 23, 1917), USS Old Colony, ex-coastal passenger ship (SP-1254), acquired for delivery to Royal Navy, died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, disease, March 30, 1918

 

PALMER, JAMES MALCOLM, Fireman, 1st class, USNRF, (father, Jack F Palmer, Speers Ferry, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, May 30, 1918), USS Harrisburg, ex-liner, troop transport (ID-1663), at Naval Base No 5, respiratory disease, October 21, 1918

 

PALMER, MEADE KENNETH, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Julia M Palmer, West Edmeston, N Y; enlisted Syracuse, N Y October 24, 1917), USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2), presumed attached to Fleet Base No 2, disease, February 4, 1918

 

PALMER, THOMAS, Ship's Cook, 1st class, NNV, (Martha Ellen Palmer, 18 Willard Place, Roxbury, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 6, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, May 3, 1917

 

PALMER, WILLIAM A, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Julia Palmer, 688 1/2 Seventh Street, South Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Masa, June 18, 1917), USS Canonicus, ex-passenger & cargo steamer El Cid, minelayer (ID-1696), respiratory disease, January 4, 1918

 

PALMISANO, DOMINIC, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Rosy Bertucci Palmisano, 1839 Broadway Street, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, June 6, 1918), at home, attached to Eighth Naval district, influenza, October 19, 1918

 

PALMOUR, ROBERT SILVIE, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Addie McLure Palmour, Coolidge, Ga; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, December 12, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, January 13, 1918

 

PAMADO, ANTONIO, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (father, Igncio Pamado, Sumag Narolod, PI; enlisted Olongapo, PI, February 27, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, respiratory disease, May 12, 1918

 

PANLILIO, AMADO, Mess Attendant, 2nd class, (brother, Nicanor Panlilio, Arayat, Pampaugo, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, March 17, 1914), Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo, respiratory disease, July 13, 1917

 

PARCE, JAMES DANIEL, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Anna Croll, 707 Rose Street, La Crosse, Wis; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, January 2, 1918), La Crosse, Wis, respiratory disease, February 26, 1918

 

PARISH, CLIFFORD HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Elijah Parish, Brimley, Mich; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 21, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 20, 1918

 

PARISH, CLIFFORD HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Elijah Parish, Brimley, Mich; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 21, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 20, 1918

 

PARKER, BRADSTREET, Chief Quartermaster (A), USNRF, (wife, Ruth M Parker, Box A, Salem, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, June 18, 1918), Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass, influenza, September 21, 1918

 

PARKER, LEE HOUGHTON, Printer, 1st class, (wife, Bernice Dodge Parker, Bradford, Vt; enlisted Washington, D C, March 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 7, 1918

 

PARKER, MILTON DUANE, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Adelbert Parker, Lee, Mass; enlisted Albany, N Y May 3, 1918), Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 10, 1918

 

PARKER, MURRY LEE, Apprentice Seaman for Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mary Parker, Bishopville, S C; enlisted Columbia, S C, April 28, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, June 27, 1917

 

PARKER, TIMOTHY A, Ensign (Executive Officer) (other sources), US Submarine F-4 (Skate, No.23), sank during routine training off Honolulu Harbor, March 25, 1915

 

PARKHURST, FRANK, Yeoman, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Dorothy Parkhurst, 805 Simpson Street, Evanston, Ill; enlisted Great Lakes, Ill, September 11, 1917), Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, March 20, 1918

 

PARKIN, CHARLES WALTER, Boy, 1st class, USCG, (mother, Mrs Annie E Parkin, 13 South Larchmond Avenue, Greystone, R I), USS Tampa, ex-USCG Cutter, ocean escort, left escort of HG.107, torpedoed and sunk by UB.91 off Bristol Channel in 50.40N, 06.19W (total of 115 crew and 16 passengers lost), September 26, 1918

 

PARKINSON, PHILIP ALEXANDER, Fireman, 2nd class, (father, Edward Parkinson, 616 Indiana Avenue, Trenton, N J; enlisted Newark, N J, July 22, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, October 8, 1918

 

PARKMAN, WILLIE LEE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, William F Parkman, Arm, Miss; enlisted Meridian, Miss, May 31, 1918), USS Charleston, protected cruiser (No.22, later CA-19), respiratory disease, October 8, 1918

 

PARKS, HOMER OSTLER, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Nancy Parks, 423 A Street, NE, Arclmore, Okla; enlisted Oklahoma City, Okla, May 2, 1918), Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif, disease, July 18, 1918

 

PARKS, JOE, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Thad K Parks, 215 East Anderson Street, Knoxville, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, April 19, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PARKS, MARTIN GOODE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Robert H Parks, Big Island, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, July 2, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 3, 1918

 

PARKS, MILES MARVIN, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Joseph F Parks, R R 2, Utica, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Miss, December 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, January 13, 1918

 

PARKS, ROBERT NATHAN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Estella Welda Parks, Coronado View Apartments, San Diego, Calif; enlisted San Diego, Calif, June 15, 1918), Naval Hospital, Gulfport, Miss, influenza/respiratory disease, October 18, 1918

 

PARLIAMENT, CHARLES EDWIN, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, (mother, Adaline Parliament, West Branch, Mich; enlisted New York, N Y September 15, 1915), St Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D C, disease, June 23, 1917

 

PARR, LLOYD MELVIN, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Charles Thomas Parr, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, July 17, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PARROTT, CLARENCE HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Luther Hersey Parrott, jr, East Milton, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, May 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va, respiratory disease, June 30, 1918

 

PARROTT, GEORGE FOUNTAIN, jr, Lieutenant Commander, (father, George F Parrott, R F D, Kinston, N C; appointed North Carolina), USS Shaw, destroyer (later DD-68), escorting British SS Aquitania, rudder jammed and crossed Aquitania's bow, lost 90 feet of own bow, returned to England, October 9, 1918

 

PARROTT, HOPPER BENSON, Fireman, 1st class, (father, George Parrott, 716 North Arlington Avenue, Baltimore, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, September 15, 1915), USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19), drowned, July 7, 1918

 

PARSONS, ETHEL MILDRED, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (mother, Mildred T Parsons, 14 Vine Street, Springfield, Mass; enlisted Washington, D C, August 16, 1918), Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D C, respiratory disease, October 14, 1918

 

PARSONS, JOHN S, Commander, NNV, (wife, Mrs Iva E Parsons, Accomac, Va; appointed Virginia), Norfolk, Va, wounded, but not in action, January 27, 1918

 

PARSONS, JOSEPH BURKE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Margaret Parsons, New Berlin, Fla; enlisted Jacksonville, Fla, November 26, 1917), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, January 29, 1918

 

PATCH, ARTHUR TODD, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Emma Patch, 35 South Mill Street, Portemouth, N H; enlisted Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N H, July 9, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, disease, December 29, 1917

 

PATNAUDE, CHARLES L G, Yeoman, 1st class, (wife, Elizabeth Patnaude, 110 2nd Street, Newport, R I; enlisted Newport, R I, October 14, 1916), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PATRICK, RAY HARRIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Charles Patrick, 137 East Broadway Street, South Bend, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, June 3, 1918), USS Alabama, battleship (later BB-8), drowned, September 20, 1918

 

PATTEN, HAROLD KINDER, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (wife, Florence Wooley Patten, 11 East Hastings Street, West Roxbury, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, August 16, 1918), Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y, respiratory disease, September 15, 1918

 

PATTERSON, FRANK MOORE, Jr, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Frank Moore Patterson, sr, 2 Rector Street, New York, N Y; enlisted 3rd Naval District, N Y May 28, 1917), USS SC-209, submarine chaser, mistaken for U-boat, sunk by gunfire of Coast Guard-crewed transport USS Felix Taussig (ID 2282) south of Long Island, N Y, August 27, 1918

 

PATTERSON, LEALON FINUS, Apprentice Seaman, (father, John N Patterson, Belmont, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Mass, December 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va, disease, February 13, 1918

 

PATTERSON, LESTER JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Anna Hall Patterson, Cass City, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, July 15, 1918), Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla, respiratory disease, October 27, 1918

 

PATTERSON, ROBERT JOHN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (father, Robert C Patterson, 140 Mercer Street, Butler, Pa; enlisted Pittsburgh, Pa, December 13, 1917), USS Maine, battleship (later BB-10), drowned, February 12, 1918

 

PATTERSON, ROBERT MILTON, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, (father, Robert Jackson Patterson, 314} 1/2 East Choctaw Avenue, McAlester, Okla; enlisted Dallas, Tex, April 21, 1916), Naval Station, Cavite, P I, disease, October 28, 1918

 

