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by Date and Ship/Base - April 1918

Yeoman Howard Himmelwright, lost in sinking of USS President Lincoln, May 31, 1918 (US Naval Historical Center, click to enlarge)

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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

 

Cases of influenza/respiratory disease reported in the month; one death:

 

Seventh Regiment, US Marine Corps, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, mild epidemic

US Naval Training Camp, Gulfport, Miss, mild epidemic

US Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif, 410 men, or 9 percent of complement following visit of Japanese Squadron

US Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif,. 10 day epidemic following visit of Japanese ship

USS Bath, ex-Dutch Andromeda, freighter (later AK-4), Hampton Roads, Va, 38 cases, one death.

USS May (believed ex-steam yacht, patrol vessel (SP-164), but operating in Americas (NHC)), at Base 20, Rochefort, France, 25 percent of crew suddenly attacked (SN)

USS North Carolina, armored cruiser (No.12, later CA-12) at Norfolk, Va, 100 cases of mild type

USS Oregon, battleship (later BB-3), at Mare Island, Calif, approximately 450 men, or two-thirds of ship's company

USS Pensacola, ex-German Nicaria, freighter (later AK-7), at Navy Yard, Charleston, S C, mild epidemic

 

 

April 1, 1918

 

Dunwoody Industrial Institute, Minneapolis, Minn (Naval Training School)

 HARTSHORN, LLEWELLYN P, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease          

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HANSON, ALFRED HERMAN, Musician, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease        

 THOMAS, HAROLD ARNOLD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y

 MILLER, FREDERICK C, Yeoman, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 ANDERSON, JOHN, Yeoman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 CONWAY (probably CONAWAY, father's name), OTHO BASIL, Landsman for Electrician (R), illness/disease

 THOMA (probably THOMAS, father’s name), CARL ROBERT, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, illness/disease           

        

Navy Rifle Range, Wakefield Mass

 CUTTING, ROBERT MILLER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

 

 

April 2, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 CORCORAN, RALPH HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 GEHM, HARRY LEONARD, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease       

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 HOADLEY, MERVYN J, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 MILLER, CHARLES WILLIAM, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease

 

USS Von Steuben, ex-German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, troop transport (ID-3017)

 MUSSEN, ROY DEWEY, Seaman 2nd class, NNV, respiratory disease       

 

 

April 3, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 MARTIN, CLARENCE LOFTON, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, respiratory disease           

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 NANSCAWEN, REGINALD HOWARD, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, respiratory disease          

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 BAKER, JESSE JOHNSON, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

USS Fairmont, freighter (ID-2429)

 FITZGERALD, VANCE ORD, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease  

 

USS Utah, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)

 RALEY, BENJAMIN NEWTON, Fireman, 1st class, accidentally drowned     

 

 

April 4, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C

 JONES, THOMAS CLEMENCE Machinist's Mate, 2nd class (A), respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea Mass

 CONNORS, PATRICK JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, died of burns 

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 SARRA, ANICETO, Mess Attendant, 1st class, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 DWYER, DAVID JAMES, Carpenter's Mate, 2nd class (A), respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BROOKS, JESSIE WALTER, Seaman, respiratory disease      

 PENDERGAST, JAMES MICHAEL, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 TOMLINSON, LESLIE A, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 BOYD, JOHN DAVID, jr, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif

 McVICAR, GEORGE WARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease         

 

USS Martha Washington, ex-Austrian liner, troop transport (ID-3019

 LAY, LEWIS STERLING, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease       

 

USS Von Steuben, ex-German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, troop transport (ID-3017)

 McCORKLE, HENRY, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, wounded, but not in action       

 

 

April 5, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla, two seaplanes collided

 EATON, THOMAS WINDAL, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, killed       

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 LUTHER, FRED LESLIE, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 COON, JACK MERVYN, Storekeeper, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 BOYLE, PETER J, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease       

 DYER, ALBERT AARON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease     

 MADISON, MAXWELL DAVID, Seaman, illness/disease 

 NUNLEY, WM ALLEN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 FORD, CHARLEY, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

USS Annapolis (above in 1898, no enlargement), gunboat (later PG-10), Mexican Pacific coast patrol, riot in Mexico

 DULLER, MATTHEW JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV, killed   

 

USS Bridge, freighter (later AF-1)

 NEAL, HOWARD BOURNE, Electrician, 3rd class (G), died     

 

 

April 6, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 SHULTZ, PAUL WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 SIMPSON, HUBERT HARMON, Seaman, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BARNARD, CHARLES OLIVER, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 CRISPIN, WALLACE T, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 STERN, ROY WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HALLIDAY, NEWTON SCHURZ, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 BUCKLEY, LAURENCE IVEN, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease, on leave at home    

 

USS Rappahannock, ex-German Pommern, freighter (ID-1854, later stores ship, AF-6)

 BROWN, JOHN DEWEY, Fireman, 3rd class, killed       

 

 

April 7, 1918

 

