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

 

DECEMBER

 

 

December 2, 1917

 

USS America, ex-German liner Amerika, troop transport (ID-3006)

 BURDET, FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease (right - thanks to Eric Nash)

 

 

 

 

December 3, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BOWSER, JAMES MONROE, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ALTMAN, IRBY ANDERSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 STARK, HARRY EARL, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease     

 WILLINGHAM, WILLIE MORGAN, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 

Norfolk, Va

 WILLIAMS, RICHARD BLAND, Surgeon (Medical Corps), wounded, but not in action         

 

USS George Washington, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3018)

 STOREY, DANIEL DEWEY, Seaman, 2nd class, injured 

 

 

December 4, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 DUNCAN, JAMES BRADY, Blacksmith, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Training Station, Cedar Falls, Iowa

 MINKLE, HAROLD WATSON, Seaman, 2nd class, killed by train       

 

Quincy, Mass

 WELLS, JOHN C, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, accident, died      

 

 

December 5, 1917

 

Aviation Naval Headquarters, Paris, France, airplane accident (location probably outside Paris)

 BAKER, CLAUDE ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned        

 

St Marys Hospital, Hoboken N J

 ABEL, LUTHER VELVIN, Seaman, 2nd class, injured     

 

USS Yantic, old wooden-hulled gunboat, training ship, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 OAK, HARRY ARTHUR, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

 

December 6, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md

 IRWIN, GLENDON WARD, Ensign, died     

 

Naval Hospital, Maiden, Mass

 BOYLE, JOHN JOSEPH, Chief Water Tender, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 RICE, EARL ALBERT, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HALL, JOHN MARSHALL, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

   

 

 

 

USS Jacob Jones (above; also image of the torpedo exploding, taken by Seaman William G Ellis. No enlargement), destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53

 ANDERSEN, HENRY P, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 BIELATOWICZ, JOHN WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 BRAMMALL, JOHN THOMAS, Jr, Chief Water Tender

 BRANNIGAN, JAMES, Fireman, 2nd class

 BRYAN, GEORGE FREDERICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 BUTLER, JOHN EDWARD, Fireman, 2nd class

 CHAPPIE, FRANK WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 COONEY, JOHN JOSEPH, Chief Water Tender

 COSTIGAN, MAURICE JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class

 CROSS, JAMES FRANK MORISON, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 CUMMINGS, JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class

 DISMUKE, EDWARD TOM, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 DONOVAN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, Boiler maker

 EBISCH, CABL G, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 FAVREAU, HENRY PHILIPPE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 FISHER, REGINALD JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class

 FITZGERALD, JAMES STEPHEN, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 FLAHERTY, JOHN JAMES, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 FLANAGHAN, THOMAS HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class

 FRANCIS, JAMES ALVA, Electrician, 3rd class

 FRENCH, CHARLES, Fireman, 1st class, Fleet Reserve

 GIFFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS, Fireman, 2nd class

 GREGORY, SCHUYLER, Coppersmith

 GRINNELL, CLIFTON STEPHENS, Seaman, 2nd class

 HIGHET, LELAND McKEAND, Seaman, 2nd class

 HILL, LUTHER, Fireman, 1st class

 HOOD, HARRY R, Gunner

 JASKOLSKI, FRANCIS JOHN, Fireman, 2nd class

 JOHNSON, DOCK, Cabin Cook

 KALK, STANTON F, Lieutenant (JG), exposure     

 KEARNEY, WILLIAM HIRST, Oiler

 LA COMBE, HENRY JOSEPH, Fireman, 2nd class

 LASKON, WILLIAM FRANK, Fireman, 1st class

 LEEDY, ARCHIE, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LENTZ, HERBERT PAUL, Fireman, 2nd class

 MAGENUEIMER, FREDERICK, Fireman, 1st class

 McGINTY, JOHN WILLIAM, Water Tender

 McKEOWN, BERNARD JOSEPH, Fireman, 1st class

 MENDES, JOSE ANTHONY, Fireman, 1st class

 MERKEL, GEORGE CHRISTIAN, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 MICHALEO, JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class

 MONTIEL, ALFONSO, Mess Attendant, 2nd class

 MORGAN, EUGENE JOHN, Yeoman, 2nd class

 MORRISSETTE, WALTER, Ship's Cook, 1st class, injured       

 MURPHY, JOSEPH PATRICK, Fireman, 3rd class, injured       

 MURPHY, SIMON THOMAS, Fireman, 3rd class

 NEE, MARTIN JOSEPH, Chief Machinist's Mate

 PETERSON, ARTHUR JOSEPH, Quartermaster, 1st class

 PHILLIPS, ADOLPH, Water Tender

 PLANT, HOWARD WILLIAM, Electrician, 3rd class (R)