PATTERSON, WILLIAM CLAUD, Fireman, 1st class, (father, Theodore Patterson, R R 1, Joplin, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, September 26, 1917), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

PATTERSON, WILLIAM S, Ensign, USNRF (class 4), (father, William Patterson, 6723 Thirty-4th Street, Berwyn, Ill; appointed Illinois), USS Huron, ex-German liner Friedrich der Grosse, troop transport (ID-1408), disease, September 1, 1918

 

PATTON, CARL RICHARD, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Edward Patton, Mount Crab, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, July 23, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, disease, November 9, 1917

 

PATTON, EDWARD TAYLOR, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Powen Wallace Patton, 718 Woodland Street, Nashville, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, December 8, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, January 5, 1918

 

PATTON, THOMAS BUSTARD, Ensign (SC) USNRF, (wife, Mrs Mary Cramp Patton, 519 Eleanor Street, Philadelphia, Pa; appointed Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, Pa, respiratory disease, October 10, 1918

 

PATTON, WILLIE EARL, Water Tender, (father, G B C Patton, Petrolia, Tex; enlisted Houston, Tex, May 15, 1917), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

PAUL, JOHN HENRY, Painter, 2nd class, USCG, (wife, Mrs Cora Paul, 507 South Curley Street, Baltimore, Md), USS Colfax, ex-USCG side-wheel steamer, station ship, Baltimore, Md, died at Marine Hospital, Baltimore, disease, September 3, 1917

 

PAULSON, OLIVER JONAS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Ida Ostlund Paulson, R R 1, Annandale, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, May 4, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

PAULSON, WALTER, Fireman, 2nd class, (mother, Marie Paulson, Wells, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, March 23, 1918), Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa, influenza, September 17, 1918

 

PAULY, CHARLES WILLIAM, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, (father, William Pauly, 221 West Twenty-3rd Place, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Norfolk, Va, September 11, 1915), USS Montana, armored cruiser (No.13, later CA-13), at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, accidental discharge of double-loaded gun, died of multiple injuries, February 18, 1918

 

PAUR, JOHN JOSEPH, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Lillian Paur, 1582 3rd Street, Milwaukee, Wis; enlisted Puget Sound, Wash, September 25, 1916), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage) ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PAVEY, CLYDE ALONZO, Landsman for Electrician, USNRF, (mother, Effie Hoar Pavey, 600 South Nineteenth Street, Mont Vernon Ill; enlisted Washington, D C, July 22, 1918), Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads, Va, disease, November 7, 1918

 

PAWLAK, CASIMER, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Joseph Pawlak, 2311 North Hayne Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Chicago, Ill, April 25, 1917), Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va, accidental shooting, September 7, 1918

 

PAYNE, ALFRED S, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mary Payne, 35 Bement Avenue, West New Brighton, N Y; enlisted Staten Island, N Y August 6, 1917), USS Covington, ex-German liner Cincinnati, troop transport (ID-1409), torpedoed by U86 off French coast, sank on 2nd, July 1, 1918

 

PAYNE, DAVID GROVER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, J R Payne, Alpine, Ark; enlisted Little Rock, Ark, May 30, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, respiratory disease, October 20, 1918

 

PAYNE, JOHN EDSALL, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Gertrude Payne, 111 Murray Avenue, Syracuse, N Y; enlisted Syracuse, N Y September 15, 1917), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

PAYNE, RUTH CATHERINE, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (mother, Elizabeth Payne, Hamilton, Va; enlisted Washington, D C, October 2, 1918), Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D C, influenza, October 7, 1918

 

PAYTAL, FRANK, Fireman, 2nd class, (mother, Mary Paytal, 1107 Marion Street, St Paul, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, November 21, 1917), USS Melville, destroyer tender (No.2, later AD-2), based at Queenstown, Ireland, disease, April 10, 1918

 

PEACE, OMER GALIAN, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Andrew J Peace, Carmenia, La; enlisted Houston, Tex, December 14, 1917), Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, January 31, 1918

 

PEACO, HARRY MINELL, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF, (sister, Emma V Peaco, 426 East Sixth Street, Richmond, Va; appointed Virginia), Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 24, 1918

 

PEACOCK, JOHN PERRY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Jennie J Peacock, 327 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y January 21, 1918), Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y, respiratory disease, October 4, 1918

 

PEAKE, HENRY LOUIS, Electrician, 2nd class (G), (mother, Louise Walker, De Funiak Springs, Flu; enlisted New Orleans, La, February 4, 1916), Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa, respiratory disease, March 10, 1918

 

PEARSEN, FRED CARTER, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, (wife, Nina Pearsen, 22 Derby Street, Waltham, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, June 20, 1918), Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

PEARSON, JOHN AUGUST, Carpenter (temporary), (wife, Mrs Motu Pearson, Pago Pago, Tutuila, Samoa; appointed California), Tutuila, Samoa, disease, May 11, 1918

 

PEARSON, LINWOOD LINDLE, Seaman, 2nd class, (Guardian, Walter Pearson, Harrington, Del; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, April 12, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, May 24, 1917

 

PEARSON, ROBERT COPP, Chief Electrician (R), (mother, Charlotte L Pearson, 428 Main Street, Melrose, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, March 1, 1918), USS Marietta, gunboat (No.15, later PG-15), influenza, October 14, 1918

 

PEARSON, ROBERT PETER, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, Peter Johnson, R F D 1, Bark River, Mich; enlisted Great Lakes, Ill, July 23, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PEARSON, WALTER ERNEST, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (mother, Agnes Erickson Pearson, 2832 Thirty-1st Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, June 21, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 19, 1918

 

PEASLEE, ARNOLD HAZEN, Ensign (Pay Corps), USNRF (class 4), (mother, MrSC M Peaslee, 1182 Locust Street, Dubuque, Iowa; appointed Iowa), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, respiratory disease, September 27, 1918

 

PEAY, DELOS LEROY, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, George T Peay, 86 South Nine Street, West Provo, Utah; enlisted Salt Lake City, Utah, November 20, 1917), USS Agamemnon, ex-German liner Kaiser Wilhelm II, troop transport (ID-3004), explosion in coal bunker No.16, killed, August 24, 1918

 

PECK, ERVINE DEWEY, Ensign (retired), (brother, Calvin H Peck, 1534 Kearney Avenue, Racine, Wis; appointed Wisconsin), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, October 29, 1917

 

PECK, GEORGE DAVID, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, Edward E Peck, 2423 Washington Street, Vicksburg, Miss; enlisted Meridian, Miss, May 2, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, October 5, 1918

 

PECK, HARRY WALLERS, Blacksmith, 2nd class, (wife, Hazel Peck, R R 1, West Liberty, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23, 1918), Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza/respiratory disease, September 24, 1918

 

PECK, LUTHER LONGSTREET, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Luther Wesley Peck, 1640 Capouse Avenue, Scranton, Pa; enlisted Washington, D C, May 28, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 15, 1918

 

PECK, MILTON LYLE, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (wife, Grace Olive Peck, 1106 Constitution Street, Emporia, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, February 4, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 3, 1918

 

PECK, WILLIS CURTIS, Coxswain, (father, Edwin B Peck, 21 Chestnut Street, Batavia, N Y; enlisted Allentown, Pa, December 2, 1915), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, March 31, 1918

 

PEDERSON, EDDIE GUS, Yeoman, 3rd class, (father, August Pederson, Clifton, Tex; enlisted Dallas, Tex, February 14, 1914), Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash, disease, June 24, 1917

 

PEDRICK, ROBERT MILTON, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, William Pedrick, R F D 1, Blue Anchor, N J; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, July 7, 1917), Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa, respiratory disease, March 25, 1918

 

PEIRCE, PHILLIP SHERDAN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Kate Reynalds, 815 Shadewick Street, Indianapolis, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, June 12, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

PEKELDER, ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Winnie Van Derwall, 1042 Logan Street, Grand Rapids, Mich; enlisted Navy Rifle Range, Camp Logan, Ill, January 16, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PELLITT, WILLIAM JAMES, Engineman, 1st class, (mother, Mrs Ella Riegger, 308 Alcalde Street, Dallas, Tex; enlisted Dallas, Tex, June 30, 1915), USS Cheyenne, ex-monitor Wyoming (No.10), submarine tender, Gulf of Mexico area, respiratory disease, October 18, 1918

 

PEMBROKE, LEON JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Annie Agnes Pembroke, Middlesex, Vt; enlisted Burlington, Vt, June 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 13, 1918

 

PENCE, EUGENE RUNYAN, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Ola Pence, 2324 East Broad Street, New Castle, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, July 23, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PENDELL, JAMES WESLEY, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Leander Pendell, Macomb, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, July 29, 1918), USS Alabama, battleship (later BB-8), respiratory disease, September 29, 1918