Charleston, S C

 FAVORS, JOHN HENRY, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), illness/disease  

 

Mercy Hospital, Baltimore, Md

 McRITCHIE, DANIEL N, Lieutenant, Reserve Force (class 3), respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 CAVALLO, ORLANDO, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 PULLEY, WILLIAM ROBERT, Seaman, 3rd class, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 FERGUSON, DEVOE, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, illness/disease       

 

Naval Station, New York

 ROSSITER, IRVING WALTER, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Navy Recruiting Station, Birmingham, Ala

 BARFIELD, WALTER MAY, Apprentice Seaman, died    

 

SS Pawnee, ex-German Harburg, freighter

 GRIMES, FRANCIS, Seaman, accidental shooting         

 

Submarine Base, Canal Zone

 CLARKE, GORDON C, Chief Yeoman, wounded, but not in action      

 

USS Pensacola, ex-German Nicaria, freighter (later AK-7)

 HANSEN, HANS, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

April 8, 1918

 

Baltimore, Md

 FORD JOHN DONALDSON, rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C

 MOONEY, CHRISTOPHER, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 EICHKERN, HERBERT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease 

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 NILSSON, STANLEY WILFORD, Landsman for Yeoman, respiratory disease

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 HADLEY, HARVEY LOCKARDS, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), respiratory disease 

 

 

April 9, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 JACKSON, JOSEPH, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 McANULTY, BRANNON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 MUSKET, HARLEY PAUL, Electrician, 3rd class, illness/disease       

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 OBORN, HARRY WILLIAM, Landsman for Quartermaster, (A), respiratory disease    

 

USS Hancock, transport (later AP-3), at Naval Base, Azores

 HORINE, JOSEPH THOMAS, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease          

 

 

April 10, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 BLANKENSHIP, GURNIE, Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Radio School, Cambridge Mass

 MERWIN, JOHN JULIAN, Landsman for Electrician (R), respiratory disease  

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, III

 TYNER, RUSSELL STEPHEN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 WOODROW, THEODORE ELSWORTH, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

US Sub patrol No.510 (possibly yacht Suzanne, SP-510, assigned to 4th Naval district), Cape May, N J

 ALEXANDER, JOHN RALPH, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, fell overboard and drowned

 

USS Melville, destroyer tender (No.2, later AD-2), based at Queenstown, Ireland

 PAYTAL, FRANK, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

USS SC-351, submarine chaser

 SULLIVAN, MATTHEW DANIEL, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, submersion          

 

Woodbury, N J

 COMLY, SAMUEL P, Rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease     

 

 

April 11, 1918

 

Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 REHBAUM, GILBERT H, Assistant Paymaster, USNRF, died   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 TEAGUE, CLYSTON DeMOSS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

USS Buck, motor work boat (SP-1355)

 LASKOWSKY, FELIX, Quartermaster, 2nd class, USNRF, injured      

 

USS Lakemoor, also Lake Moore, freighter (ID-2180), torpedoed and sunk by UB.64 in Irish Sea

 BATTLE, JOSEPH, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, USNRF

 BURK, FRANK WILLIAM, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class

 BUSH, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Electrician, 3rd class (R)

 CHASSEY, WALTER, Coxswain, USNRF

 COHEN, JACOB EDEL, Electrician, 3rd class (R)

 DARNELL, WILLIAM LEE, Coxswain, USNRF

 FERGUSON, WILLIAM BERTIL, Seaman, 2nd class

 FLOOD, FRANCIS ROBERTS, Yeoman, 3rd class

 FRANKE, RHEINHOLD ARMIEN OTTO, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 GRIDER, ROY ULRICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 HANN, ALVIN FAIRBANK, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF

 HILLER, CHARLES BERNARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 HOBBS, MILTON ELSWORTH, Seaman

 HOWERTON, JOHN BENJAMIN, Seaman, 2nd class

 HUGHES, EMMETT, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 HUGHES, FRED RAYMOND PORTER, Seaman, 2nd class

 IVERSON, CHESTER MALVIN, Fireman, 3rd class

 JOHNSON, PRINCE ALGERNON, Mess Attendant, 2nd class, USNRF

 JOHNSTON, EUGENE ALLEN, Chief Yeoman, USNRF

 KEHR, JOHN ERNEST, Fireman, 2nd class

 KINGREY, OTTO ALBERT ANDREW, Engineman, 2nd class

 KIRK, THOMAS, Lieutenant, USNRF

 KIRKPATRICK, JAMES EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 KRIEBEL, CLAUDE B, Assistant Paymaster, USNRF

