1. Information is in order - Date of death, Ship, Base or Location, Incident, Name, Rank, Service other than USN, Cause of death. (For Next of kin and  Appointment/Enlistment information, see lists by Name)
2. Main abbreviations: A - Aviation, DOI - died of injuries, DOW - died of wounds, 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 Name, starting at Abbate and ending at Zwieseland

 APRIL

 

 

April 1, 1917

 

SS Aztec, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.46 approx. 25 miles off Ushant, NW France (total of 28 crew lost)

 EOPOLUCCI, JOHN ISADORE, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, member of Armed Guard, first USN enlisted man to lose his life in the World War.

 

 

April 6, 1917

 

UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF WAR

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 WICK, CARL JOHN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease         

 

 

April 8, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 SEELEY, HENRY BURTON, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ISBISTER, JOHN, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

 

April 10, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 FAVRE, SYLVAN JOHN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease  

 HUTSON, CHARLES ROBERT, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo

 FORRESTER, EDWARD AUGUST, Oiler, respiratory disease   

 

 

April 11, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 CURRY, EUGENE EDWARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 SLEEPER, LAWRENCE MAXWELL, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 

 

April 12, 1917

 

13th Naval District

 HEMPHILL, NELSON EUGENE, Electrician, 2nd class (G), USNRF (not in active Service), died     

 

Naval Hospital, Narragansett Bay, R I

 BARNAUD, ERROL WILLIAM, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 CARLEY, HERBERT LESLIE, Chief Yeoman, respiratory disease       

 

 

April 13, 1917

 

 at home

 SMISCHNY, EARL RALPH, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BRADY, ARTHUR THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 MAHEU, FRANK WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 WHITE, EVERETT WILLIAM, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, illness/disease     

 

Receiving Ship, San Francisco, Calif

 DUARTEY, JOSEPH ANGELUS, Shipwright, poisoned   

 

 

April 14, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo

 ALM, EDWINO ALFRED, Chief Carpenter's Mate, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 PHILO, ARCHIE, Blacksmith, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 RITENOUR, WILLIAM HENDRICK, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, wounded, but not in action          

 

 

April 15, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 McLEY, JAMES NELSON, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease         

 MORRIS, WENDALL NEY, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

 

April 16, 1917

 

Brooklyn, N Y

 ALLEN, EDWARD, Chief Boatswain, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BOHNE, JESSE JAMES, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HOLLAND, ANDREW AugustINE, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease        

 

USS Villalobos, gunboat, ex-Spanish (No.42, later PG-42), Yangste Patrol, believed Shanghai

 BUSCH, CHARLES EDWARD, Coxswain, respiratory disease  

 

 

April 17, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo

 CONNOLLY, JAMES, Water Tender, respiratory disease 

 

USS South Dakota, armored cruiser (No.9, later Huron, CA-9)

 YOUNG, GEORGE LEON, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease 

 

 

April 18, 1917

 

Receiving Ship, Boston, Mass

 McPHERSON, WELDON A, Seaman, USNRF, wounded, but not in action   

 

 

April 19, 1917

 

USS Saturn, collier (later AG-4)

 DURKIN, JOHN JAMES, Seaman, USNRF, fell into hatch, killed         

 

 

April 21, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia Pa

 COLTON, LESLIE P, Apprentice Seaman, NNV, respiratory disease   

 

USS Charleston, protected cruiser (No.22, later CA-19)

 PFLUM, MIRIE MORTON, Fireman, 2nd class, fall

 

 

April 22, 1917

 

USS Huntington, ex-West Virginia, armored cruiser (No.5, later CA-5)

 WHITE, FRED JAY, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, wounded, but not in action    

 

 

April 23, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 FLETCHER, GEORGE D, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease      

 HOLYFIELD, CHARLIE MONROE, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

 

April 23, 1917

 

USS Arkansas, dreadnought battleship (later BB-33)

 SCOLIO, JASPER, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease 

 

 

April 24, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 HENRY, JOHN FLOURNOY, Jr, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 FROST, LEON LYCURGUS, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HATCHER, WARREN JOHNSON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 YDERSTAD, NELS, Fireman, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 HERRING, CLYDE LUTHER, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 REYNOLDS, ZIBA WELLS, Pay Director, illness/disease

 

 

April 25, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HOLLEAR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va

 MITCHELL, ALBEE LEWIS, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease       

 

 

April 26, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 CRAIN, SAMUEL HARVEY, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 HAMER, PAUL MILVIN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease       

 KOHL, JOSEPH, Oiler, illness/disease       

 

Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa

 BOSLEY, CLARENCE E, Seaman, USNRF, drowned     

 

USS Arizona, dreadnought battleship (later BB-39)

 BAUER, LEROY WILBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

 

April 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DOUGLAS, FOREST ELLIS, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease          

 

 

April 28, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 CROWE, SAMUEL FRANKLIN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 BLOOM, CHARLES H, Apprentice Seaman, NNV, illness/disease      

 

Newport, R I

 WIEGAND, CHARLES O, Seaman, USNRF, injured, DOI

 

SS Vacuum, tanker, torpedoed and sunk by U.21, around 120 miles west of Hebrides, NE Scotland

 DONALD, ALEXANDER, Seaman, 2nd class

 FISCHER, CHARLES JOHN, Coxswain

 LUCKAN, CHARLES FRANCIS, Seaman

 THOMAS, CLARENCE C, Lieutenant, in command of Armed Guard, first USN officer killed.

 

 

April 29, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 REYES, PERFECTO, Native Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 GANTT, JAMES ROBERT S, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 WEST, FRANK EARNEST, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 COLLOM, SAMUEL, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 EDWARDS, AMOS GRAY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 

 

April 30, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HUBBARD, JOHN SIDNEY, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 ARMSTRONG, MARTIN JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

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