 

PENDERGAST, JAMES MICHAEL, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Michael Pendergast, 992 Ogden Avenue, New York, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y December 4, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, disease, April 4, 1918

 

PENDLETON, GEORGE WILLIAM, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, (father, Frank N Pendleton, 2087 Seventh Street, New York, N Y; enlisted Cristobal, Canal Zone, April 12, 1918), Fifteenth Naval district, Canal Zone, disease, September 6, 1918

 

PENDLETON, REISE MAXFIELD, Yeoman (female), 3rd class, USNRF, (daughter, Marion Maxfield Pendleton, Deerfield, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, June 17, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 21, 1918

 

PENE, CLEANTIES, Fireman, 2nd class, (sister, Jane S Pene, Erath, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, May 28, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, street-car accident, October 3, 1918

 

PENESKI, THOMAS JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Thomas Peneski, 723 Reynolds Street Kansas City, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, June 4, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, May 30, 1918

 

PENN, ALFRED, Jr, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (wife, Edith Ryan Penn, 308 Weis Building, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, July 30, 1917), Naval Auxiliary Reserve School, Chicago, Ill, respiratory disease, October 3, 1918

 

PENN, CLIFFORD APPLEGATE, Seaman, 2nd class (R), USNRF, (mother, Margaret Lawrence Penn, Island Heights, N J; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, July 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, October 8, 1918

 

PENTONY, VINCENT PETER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (Guardian, Peter Ussher, 417 Manhattan Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Pelham Bay Park, N Y June 27, 1918), Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y, respiratory disease, October 12, 1918

 

PEPLAU, RUDOLPH OSWALK, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Andrew Peplau, 267 Chapman Street, New Britain, Conn; enlisted New Haven, Conn, May 14, 1917), Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Long Island, N Y, respiratory disease, January 18, 1918

 

PEPPER, ELISHA, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Mrs Emma G Wood, Caushatta, La; enlisted Dallas, Tex, December 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, February 16, 1918

 

PERCIFIELD, ARLEY, Boilermaker, (mother, Mrs Annie Percifield, 2716 Wyoming Street, El Paso, Tex; enlisted El Paso, Tex, May 31, 1916), USS Pittsburgh, ex-Pennsylvania, armored cruiser (No.4, later CA-4), most of war in South American waters, respiratory disease, October 21, 1918

 

PERCIVAL, CHARLES EDWARD, Chief Quartermaster (A), USNRF, (father, William Albert Percival, Portville, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y November 5, 1917), Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla, seaplane accident, July 17, 1918

 

PERCIVAL, DONALD WAREHAM, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mary Percival, Jerico, Vt; enlisted Burlington, Vt, April 18, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, May 15, 1917

 

PEREZ, AUGUST, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (mother, Candeloria Monanto, San Pedro, P R; enlisted San Juan, P R, August 13, 1918), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, September 29, 1918

 

PERHOFF, JOSEPH MATTHEW, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, (mother, Josephine Perhoff, 1045 Arcade Street, St Paul, Minn; enlisted St Louis, Mo, November 13, 1912), Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif, disease, July 3, 1917

 

PERKINS, HERMAN GEORGE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Sarah Perkins, 736 Colorado Avenue, Trinidad, Colo; enlisted Denver, Colo, April 24, 1917), Receiving Ship, San Francisco, Calif, disease, May 2, 1917

 

PERKINS, LAWRENCE ADELBERT, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Adelbert Lorenzo Perkins, Ogunquit, Me; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 26, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, May 31, 1917

 

PERKINS, LYMAN BURNHAM, Lieutenant, USNRF, (wife, Elizabeth C Perkins, 38 Huntington Street, Hartford, Conn; appointed Connecticut), Hartford, Conn, disease, May 19, 1918

 

PERKINS, OTIS REID, Quartermaster, 1st class, (None; enlisted Bordeaux, France, January 22, 1918), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, April 20, 1918

 

PERKINS, ROGER CONANT, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Sidney Kingman Perkins, Manchester, Vt; enlisted New York, N Y April 9, 1917), Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla, drowned, March 14, 1918

 

PERKINS, RUPERT JACKSON, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Clay Perkins, Hutsonville, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, May 4, 1917), Receiving Ship, Washington, D C, disease, September 23, 1917

 

PERKS, CHARLES PATRICK, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (father, Frank Perks, Virden, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, June 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

PERO, DONALD C, Ensign, USNRF, (father, George F Pero, 257 Oak Street, Indian Orchard, Mass; appointed Massachusetts), seaplane collision, 12 miles southeast of Fire Island Lightship, killed, August 24, 1918

 

PERRILLO, ANGELO, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Beatrice Perrillo, 11 John Street, Amsterdam, N Y; enlisted Albany, N Y March 31, 1917), Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va, disease, May 11, 1918

 

PERRIN, FRANCIS CLARENCE, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, John William Perrin, 122 Claremont Avenue, Montclair, N J; enlisted Newark, N J, July 26, 1917), Naval Reserve Hospital, Pelham Bay, N Y, disease, January 23, 1918

 

PERRING, FRANK MALLOCH, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, John Perring, 611 North St Clair Street, Pittsburgh, Pa; enlisted Pittsburgh, Pa, May 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, April 13, 1918

 

PERROTT, JAMES WELLER, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, (father, Richard W Perrott, Center Bernstead, N H; enlisted Boston, Mass, May 24, 1917), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, respiratory disease, October 13, 1918

 

PERRY, CLARENCE MARCHELL, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Sarah Carpenter, 159 Main St, Westerly, R I; enlisted New Haven, Conn, December 11, 1917), Navy Base Hospital No 5, Brest, France, respiratory disease, October 3, 1918

 

PERRY, DONOVAN CARLTON, Chief Boatswain's Mate, (mother, Mrs Maude E Perry, 1801 Young Street, Dallas, Tex; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, March 3, 1915), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 15, 1918

 

PERRY, GEORGE H, Chief Carpenter's Mate, USNRF, (wife, Lillian B Perry, 49 Pearce Street, Fall River, Mass; enlisted Newport, R I, November 20, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, disease, May 23, 1918

 

PERRY, JOHN MILTON, Musician, 1st class, (father, Shuble Perry, Mentholia, Tex; enlisted Houston, Tex, April 28, 1917), Naval Base 17 and 18, European Waters, wounded, August 1, 1918

 

PERRY, LLOYD A, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (wife, Mrs Goldie Perry, Oconomowoc, Wis; appointed Massachusetts), Naval Air Station, Moutchic Lacanau, France, seaplane accident (see Ensign Leslie MacNoughton, March 13, 1918), April 12, 1918

 

PERRY, THOMAS WESLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Mrs J C Perry, Kingsland, Ga; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, April 5, 1918), SS Arca, tanker (British-owned), sailing Philadelphia for UK, sunk by U-boat off west coast of Scotland (all 52 crew lost), October 2, 1918

 

PERRY, THOMAS, Rear Admiral (retired), (Nearest living relative: R P McClenahan, care of E I du Pont de Nemours & Co, Parlin, N J; appointed Maryland), Southern Pines, N C, disease, March 7, 1918

 

PERRY, WILLIE LLOYD, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Christtenie Perry, R R 1, Speegleville Tex; enlisted Dallas, Tex, January 24, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (DANFS - on passage), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PERRY, WILLIE VIRGEL, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Tillie Ruby Perry, Cox Creek, Ky; enlisted Louisville, Ky, June 11, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PERSINGER, JAMES DONALD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, John M Persinger, Haswell, Colo; enlisted Omaha, Nebr, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 29, 1918

 

PERSON, ARTHUR EDWIN, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mathilda Person, 802 South Tenth Street, Lyons, Iowa; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, July 12, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 30, 1918

 

PERSON, JOSEPH WALTER, Pay Clerk, USNRF (class 4), (wife, Eleanore F Person, 8627 Twenty-2nd Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y; appointed New York), St Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 29, 1918

 

PERSON, WILLIAM ROBERT, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mary Person, Mount Pleasant, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, December 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va, disease, May 13, 1918

 

PERSONETT, GEORGE EDGAR, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Dora Theresa Personett, 834 East Water Street, Pontiac, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, May 23, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 28, 1918

 

PERSONETTE, HUGH WESSEL, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Fred Personette, Cambridge City, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, July 31, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PERSONS, REMUS C, Medical Director (retired), (wife, Susan F Persons, Columbus, Ga; appointed Alabama), Columbus, Ga, disease, March 3, 1918

 

PETERS, CLAUDE RAMSHEUR, Landsman for Electrician, USNRF, (mother, Maggie Summers Peters, 1703 Polk Street, Alexandria, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, May 18, 1917), New Orleans, La, disease, February 17, 1918