 POTE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Oiler

 ROGERS, COIT SEYMOUR, Storekeeper, 3rd class

 ROGERS, GEORGE FRANCIS, Fireman, 3rd class

 SANFORD, CHARLIE HEIDEL, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class

 SIMMONS, CHARLES ROBERT, Machinist's Mate, 1st class (BN - killed in accident)       

 SIMPSON, WALLACE, Cabin Steward

 SOHN, WILLIAM HENRY, Chief Machinist's Mate

 STARK, RICHARD JOSEPH, Quartermaster, 1st class

 STEINER, SIMON, Chief Quartermaster

 SWEENEY, JAMES TEREANCE, Oiler

 TUFTS, JOHN THOMAS, Blacksmith

 WETZEL, LEON JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class

 WILLIAMS, RALPH BURGEE, Seaman

(Note: the above list totals 63 men lost. Variations include Naval History and Heritage Center  - 64 lost, and Wikipedia - 66, 2 officers and 64 men. The differences need reconciliation)

 

December 7, 1917

 

Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va

 RICHTER, GEORGE, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, injured (not known if flying-related)          

Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 SCHAEFER, JOSEPH, Chief Electrician (G), died of burns       

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HUTCHESON, ROY ALVIN, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 

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

 SPANGLER, GEORGE ANDREW, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned       

 

USS Montana, armored cruiser (No.13, later CA-13)

 WILLIAMS, BRUCE BRECHEEN, Yeoman, 3rd class, drowned          

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 FORE, ELLIE ELBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

 

December 8, 1917

 

USS Jacob Jones, destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53 (on 6th)

 DOLEZAL, GEORGE, Water Tender, presumably DOI     

 

Willard Parker Hospital, New York, N Y

 LYONS, RAYMOND THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

 

December 9, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 GOUGH, EARNEST MARVIN, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease

 

Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 McCRARY, HARRY LEE, Electrician, 1st class, injured  

 

USS Georgia, battleship (later BB-15)

 GROZIER, EDGAR SNOW, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

 

December 10, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 SHINN, EDWARD COFFIN, Chief Water Tender, illness/disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 SPROUSE, EMMET, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

USS Antigone, ex-German Neckar, troop transport (ID-3007)

 WHITE, ALBERT E, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, drowned         

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 DILLON, FRANCIS XAVIER, Electrician, 2nd class, NNV, respiratory disease       

 

 

December 11, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 RAMSEY, WILLIAM HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

USS Baltimore, ex-protected cruiser (No.3), minelayer (later CM-1)

 PINKE, JOHN HOWARD, Cabin Steward, illness/disease

 

USS Cuyama, oil tanker (No.3, later AO-3)

 GLEICH, RICHARD NORMAN, Seaman, 2nd class, fell from foremast

 

USS Frederick, ex-Maryland, armored cruiser (No.8, later CA-8)

 WARREN, CHARLES, Fireman, 1st class, injured 

 

 

December 12, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 CARNALL, MILTON PAGE, Oiler, NNV, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 EVANS, GEORGE STOKER, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 STEPHENSON, JOHN R, Seaman, NNV, illness/disease         

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 PRICE, LAWRENCE HANNON, Fireman, 3rd class, United States Naval Force, died        

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 BURTON, RICHARD, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, trolley car accident    

 

Receiving Ship, Washington, D C

 MULCAHY, JOHN MICHAEL, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease       

 

USS Chemung, ex-USS Pocohontas, fleet tug (No.18), fire room blaze

 HAMPTON, LOYD JOHN, Water Tender

 ROSS, BRUCE W, Machinist, burns, died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va (BN - duplicated entry, also ROSS, BRUCE WALLACE, Chief Machinist's Mate; NHC - Machinist trainee)

 

 

USS Elizabeth (above), ex-chandler's workboat, patrol boat (SP-972), Fifth Naval District, Norfolk, Va, sunk in collision with SS Northland (British-owned) in Norfolk Harbor (later salvaged)

 ROSE, THOMAS JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned     

 TOERPE, ARTHUR BEN, Ordnance Gunner (R), injured, died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk     

 

 