 

PETERS, CLEMONS GEORGE, Painter, 1st class, (wife, Mrs Gwen Peters, 4140 Ashland Avenue, St Louis, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, May 9, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PETERS, EARL, Seaman, (aunt, Minnie Lauschinger, care of Mrs Richesih, 547 Menomin Avenue, St Paul, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, May 22, 1917), Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla, respiratory disease, October 8, 1918

 

PETERS, LOUIS BARNETT, Yeoman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Jennie Peters, 49 South Fifth Street, Easton, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, May 15, 1918), Naval Air Station, Cardiff, Wales, disease, October 1, 1918

 

PETERS, MARTIN ALBERT, Chief Commissary Steward, USNRF, (father, Peter H Peters, 2935 McKinley Boulevard, Milwaukee, Wis; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, April 11, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PETERSEN, ALFRED CARL, Fireman, 2nd class, (father, Mr Carl Petersen, Cattaraugus, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y December 13, 1917), USS Mount Vernon, ex-German liner Kronprinzessen Cecilie, troop transport (ID-4508), torpedoed and damaged by U.82 off French Atlantic coast, September 5, 1918

 

PETERSON, ARTHUR JOSEPH, Quartermaster, 1st class, (brother, Carl Peterson, 10900 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Portland, Oreg, December 4, 1915), USS Jacob Jones, destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, December 6, 1917

 

PETERSON, ATRY HERBERT, Landsman for Quartermaster, USNRF, (mother, Minnie Peterson, box K, Eveleth, Minn; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, August 2, 1918), Dunwoody Naval Training School, Minneapolis, Minn, respiratory disease, October 5, 1918

 

PETERSON, CARL OLIVER, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (brother, Roy A Peterson, 517 Beachwood Avenue, Carnegie, Pa; appointed New York), Naval Station, Pensacola Fla, seaplane accident, DOI, October 4, 1918

 

PETERSON, CHARLES W, Fireman (source - US Naval Historical Center), USS San Diego, ex-California, armored cruiser (No.6), full speed run in Gulf of California on 21st, boiler explosion, DOI (water Tender and 8 firemen lost), January 28, 1915

 

PETERSON, CHESTER ARTHUR, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Helman Peterson, Ogdensburg, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 7, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 29, 1918

 

PETERSON, CHESTER WILLIAM, Ensign, USNRF (class 4), (mother, Mary Anne Peterson, care of Young Women's Christian Association, Lancaster, Pa; appointed New York), 352 West One hundred and twentieth Street, New York City, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

PETERSON, HOWARD MAURER, Musician, 1st class, USNRF, (father, Peter W Peterson, 27 North Yale Street, Vermillion, S Dak; enlisted Great Lakes, Ill, July 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, September 4, 1918

 

PETERSON, LAWRENCE ELMER, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mrs Ealda Holtz, Clear Lake, Wis; enlisted New York, N Y May 4, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, June 1, 1917

 

PETERSON, NILS ALFRED, Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Mathilda Peterson, 4 Sunset Avenue, Forest Hills, Boston, Mass; enlisted Navy Yard, Boston, Mass, June 8, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, respiratory disease, July 22, 1918

 

PETERSON, PAUL MATTHEWS, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Hilda Peterson, 1109 Gillette Street, La Crosse, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, July 25, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PETERSON, THEODORE ENGWAL, Jr, Yeoman, 2nd class, (mother, Lena Peterson, 1080 West Seventh Street, St Paul, Minn; enlisted Seattle, Wash, June 9, 1917), Receiving Ship, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, March 17, 1918

 

PETERSON, VERNE ANTON, Landsman for Yeoman, (father, V Peterson, 753 South 3rd Street, Salt Lake City, Utah; enlisted Salt Lake City, Utah, June 11, 1917), Salt Lake City, on leave, disease, January 11, 1918

 

PETERSON, WILHELM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Charles Peterson, box 197, Medaryville, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PETIFORD, FAY ARTHUR, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, George Petiford, Walnut Grove, Mo; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, June 10, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, respiratory disease, January 28, 1918

 

PETRONE, GENEVIEVE JOSEPHINE, Yeoman (F), 2nd class, USNRF, (husband, Burt Petrone, 776 Bush Street, San Francisco, Calif; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, July 27, 1917), San Francisco, Calif, wounded, but not in action, October 27, 1917

 

PETTERSON, JOHN ALGATH, Molder, 1st class, USNRF, (wife, Honor Bernadette Petterson, 376 Huntington Avenue, Hyde Park, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 30, 1918), Naval Training Camp, Hingham, Mass, respiratory disease, September 23, 1918

 

PETTS, ROBERT HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Margaret D Petts, 3 Regent Circle, Jamaica Plain, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, November 30, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, disease, May 13, 1918

 

PEVERILL, HAROLD, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (mother, Clara Amanda Peverill, R F D 5, Waterloo, Iowa; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, January 5, 1918), USS SC-209, submarine chaser, mistaken for U-boat, sunk by gunfire of Coast Guard-crewed transport USS Felix Taussig (ID 2282) south of Long Island, N Y, August 27, 1918

 

PEYSER, HARRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, George Peyser, 105 West One-hundred and fourteenth Street, New York, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y April 3, 1918), USS Frederick, ex-Maryland, armored cruiser (No.8, later CA-8), influenza, October 19, 1918

 

PEYTON, JOHN ALOYSIUS, Seaman, USNRF, (brother, James Peyton, Corporal, Thirteenth Cavalry, First Troop, H, United States Army, Fort Ringgold, Tex; enlisted New York, N Y May 9, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, January 17, 1918

 

PFAHLERT, CARL ARTHUR, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, C C Roberts, 34 Chestnut Street, Lockport, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y May 24, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 20, 1918

 

PFEIFER, FRANK, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Nettie N Pfeifer, 3931 St Charles Avenue, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, December 4, 1917), at home, influenza, October 13, 1916

 

PFLUM, MIRIE MORTON, Fireman, 2nd class, (mother, Emma Pflum, Wauneta, Nebr; enlisted Denver, Colo, October 6, 1915), USS Charleston, protected cruiser (No.22, later CA-19), fell, April 21, 1917

 

PHARR, ROBERT HENRY, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Amanda Bruce Pharr, Pine Log, Ga; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, July 16, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PHELPS, CHARLES, Mess Attendant, 1st class, (mother, Mrs Anna Phelps, 115 South Street, Annapolis, Md; enlisted Vera Cruz, Mexico, January 19, 1914), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, disease, June 10, 1917

 

PHELPS, ELDON GEORGE, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, (wife, Pearl Alberta Phelps, Moscow, Idaho; enlisted Portland, Oreg, June 28, 1918), Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash, influenza, October 18, 1918

 

PHILBRICK, EVERETT GERRISH, Electrician, 3rd class (R), USNRF, (father, C H Philbrick, 266 Little Nahant Road, Nahant, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, June 1, 1917), Naval Air Station, Moutchic Lacanau, France, drowned, August 13, 1918

 

PHILIPPI, LESTER JOSEPH, Engineman, 2nd class, (father, Herman Bieldfield Philippi, Sykesville, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, August 17, 1914), USS Ticonderoga, ex-German Kamilla Rickmers, freighter (ID 1958), convoy straggler due to engine trouble, sunk by gunfire and torpedo of U.152 in North Atlantic (total of 213 Naval crew and Army soldiers lost), September 30, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, ADELBERT NELSON, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Martha Phillips, Oriskany, N J; enlisted Albany, N Y April 19, 1917), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, August 24, 1917

 

PHILLIPS, ADOLPH, Water Tender, (mother, Eunice Phillips, 638 Landis Avenue, Vineland, N J; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, October 8, 1915), USS Jacob Jones, destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, December 6, 1917

 