December 13, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport R I

 SADDLER, EDWARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BIGGER, DAVID WATSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease

 

Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif

 PICHETT, ZIP EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease       

 

New York, N Y

 DUNN, HENRY ALBERT, Medical Inspector, illness/disease     

 

St Luke's Hospital, New York, N Y

 THOMPSON, ANDREW, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

USS Chemung, ex-USS Pocohontas, fleet tug (No.18) ), fire room blaze on 12th

 WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, Chief Water Tender, died of burns at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va      

 

USS Shada, ex-motor boat, patrol craft (SP-580), coast from Boston to Maine

 BROKAW SHERMAN SEAL, Seaman, USNRF, lost overboard

 

 

December 14, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 FOORD, J S, Apprentice Seaman USNRF, frostbite           

 LANCASTER, AUBREY, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BUTLER, MONETTE FORD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease 

 KEMP, ARON WILSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 RATHBONE, PETER WILLIAM, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease       

 SATURDAY, MAJOR McKINLEY, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

USS Hull, destroyer (later DD-7)

 MATTESON, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, lost overboard

 

USS Shada, ex-motor boat, patrol craft (SP-580), coast from Boston to Maine

 BOLGER, JAMES, Seaman, USNRF, drowned     

 

USS Sonoma, fleet tug (later AT-12), Atlantic Fleet tender

 WEIR, JOHN JOSEPH, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, lost overboard    

 

 

December 15, 1917

 

Lincoln Hospital, New York, N Y

 HAMMER, JAS MARTIN, Seaman, poisoned by illuminating gas        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DUFFY, LEO JOHN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease         

 FRAZIER, HUGH ARTHUR, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 McSWEEN, BONNIE, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, San Pedro, Calif

 HILL, MARTIN JEREMIAH, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease     

 

Royal Italian Naval Hospital, Naples

 HESLEP, WALTER JAMES, Oiler, injured   

 

St Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D C

 MEALLEY, THADDEUS, Chief Yeoman, illness/disease  

 

USS Amphitrite, ex-monitor (BM 2), guardship, New York harbor

 RETTIGER, GEORGE H, Seaman, NNV, illness/disease 

 

USS Pittsburgh, ex-Pennsylvania, armored cruiser (No.4, later CA-4), most of war in South American waters

 STEWART, OSCAR WILL, Fireman, 3rd class, injured    

 

 

December 17, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 WEED, DAVID JONATHAN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 ELLIOTT AMASA, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DUNYHUE, WILLIAM ANDIE, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 WALLER, LAURAMA MALONE, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Aviation, possibly based at Royal Naval Air Station, Felixtowe/Harwich, England, seaplane accident, North Sea, off Harwich, England

 PAGE, PHILLIPS W, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)

US Submarine F-1 (Carp, No.20), sunk in collision with sister boat F-3, underway off California, all drowned

 BELT, JOHN ROBERT, Seaman

 BERNARD, FRANK MATTHEW, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM LESTER, Seaman

 CORSON, HARRY LE ROY, Chief Electrician (G)

 GOONAN, JAMES, Chief Gunners' Mate

 GREENBERG, SIMON, Electrician, 1st class

 HALL, EDWARD EMERSON, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LOVELY, LYMAN FREDERICK, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 McCLUER, RALPH EDGAR, Electrician, 2nd class (G)

 McRAE, DUNCAN ARCHIE, Electrician, 1st class

 MESSANG, JOHN PETER ALBERT, Chief Machinist's Mate

 METZ, GROVER EDWIN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 SCOTT, RAY ELSWORTH, Electrician, 1st class

 SMITH, ELBERT PESHINE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 STEWART, GUY RAYMOND, Chief Machinist's Mate

 STOUGH, DUDLEY, Chief Gunner's Mate (T)

 VINCENT, CHARLES FRIDLEY, Electrician, 2nd class (G)

 WALSH, THOMAS ALFRED, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 WYATT, CLYDE WILLIAM, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 

USS George Washington, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3018), both washed overboard in heavy sea

 KVIDAHL, GEORGE OSCAR, Seaman, 2nd class

 MURPHY, LEO BOYD, Seaman, 2nd class

 

USS Powhatan, ex-German passenger ship Hamburg, troop transport (ID-3013), steering engine accident

 BECKMAN, LAMBERT FREDERICK, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, killed by escaping steam         

 

 

December 18, 1917

 

at home

 GREENE, EDWARD FORBES, Lieutenant (retired), respiratory disease, Cambridge, Mass           