PHILLIPS, CHARLES HOLLOWAY, Surfman, USCG, (wife, Mrs Mary S Phillips, Rehoboth Beach, Del), USCG Station No. 141 (nearest known stations, Nos. 145 and 146 near Ocean City, Md), died at Rehoboth Beach, Del, respiratory disease, October 19, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, CHARLES LARUE, Seaman, 2nd class, Signalman, (father, Charles Edward Phillips, Camp Hill, Pa; enlisted Recruiting Station, Philadelphia, Pa, February 20, 1917), SS War Knight, freighter (British-owned), collision with American SS O B Jennings, mined and blew up off Isle of Wight, southern England, lost overboard (total of 32 lost), March 24, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, DANIEL CURRAN, Landsman for Electrician (R) (O), USNRF, (brother, William D Phillips, 3300 Eighth Street, Meridian, Miss; enlisted Meridian, Miss, June 29, 1918), Dunwoody Naval Training School, Minneapolis, Minn, respiratory disease, October 8, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, E H, Seaman, US Lighthouse Service (other source), (from West Dennis, Me), LV-6, Cross Rip Light Vessel, Me, dragged off station by moving ice, last seen eastern entrance, Nantucket Sound, lost, February 5, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, EDWIN DAVID, Engineman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs F Phillips, 2038 South Twenty-1st Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, April 26, 1917), USS Buena Ventura or Buenaventura, freighter (ID-1335), in convoy OV.31, torpedoed and sunk by UB.129 or U.46 (sources vary) west of France, September 16, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, GEORGE GLADSTONE, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, (brother, Evander M Phillips, P O Box 61, Rockingham, N C; enlisted Wilmington, N C, June 7, 1918), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, October 10, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, ISAIAH H, Apprentice Seaman, (wife, Minnie O Phillips, R R 3, Birmingham, Ala; enlisted Charleston, S C, October 26, 1918), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, November 4, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, JAMES ASHTON, Yeoman, 3rd class, (father, John Phillips, 1417 Euclid Avenue, Steubenville, Ohio; enlisted Pittsburgh, Pa, May 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, September 29, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, VAN CROOKE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Clara S Phillips, Newberry, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, May 4, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, May 27, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, Ensign (Acting), (father, O W Phillips, 216 South Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Va; appointed Virginia), Navy Hospital, League Island, Pa, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

PHILLIPS, WILLIAM MILLET, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Thomas Jackson Phillips, R F D 3, East Bend, N C; enlisted Raleigh, N C, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

PHILO, ARCHIE, Blacksmith, (mother, Annie M Philo, 2539 Findlay Avenue, Columbus, Ohio; enlisted Old Point Comfort, Va, September 24, 1915), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, April 14, 1917

 

PHIPPS, GEORGE PAUL, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, (mother, Mrs Mary Phipps, general delivery, Los Angeles, Calif; enlisted Salt Lake City, Utah, April 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, July 6, 1917

 

PHIPPS, JOHN WILLIAM, Ship's Cook, 2nd class, (sister, Laura Strought, Bedford, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, April 21, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PICARD, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Chief Yeoman, (wife, Mae Picard, 185 Ralph Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Hampton Roads, Va, December 7, 1917), at home, respiratory disease, September 18, 1918

 

PICCIANO, MICHAEL ANTHONY, Boilermaker, (father, Pasquale Picciano, 306 Squires Avenue, Endicott, N Y; enlisted Binghamton, N Y May 29, 1917), USS Alcedo, yacht (SP-166), torpedoed and sunk by UC.71 off French west coast, November 5, 1917

 

PICHELOUP, MAURICE J, Jr, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (wife, Euphemia Hilaire Picheloup, 3919 Orleans Street, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, August 8, 1918), Father's home, influenza, October 8, 1918

 

PICHETT, ZIP EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mary Louise Pichett, Newberg, Oreg; enlisted Portland, Oreg, October 15, 1917), Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif, respiratory disease, December 13, 1917

 

PICKELL, ALEXANDER HOLLIDAY, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, (mother, Julius Holliday Pickell, 221 West Park Drive, Raleigh, N C; enlisted Navy Yard, Washington, D C, March 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, respiratory disease, April 18, 1918

 

PICKETT, RUSSELL, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (father, Ora Alton Pickett, R R 3, Waynestown, Ind; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, May 27, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, November 10, 1918

 

PICKLE, WOODIE CLIFTON, Seaman, (father, William Woodie Pickle, Hamilton, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Miss, April 21, 1917), USS Pittsburgh, ex-Pennsylvania, armored cruiser (No.4, later CA-4), most of war in South American waters, respiratory disease, October 25, 1918

 

PICKRELL, JOHN MANLEY, Quartermaster, 3rd class, (mother, Helen M Atwell, 912 H Street NW, Washington, D C; enlisted Baltimore, Md, April 19, 1916), SS St Paul, ex-passenger liner, acquired by Navy (ID-1643), capsized April 28, 1918 in New York before conversion completed, lost overboard, March 14, 1918

 

PICKWORTH, BERNARD, Chief Carpenter's Mate, (mother, Mary Kearney Pickworth, 127 Portland Avenue, Rochester, N Y; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 9, 1917), Naval Base, Plymouth, England, accidental fall, killed, August 7, 1918

 

PIEBLER, ANDREW JOHN, Landsman for Electrician (R), (aunt, Winifred Lohmiller, 604 Maple Street, Rochester, N Y; enlisted Buffola, N Y July 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, October 8, 1918

 

PIERARD, FRANK C, Chief Gunner's Mate (other sources), US Submarine F-4 (Skate, No.23), sank during routine training off Honolulu Harbor, March 25, 1915

 

PIERCE, BLANCHE ELEANOR, Landsman for Yeoman (F), USNRF, (husband, James Virgil Pierce, 621 Twelfth Street NE, Washington, D C; enlisted Washington, D C, August 27, 1918), Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D C, influenza, October 6, 1918

 

PIERCE, HAROLD ELVEN LESSLEY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (mother, Hannah Pierce, Harviel, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, July 31, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 21, 1918

 

PIERCE, HAROLD EUGENE, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Francis Pierce, 45 South Ninth Street, Newark, N J; enlisted Brooklyn, N Y January 18, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, March 19, 1918

 

PIERCE, MELVIN WARREN, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Altie Jane Spiess, 1120 Buffman Street, Milwaukee, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 27, 1918), Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, influenza, September 29, 1918

 

PIERCE, NOLLIE ANDREW, Chief Boatswain's Mate, (father, Henry B Pierce, Marthasville, La; enlisted New York, N Y January 22, 1918), Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

PIERPONT, ROBERT JENNINGS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Frank Pierpont, 1332 South Pennsylvania Avenue, WellstOn, Ohio; enlisted Parkersburg, W Va, June 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

PIERSON, MANFORD CARL, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, (father, Nels Pierson, Albert City, Iowa; enlisted Omaha, Nebr, May 17, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 22, 1918

 

PIGOTT, CHARLES HENRY, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, Manuel Pigott, 13 North Street, Mprehead City, N C; enlisted Morehead City, N C, August 7, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, disease, October 12, 1918

 

PIKE, ROBERT MARLE, Landsman for Machinist's Mate, USNRF, (wife, Izora Pike, Ida Grove, Iowa; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, June 25, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 12, 1918

 

PILLIVANT, WILLIAM, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, (wife, Lelia Pillivant, 508 Lakes Avenue, Elyria, Ohio; enlisted Cleveland Ohio, July 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 20, 1918

 

PILLOW, MAJOR MURRAY, Bugler, USNRF, (father, Hayden Pillow, Russellville, Ky; enlisted Louisville, Ky, June 6, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

PINKE, JOHN HOWARD, Cabin Steward, (aunt, Mrs Lizzie Walker, Phoebus, Va; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, February 27, 1917), USS Baltimore, ex-protected cruiser (No.3), minelayer (later CM-1), disease, December 11, 1917

 

PINKHAM, ARTHUR MONROE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Nellie Pinkham, 402 Essex Avenue, West Gloucester, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 24, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

PINKSTON, HARLIE MILTON, Water Tender, (mother, Mary Elizabeth Boutean, 329 Flynn Avenue, Alva, Okla; enlisted Dallas, Tex, August 14, 1915), USS Pittsburgh, ex-Pennsylvania, armored cruiser (No.4, later CA-4), most of war in South American waters, respiratory disease, October 21, 1918

 

PIROLO, JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Thomas Pirolo, 17 Elm Street, Paterson, N J; enlisted Newark, N J, May 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport R I, respiratory disease, September 24, 1918

 

PITT, VERNER RAY, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Johnnie Etta Pitt, R F D 6, Springfield, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, December 12, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, February 27, 1918

 

PITTMAN, ALLEN WALLACE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Amanda Pittman, Maricopa, Calif; enlisted Los Angeles, Calif, December 14, 1917), Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif, disease, March 12, 1918

 

PLACE, EDNA E, Nurse, US Navy Nurse Corps, serving at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa, died of influenza, September 25, 1918, awarded Navy Cross (right, citation - thanks to Eric Nash)

 

PLAINE, JOSEPH WELLINGTON, Seaman Signalman, 1st class, (father, Philip Plaine, 364 East Main Street, Newark, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1917), SS Merton Hall, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, 30 miles N by E off Ushant, NW France, February 11, 1918

 

PLANCHON, GILBERT CLEMONT, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), USNRF, (father, John P R Planchon, Monett, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, January 30, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, February 6, 1918

 