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BRANDON, ROY ADLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 BRATT, EARL McKINLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va

 BROW (father's name, Brown), JOHN NEUMAN, Seaman, carbolic acid poisoning            

 

San Diego, Calif

 MURRY, JOHN JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

 

December 19, 1917

 

Headquarters, Newport, R I

 MOORE, IRVING T, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 KNOWLTON, WILLIAM HEWITT, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease          

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BROWNELL, LAWRENCE WILLIAM, Electrician, 3rd class USNRF, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 KNOPP, FRANCIS LEMOYNE, Yeoman, 3rd class, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ARNOLD, RICHARD ELOS, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

SS Rochester, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.95, 800 miles west of Ireland, on November 3

 WHEELER, GEORGE FRANKLIN, Seaman, 2nd class, died of exposure, presumably after being picked up

 

USS Henley, destroyer (later DD-39)

 TRUE, HORACE MERRILL, Fireman, 3rd class, found dead in fireroom        

 

 

December 20, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea Mass

 WILDE, FREDERICK HERBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser (No.3, later CA-3), Asiatic Station, at Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I

 ZENOR, JOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN, Lieutenant (T), fall on board, presumably DOI          

 

USS Kansas, battleship (later BB-21)

 SAMUELSON, BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, NNV, injured on board       

 

 

December 21, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 WARREN, THOMAS, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 McCORD, IRWIN ALONZO, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 MITCHELL, RAYMOND EDWARD, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease           

 

USS Artemis, ex-German liner Bohemia, troop transport (ID-2187)

 BYRNE, JAMES SYLVESTER, Seaman, USNRF, drowned      

 

 

December 22, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 HARRIS, THOMAS BALDWIN, Musician, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 WILKINS, MORLEY ALVA, Hospital Apprentice, 3rd class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 MILES, JOHN HENRY, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DUGAN, JOSEPH BERNARD, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 DENNEY, JOSEPH COCHRAN, Apprentice Seaman USNRF, illness/disease       

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 SCHNEIDER, GEORGE FREDERICK, Seaman, died      

 

 

December 23, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 FARRELL, JAMES SIMON, Chief Commissary Steward, USNRF, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 RUCKER, WILLIAM ERWIN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 CROWELL, BENTON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease          

 MALONE, JAMES BETHEL, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

 

December 24, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 HAIRE, EARL S, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, poisoned        

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 MURPHY, HENRY EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 SULLIVAN, WHARTON REESE, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 EDWARDS, COY, Seaman, NNV, respiratory disease    

 

 

December 25, 1917

 

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla

 CROWE, EDMUND JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class (A), USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 KLINE, MALCOLM WALTER, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif

 FISH, CORNIE WILLIAM, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Station, Norfolk Va

 COMINGS, HARRY, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

 

December 26, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 WHITE, HENRY FOSTER, Seaman, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ECHAGUE, AMBROSIO, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, injured    

 SIMPSON, HARVEY WEST, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

 

December 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla

 SQUIRES, JESSE FRANKLIN, Electrician, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

December 28, 1917

 

at home

 McKISSON, DONALD EDWIN, Electrician, 3rd class (R), USNRF, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 STUBBLEFIELD, LLOYD WILLIAM, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 NORRIS, HUGH ROBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Prison, Portsmouth, N H

 LEADEN, ROBERT JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

USS Hartford, old sloop-of-war, Charleston Station Ship

 COTTLE, WALTER RALEIGH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, died       

 

 

December 29, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BOOHER, CLARENCE BARNES, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 HOPPER, CLARENCE MELVIN, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 PATCH, ARTHUR TODD, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 FLYNN, FRANK, Fireman, 2nd class, injured, DOI

 HALL, JOHN, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 JOHNSEN, RICHARD, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

 

December 30, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 COLOMBO, JOHN ARTHUR JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 WALTERS, CHARLES HARTLEY, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease 

 

Training Camp, Charleston, S C

 CALLAHAN, FRANK VARLIN, Seaman, 2nd class, influenza    

 

USS Pentucket, tug (later YT-8), northern Atlantic coast port

 GOETZ, CARL, Chief Gunner's Mate, fell overboard and drowned        

 

USS SC-321, submarine chaser

 DEAHY, DAVID J, Seaman, USNRF, drowned      

 

 

December 31, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 KLEIN, JOHN EDWARD, Quartermaster, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease  

 

Receiving Ship, Boston, Mass

 HALL, JOSEPH EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

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