PLANT, HOWARD WILLIAM, Electrician, 3rd class (R), (mother, Mrs Agnes Plant, 20 Front Street, Burlington, Vt; enlisted Albany, N Y June 8, 1916), USS Jacob Jones, destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, December 6, 1917

 

PLATT, THOMAS W, Jr, Quartermaster, 3rd class USNRF, (father, Thomas W Platt, 24 Walnut Avenue, Andover, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 7, 1917), Ellsworth, Me, respiratory disease, October 14, 1918

 

PLEASANT, RICHARD EDWARD, Wardroom Cook, (sister, Lucille Miles, 2249 Wyllie Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa; enlisted Charleston, S C, August 25, 1916), Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo, respiratory disease, June 4, 1917

 

PLEW, HOWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, (wife, Alice D Plew, Malage, Wash; enlisted Seattle, Wash, December 6, 1917), USS Mount Vernon, ex-German liner Kronprinzessen Cecilie, troop transport (ID-4508), torpedoed and damaged by U.82 off French Atlantic coast, September 5, 1918

 

PLEWA, JOSEPH, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Andrew Plewa, 360 Amherst Street, Buffalo, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y July 30, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 21, 1918

 

PLOWMAN, GORDON, Yeoman, 3rd class, (brother, M M Plowman, 819 Commonwealth Building, Dallas, Tex; enlisted Dallas, Tex, April 6, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, disease, November 7, 1917

 

POCHEL, HAROLD JULIUS TREMAINE, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mrs Hattie Pochel, Wenatchie, Wash; enlisted Portland, Oreg, December 8, 1917), Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif, respiratory disease, February 6, 1918

 

POCKLINGTON, CLIFFORD TAP, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Cornelius Pocklington, Hollaway, Mich; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, March 30, 1916), USS Arkansas, dreadnought battleship (later BB-33), killed by interurban car, May 25, 1917

 

POE, LEONARD ANDREW, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Lizzie Weber Poe, R R 2, Williston, N Dak; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, July 19, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

POFF, ALFRED, Fireman, 2nd class, (mother, Julis Poff, Murphreesboro, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, April 20, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POFF, MURRY JOHNSON, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, James Andrew Poff, Willis, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, June 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

POFI, QUIRINO JOSEPH, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, Vincenzo Pofi, 551 Union Avenue, Providence, R I; enlisted Newport, R I, June 26, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

POHL, JULIUS, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF, (brother, Hero Pohl, U S S Aeolus, care of postmaster, New York; enlisted Staten Island, N Y July 22, 1917), USS Penobscot, ex-harbor tug, coastal tug (SP-982), US East Coast, drowned, October 5, 1918

 

POLAN, VERNE EMMETT, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Nellie Mahaska Polan, Orion, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, July 2, 1918), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, influenza, October 4, 1918

 

POLAND, ARCHIE LEE, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, H Melvin Poland, R R 4, Abilene, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, July 15, 1918), USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2), respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

POLK, GEORGE RUSSELL, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Tim Polk (address unknown); enlisted Houston, Tex, December 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, January 23, 1918

 

POLLAN, JOHN, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, (Cousin, Daniel Curian, 320 Broadway, Fall River, Mass; enlisted New York, N Y February 6, 1918), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, April 22, 1918

 

POLLARD, DEWEY OLIVER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Maggie A Pollard, Lemon City, Fla; enlisted Miami, Fla, June 10, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, respiratory disease, October 12, 1918

 

POLLARD, EDWARD SPOTTSWOOD, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, William G Pollard, Ayletts, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, July 9, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POLLITT, CHALMER LEWIS, Electrician, 2nd class (R), USNRF, (mother, Emma Pollitt, 663 West Thirty-fifth Place, Los Angeles, Calif; enlisted Los Angeles, Calif, April 10, 1917), Naval Radio Station, San Diego, Calif, drowned, May 5, 1918

 

POLLOCK, DELBERT THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Quincy Elton Pollock, Burlington, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, June 4, 1918), Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash, respiratory disease, October 28, 1918

 

POMEROY, RALPH GORDON, Seaman, 2nd class Reserve Force, (mother, Jessie M Cutler, 4326 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Buffalo, N Y June 3, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, October 1, 1918

 

POMETTA, JAMES JOHN, Landsman for Electrician (R), (brother, Alfred J Pometta, Benicia, Calif; enlisted Mare Island, Calif, November 26, 1917), Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif, influenza/respiratory disease, October 23, 1918

 

PONCE, MICHAEL FRANCIS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (brother, John J Ponce, 8 Acorn Street, Elmhurst, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y May 13, 1918), Brooklyn, City Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, September 23, 1918

 

POOL, JESSE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Julia Pool, Baldwin, Ga; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, May 8, 1917), USS South Carolina, dreadnought battleship (later BB-26), disease, May 31, 1917

 

POOLSEN, CARL MARTIN, Lieutenant (Junior grade), USNRF (inactive, never called to active duty), (wife, Mary C Aiken Poolsen, 3520 M 1/2 Street, Galveston, Tex; appointed New York), at his home, 236 West Tenth Street, New York, N Y, natural causes, October 17, 1918

 

POPE, ARCHIE HARRIS, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Willmon H Pope, Columbia, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Miss, December 15, 1917), USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2), respiratory disease, October 1, 1918

 

POPE, GEORGE ERSKINE, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Ammie May Barrett Pope, South Jacksonville, Fla, Box 51; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, December 19, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 1, 1918

 

POPE, RUFUS EARL, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, (Nancy E Pope, London, Ky; enlisted Louisville, Ky, May 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, September 23, 1918

 

POPE, WILLIAM ARCHIE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Josphine Pope, 138 Overton Place, Knoxville, Tenn; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, April 20, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POPPELL, FELIX GEORGE, Seaman, USCG, (mother, Mrs Isabella F Poppell, Quay, Fla), USS Tampa, ex-USCG Cutter, ocean escort, left escort of HG.107, torpedoed and sunk by UB.91 off Bristol Channel in 50.40N, 06.19W (total of 115 crew and 16 passengers lost), September 26, 1918

 

PORTER, A H, Water Tender (other sources), USS Memphis, ex-Tennessee, armored cruiser (No.10), wrecked by tidal wave off Santo Domingo City, August 29, 1916

 

PORTER, A H, Water Tender (other sources), USS Memphis, ex-Tennessee, armored cruiser (No.10), wrecked by tidal wave off Santo Domingo City, August 29, 1916

 

PORTER, AMOS MARCELLUS, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, (mother, Kate C Porter, Ashland, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, May 8, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage) ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PORTER, BERNARD LA CHANCE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Chase T Porter, Richwood, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, May 13, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 25, 1918

 

PORTER, GORDON CRUISERE, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs J Scanlon, 317 Dix Avenue, Detroit, Mich; enlisted St Louis, Mo, April 6, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

PORTER, HAROLD GREENE, Lieutenant (JG), Medical Corps (class 4), Naval Reserve Force, (mother, Mrs Genevieve O Porter, 1751 West Genesee Street, Syracuse, N Y; appointed New York), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 10, 1918

 

PORTER, HARRY PAGE, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, (father, Bert Page Porter, Bodwell Street, Sanford, Me; enlisted Portland, Me, April 26, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, May 14, 1918

 

PORTER, WILLIAM HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Sarah Porter, 4153 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted United States Naval Auxiliary Reserve School, Chicago, Ill, May 14, 1918), Naval Auxiliary Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio, respiratory disease, August 1, 1918

 

PORTER, WILLIAM I, Fireman, 2nd class, (wife May E Porter, 8114 Sixty-sixth Avenue SE, Portland, Oreg; enlisted Portland, Oreg, April 5, 1918), USS West Bridge, freighter (ID-2888), in convoy, torpedoed and badly damaged by U.107 some 400 miles west of France, August 15, 1918

 

PORTNER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, Seaman, (mother, Theresa Russell, 1501 North Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, March 16, 1917), USS Benham, destroyer (later DD-49), drowned, July 22, 1918

 

POST, CARL JOHN, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (wife, Gladys Alene Post, Thayer, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, October 5, 1918

 

POST, FREDERICK ELSWORTH, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Fred E Post, 98 2nd Street, Keyport, N J; enlisted New York, N Y October 1, 1917), USS Cherokee, ex- Luckenbach No.2, tug (ID-458), foundered in gale about 12 miles off Fenwick Island Light Vessel, February 26, 1918

 

POSTON, CHARLES WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Cynthia Ann Poston, Des Arc, Mo; enlisted St Louis, Mo, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

POTE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Oiler, (sister, Mabel Pote, 2021 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, January 8, 1916), USS Jacob Jones, destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53, December 6, 1917

 

POTIER, SYLVAIN, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Adam Potier, R F D 1, Breaux Bridge, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, July 24, 1917), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, January 10, 1918

 

POTTER, CHARLES GILBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mary Jane Potter, Alba, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, June 4, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, influenza, October 14, 1918

 

POTTER, GEORGE ARTHUR, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Birt Potter, Canton, Iowa; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, May 22, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 29, 1918

 

POTTER, HAROLD CLARK, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Sarah Jenkins, Melville, N Dak; enlisted Minneapolis, Minn, April 20, 1918), Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md, influenza/respiratory disease, October 19, 1918

 

POTTER, HARRY LEROY, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, (mother, Mrs Emma J Potter, 108 East McClure Avenue, Peoria, Ill; enlisted Newport, R I, June 29, 1916), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POTTER, NORMAN CHARLES, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (father, Charles E Potter, box 584, Wellsburg, W Va; enlisted Pittsburgh, Pa, July 12, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

POTTER, STEPHEN, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (brother, John H Potter, Passadena Apartments, Detroit, Mich; appointed Michigan), lost to enemy action over North Sea, April 25, 1918

 

POTTS, HARRY, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Owen Potts, Crestwood, Ky; enlisted Indianapolis, Ind, December 14, 1917), USS Shaw, destroyer (later DD-68), escorting British SS Aquitania, rudder jammed and crossed Aquitania's bow, lost 90 feet of own bow, returned to England, October 9, 1918

 

POTZ, LOUIS, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, (brother, Fred J Potz, 551 Ashland Avenue, Detroit, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, March 21, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage) ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POU, EDWIN S, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (wife, Mrs Edwin S Pou, Smithfleld, N C; appointed North Carolina), Naval Air Station, Illetudy, France, aeroplane accident, October 28, 1918

 

POULSEN, ANDERS, Assistant Master-at-Arms, USCG, (Mrs Signe Poulsen, Voer, Denmark), USS Tampa, ex-USCG Cutter, ocean escort, left escort of HG.107, torpedoed and sunk by UB.91 off Bristol Channel in 50.40N, 06.19W (total of 115 crew and 16 passengers lost), September 26, 1918

 

POULSON, JOHN HENRY, Fireman, 1st class, (father, John A Poulson, Mammoth, Utah; enlisted Salt Lake City, Utah, April 14, 1917), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, September 28, 1918

 

POWELL, ALONZO GRISWOLD, Chief Machinist's Mate, (mother, Mrs Christine Powell, Jeffersonville, Vt; enlisted Burlington, Vt, January 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y, respiratory disease, October 6, 1918

 

POWELL, FOSTER SAUNDER, Yeoman, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Edna Virginia Powell, 2002 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va; enlisted Norfolk, Va, May 10, 1918), on leave, respiratory disease, October 21, 1918

 

POWELL, JAMES POLK, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Lisbon L Powell, Kemp, Tex; enlisted Jackson, Miss, July 23, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POWER, JACKSON, Ensign, USNRF (class 3), (mother, Mrs Irene Power, 504 West One hundred and twelfth Street, New York, N Y; appointed New York), USS George Washington, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3018), respiratory disease, October 13, 1918

 

POWERS, CLYDE SELBY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Feme Warrick Powers, Waynesville, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, May 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

POWERS, FRANK HERBERT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (father, George Powers, 1313 Kenton Street, Springfield, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, March 3, 1917), USS Roe, destroyer (later DD-24), at Naval Base Hospital No 5, disease, July 3, 1918

 

POWERS, FRANK JAMES, Landsman for Electrician (G), (father, Edmond Powers, 1116 2nd Avenue, Peoria, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, January 9, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, February 18, 1918

 

POWERS, JOSEPH FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Joseph Powers, 1138 Wenona Avenue, Oak Park, Ill; enlisted Chicago, Ill, June 6, 1918), Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash, accidentally drowned, August 10, 1918

 

POWERS, LINWOOD LAWRENCE, Chief Carpenter's Mate, (wife, Linda Powers, 2 Armstrong Street, Portsmouth, Va; enlisted Norfolk, Va, December 15, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 15, 1918

 

POWERS, RAYMOND ORA, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Edith F Davis, Plainville, Ohio; enlisted Cincinnati, Ohio, July 18, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

POWERS, ROBERT HARDY, Painter, 2nd class, (mother, Mrs Mary Powers, R D 2, Asheville, N C; enlisted Raleigh, N C, June 4, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage) ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

POYNEER, WARNER RAYWALT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (father, Seymour Poyneer, Branchfort, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y December 15, 1917), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 23, 1918

 

PRATHER, DEWEY RAY, Electrician, 1st class, (mother, Mrs Ellen Prather, box 45-O, Route 3, Thirty-ninth and Wolman Streets, San Diego, Calif; enlisted San Diego, Calif, March 19, 1917), Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla, respiratory disease, October 21, 1918

 

PRATT, CHESTER HARMON, Ship's Cook, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Ester Harmon Pratt, Durand, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, July 13, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 1, 1918

 

PRATT, CLAUDE EDWARD, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, (mother, Gertrude M Pratt, Lindsborg, Kans; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, December 11, 1917), Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, March 4, 1918

 

PRATT, HAROLD EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, (Guardian, Frank Cram, 27 Wilson Street, Eastport, Me; enlisted Portland, Me, December 21, 1916), Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, Brooklyn, N Y, respiratory disease, October 23, 1918

 

PRATT, JOHN D, Gunner, (wife, Mrs John D Pratt, 398 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y; appointed New York), Boston, Mass, died, May 14, 1917

 

PRAY, HARRY ORTON, Electrician, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, George E Pray, Traverse City, Mich; enlisted Traverse City, Mich, July 23, 1917), USS Indiana, battleship (later BB-1), disease, February 8, 1918

 

PRESCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, (mother, Bertha M Walsh, 121 Charles Street, Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, November 8, 1916), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, respiratory disease, February 8, 1918

 

PRESTON, JOHN RICHARD, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (wife, Mary Preston, 19 Meadow Avenue, Lonsdale, R I; enlisted Newport, R I, December 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, New London, Conn, respiratory disease, September 20, 1918

 

PREY, LOUIS K, Carpenter, (wife, Mrs Louis E Prey, Vallejo, Calif, or 306 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, N Y; appointed New York), Brooklyn, N Y, disease, March 2, 1918

 

PRICE, HARRY, Ship's Cook, 4th class, USNRF, (brother, Simon Price, 67 Joy Street, Boston, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, April 10, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 11, 1918

 

PRICE, HERBERT REGINAL, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Herbert R Price, 1616 Ellamont Street, Baltimore, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, April 23, 1917), USS Cyclops, collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 

PRICE, JESSE EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Joseph Edward Price, Shenandoah Junction, W Va; enlisted Baltimore, Md, June 19, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

PRICE, JULIUS CLYDE, Landsman for Yeoman, (wife, Frances Wright Price, Summerville Road, Rome, Ga; enlisted Atlanta, Ga, July 13, 1918), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 3, 1918

 

PRICE, LAWRENCE HANNON, Fireman, 3rd class, United States Naval Force, (wife, Gertrude M Price, 4530 South Benton Street, Kansas City, Mo; enlisted Kansas City, Mo, October 10, 1917), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, died, December 12, 1917

 

PRICE, THOMAS EDWIN, Storekeeper, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Cornelia Price, Centerville, Md; enlisted Ocean City, Aid, August 17, 1917), United States Army Hospital, Mailly, Marne, France, respiratory disease, October 22, 1918

 

PRILLAMAN, SETH EDWIN, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, Elkanah Prillaman, Callaway, Va; enlisted Richmond, Va, June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 4, 1918

 

PRIME, WILLIAM HEERMANCE, Seaman, USCG, (mother, Mrs Jessie H Prime, 75 Locust Avenue, Yonkers, N Y), USS Seneca, ex-USCG revenue cutter, ocean escort, member of steaming party on torpedoed British tanker SS Wellington in Gibraltar convoy OM.99, drowned attempting to abandon ship, September 16, 1918

 

PRINGLE, BRUCE CHARLES, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (father, George R Pringle, 18 Thompson Court, Pontiac, Mich; enlisted Detroit, Mich, June 28, 1918), USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast, respiratory disease, October 11, 1918

 

PRINZ, FRANK JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Henry Hurdelbrink, Sherwood, N Dak; enlisted St Louis, Mo, June 23, 1917), USS Michigan, dreadnought battleship (later BB-27), foremast carried away in heavy seas off Cape Hatteras (total of 6 killed and 13 injured), January 15, 1918

 

PRITCHARD, WILLIAM HENRY, Fireman, 2nd class, (Harriet Pritchard, Plymouth, Calif; enlisted San Francisco, Calif, December 8, 1917), Naval Hospital, Liege, France, influenza, November 9, 1918

 

PRITZLAFF, CHARLES PHILLIP, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, (wife, Edith Elizabeth Pritzlaff, 4538 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Ill; enlisted Peoria, Ill, June 13, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 22, 1918

 

PROCTOR, BASIL ALLEN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Ida Proctor, Shadyslde, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, December 11, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, October 14, 1918

 

PROFFITT, JOHN MILTON, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, James Madison Proffitt, Burnsville, N C; enlisted Raleigh, N C, July 11, 1918), Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va, respiratory disease, October 2, 1918

 

PROUTY, ALBERT BENJAMIN RANDOLPH, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 4), (father, Albert Henry Prouty, North Brookfield, Mass; appointed Massachusetts), USS New York, dreadnought battleship (later BB-34), respiratory disease, November 10, 1918

 

PROUTY, LLOYD LENTON, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, Merritt A Prouty, Davenport, Wash; enlisted Portland, Oreg, April 24, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, May 25, 1918

 

PRYOR, JAMES PATRICK, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, James Pryor, 30 Radford Street, Yonkers, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y June 4, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, October 1, 1918

 

PRZYBYLSKI, VALENTINE, Fireman, 3rd class, (father, Mr Leon Przybylski, 150 Rother Avenue, Buffalo, N Y; enlisted Buffalo, N Y April 24, 1917), USS Von Steuben, ex-German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, troop transport (ID-3017), sailing Brest for Norfolk, No.2, 5in gun fired at suspected U-boat (flotsam), shell exploded prematurely, killed, March 5, 1918

 

PUFFER, PERCY WILBUR, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), (mother, Mrs Elizabeth A Puffer, Columbia, Me; enlisted Burlington, Vt, December 15, 1917), Naval Training Station, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va, street car accident, killed, May 25, 1918

 

PUGH, DAVID EDWIN CLAUDE, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Albionia Rogers Pugh, 3735 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Nashville, Tenn, December 10, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, January 4, 1918

 

PUGH, RUSSELL HAWORTH, Apprentice Seaman USNRF, (mother, Albionia Rogers Pugh, 3735 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, July 1, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, October 4, 1918

 

PULHAM, CHARLES ALEXANDER, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, (father, Mr Thomas W Pulham, 2934 East Baltimore, Baltimore, Md; enlisted Baltimore, Md, May 29, 1918), Naval Hospital, Newport, R I, respiratory disease, September 17, 1918

 

PULIS, JAMES BRYSON, Ship's Cook, 3rd class, USNRF, (wife, Mrs Margaret J Pulis, 138 Elder Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Navy Yard, New York, N Y August 7, 1917), USS George Washington, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3018), asphyxiation by illuminating gas, March 30, 1918

 

PULLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT, Seaman, 3rd class, (Mrs John Thomas Pulley, 543 Octavia Street, New Orleans, La; enlisted New Orleans, La, April 12, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, N Y, respiratory disease, April 7, 1918

 

PULS, EDWIN ERNEST, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (Sarah Ernestine Puls, 368 Seventeenth Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis; enlisted Milwaukee, Wis, June 20, 1918), Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, N J, respiratory disease, October 1, 1918

 

PULVER, HAROLD LESLIE, Seaman, 1st class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Emma Pulver, 119 West Main Street, Meriden, Conn; enlisted New Haven, Conn, May 7, 1917), Naval Hospital, New York, respiratory disease, September 21, 1917

 

PURCELL, JOHN LEO, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (father, John Purcell, Richfield Springs, N Y; enlisted Syracuse, N Y June 3, 1918), Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y, respiratory disease, October 5, 1918

 

PURDON, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Landsman for Quartermaster, USNRF (not in active Service), (mother, Henrietta Purdon, 86 High Rock Street, Lynn, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, July 9, 1918), Union Hospital, Lynn, Mass, respiratory disease, September 28, 1918

 

PURINTON, NATHANIEL SNOW, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Mrs Marion Stevens, 189 Lisbon Street, Lewiston, Me; enlisted Portland, Me, June 26, 1918), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 19, 1918

 

PURINTON, ROLAND EARLE, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, (father, Emery E Purinton, Bowdoinham, Me; enlisted Bath, Me, April 26, 1917), Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass, influenza, September 24, 1918

 

PURVIS, CLAUDE H, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mrs Francis A Purvis, Puckett, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Miss, December 8, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, January 16, 1918

 

PURVIS, WILLIAM V, Apprentice Seaman, (mother, Mrs Cornelia Purvis, R F D No 2, box 50, Pelahatchie, Miss; enlisted Jackson, Miss, December 7, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, January 17, 1918

 

PUTNAM EDWARD PAYSON, Landsman for Ship's Fitter (A), USNRF, (aunt, Mrs Elizabeth F Grover, 60 Burleigh Street, Waterville, Me; enlisted Lewiston, Me, August 6, 1918), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, respiratory disease, October 12, 1918

 

PUTNAM, AVERT WENTWORTH, Fireman, 3rd class, (mother, Mary Patterson Putnam, Rutland, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, December 4, 1917), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, respiratory disease, March 25, 1918

 

PUTNAM, ROY LEE, Seaman, 2nd class, (father, William H Putnam, Phoenix, Ala; enlisted Des Moines, Iowa, May 29, 1917), USS Montana, armored cruiser (No.13, later CA-13), at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, accidental discharge of double-loaded gun on 18th, died of multiple injuries, February 20, 1918

 

 

Q

 

QUARRELS, DAVID CROCKET, Seaman (Sevier County, Tenn), USS Pastores, troop transport (AF-16), died December 30, 1918, listed on the Tablets of the Missing, Suresnes American Cemetery, France (added with thanks to Eric Nash)

 

QUEEN, DUDLEY W, Assistant Surgeon, USNRF (class 4), (father, David W Queen, care of Cooper & Coker, Georgetown, Tex; appointed Texas), Royal Hospital, Haulbowline, Ireland, disease, November 20, 1917

 

QUEENEY LAWRANCE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (sister, Marie Queeney, Hillsboro, Ind; enlisted St Loui, Mo, July 8, 1918), Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza, September 26, 1918

 

QUENNELL, HARRY IRVING, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, (mother, Hattie L Quennell, 244 Broadway, Somerville, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, September 20, 1917), Naval Training Camp, Deer Island, Mass, influenza, September 24, 1918

 

QUESTO, CLARENCE GEORGE, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF, (Mrs Anna Ariola, Altaville, Calif; enlisted Lodi, Calif, June 25, 1917), USS Ringgold (BN - Ringold), destroyer (later DD-89), influenza, November 2, 1918

 

QUIDADO, GABINO, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, (wife, Lonmrada Quidado, 305 Asoncion, Manila, PI; enlisted Cavite, PI, June 16, 1917), USS Abarenda, collier (No.13), killed on board, October 25, 1918

 

QUIGLEY, FRANK HUGH, Acting Carpenter, USCG, (Mrs Annie E Quigley, Pond Hill, Wallingford, Conn), USS Tampa, ex-USCG Cutter, ocean escort, left escort of HG.107, torpedoed and sunk by UB.91 off Bristol Channel in 50.40N, 06.19W (total of 115 crew and 16 passengers lost), September 26, 1918

 

QUILL, JOHN ALOYSIUS, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, (sister, Nora Henley, 1304 West 3rd Street, Wilmington, Del; enlisted Philadelphia, Pa, July 11, 1918), Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash, respiratory disease, September 29, 1918

 

QUINLAN, JOHN JAMES, Chief Water Tender, (mother, Ellen Quinlan, 19 Bellevue Street, Bedford, Mass; enlisted Boston, Mass, December 9, 1913), Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va, disease, September 20, 1917

 

QUINN, E J, Water Tender (other sources), USS Memphis, ex-Tennessee, armored cruiser (No.10), wrecked by tidal wave off Santo Domingo City, August 29, 1916

 

QUINN, SAMUEL, Ship’s Cook, 4th class, USNRF (not in active Service), (father, Abraham Quinn, 76 Gerry Street, Brooklyn, N Y; enlisted Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N Y June 29, 1918), 76 Gerry Street, Brooklyn, N Y, influenza, October 20, 1918

 

QUIST, HENRY GOTFRED, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, (mother, Hanna Quist, 3932 Seton Avenue, Bronx, N Y; enlisted New York, N Y June 7, 1918), Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill, respiratory disease, September 30, 1918

 

QUOTA, THOMAS GUY, Apprentice Seaman, (father, Henry Quota, Youkum, Tex; enlisted Houston, Tex, November 15, 1917), Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C, disease, January 10, 1918

 

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