 LEONARD, ROSCOE CONKLIN, Coxswain, USNRF

 LIZIKOS, Sorimos, Ensign, USNRF

 McCOURTY, JAMES, Machinist, USNRF

 MclNTYRE, THOMAS ALOYSIUS, Seaman, 2nd class

 MEACHAN, ROBERT WEBSTER, Engineman, 2nd class

 NELSON, CLEON ALBERT, Engineman, 2nd class

 OFFUTT, LEWIS, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF

 OLDHAM, CHARLES FRANCIS, Seaman

 RATCLIFFE, CLELAND KINLOCK, Seaman, 2nd class

 RYAN, JOSEPH FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class

 SLONAKER, CHARLES JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class

 STEIN, PHILIP HENRY, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class

 TAGGART, HARRY, Fireman, 3rd class

 TATE, LAWRENCE MELZAR, Fireman, 3rd class

 THIBERT, ADOLPH JAMES, Fireman, 3rd class

 THORN, GEORGE HENRY, Fireman, 3rd class

 TRUDEAU, LOMIS, Fireman, 3rd class

 WALTON, ROBERT LEE, Ship’s Cook, 4th class

 WARD, GEORGE, Fireman, 2nd class

 WILSON, FREDERICK, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF

 WILSON, THOMAS, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, USNRF

 WUEST, ROBERT HARRY, Chief Machinist's Mate

 

USS Seattle, ex-Washington, armored cruiser (No.11, later CA-11)

 KREILING, HARRY LEROY, Fireman, 2nd class, drowned        

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 KING, BERNARD MARTIN, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, respiratory disease      

 

USS Texan, freighter & troop transport (ID-1354)

 SCOTT, ALRICK, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, drowned    

 

 

April 12, 1918

 

Gretna, La

 BECKER, CLEMENT JOSEPH, Fireman, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Aeronautic Detachment, France (possibly Detachment No.1, French Air Force Training School, Tours), aeroplane accident

 CHAPIN, MINOR JUDSON, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), DOI 

 

Naval Air Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France, seaplane accident (see Ensign Leslie MacNoughton, March 13, 1918)

 PERRY, LLOYD A, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 MURPHY, BRUCE DARWIN, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease          

 MURPHY, JOHN, Storekeeper, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ROTH, JOHN CHARLES, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif

 JOHNSON, HARRY McKINLEY, Musician, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease            

 

Scout Patrol No.682 (probably USS Mary B Garner, ex-fishing vessel, Section Patrol or SP-682)

 CONWAY, JAMES WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, washed overboard     

 

 

April 13, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 CHRISTOPHER, ARTHUR LEONARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 PERRING, FRANK MALLOCH, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, respiratory disease           

 

New York, N Y

 BAUMANN, ALBERT, Plumber and Fitter, 3rd class, USNRF, wounded, but not in action  

 

USS Nanshan, collier (later AG-3)

 ROCOS, FELICIANO, Coxswain, USNRF, respiratory disease  

 

 

April 14, 1918

 

1st Naval District, Boston, Mass

 McNEIL, HAROLD WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 CURRY, JOSEPH PATRICK, Chief Water Tender, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

HOLCOMB, ROY EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

        

New York, N Y

 CONYNE, WILLIAM STANLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

 

April 15, 1918

 

Naval Base Hospital No.5, Brest, France

 FRALEY, HOPPY KELLEY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BAKER, GEORGE BENNETT, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 RUSSELL, DWIGHT CARLETON, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease          

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 MATSON, MARSHALL EWALD, Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 COSKEY, LEON JOSEPH, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, respiratory disease      

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 GODSHALL, FRED, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

USS Bath, ex-Dutch Andromeda, freighter (later AK-4)

 BOYKIN, ARTHUR VESTER, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease

 

USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser (No.3, later CA-3), Asiatic Station

 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM ASHFORD, Ship's Cook, 4th class, illness/disease 

 

USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast

 JOHNSON, ALBERT RAY, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, respiratory disease     

 

USS Raleigh, protected cruiser (No.8, C 8)

 MILES, RALPH THOMAS, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease

 

 

April 16, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 NICHODEMUS, CONRAD ROLLO, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 LESER, PAUL BEZELLA, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 EDDY, GEORGE ALFRED, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 McKEAN, CHARLES PERKINS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

Norfolk, Va

 BURROUGHS, ALONZO CRONIER, Chief Carpenter (retired), illness/disease       

 

SS Nyanza, believed passenger & cargo steamer (British-owned), shell explosion

 GROVES, BENJAMIN H, Chief Gunner's Mate, died       

 

USS Oregon, battleship (later BB-3)

 SEVERANCE, FREDERICK ALONZO, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease     

 

USS Savannah, ex-German Saxonia, submarine tender (later AS-8), believed refitting Boston Navy Yard

 O'ROURKE, JOHN FRANCIS, Electrician, 1st class (G), died   

 

 

April 17, 1918

 

Naval Headquarters, Paris, France

 CROSKAY, HUBERT HOPE, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, injured      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DUSTER, RAYMOND SYLVESTER, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 McFARLAND, FOREST, Fireman; 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 ALLEN, FREDERICK, Seaman, injured       

 

SS Florence H, freighter, in convoy, internal explosion and blew up off French west coast (total of 45 killed), all members of Armed Guard detachment

 CLARK, WILLIAM RUSSELL, Seaman, 2nd class

 CONNAUGHTON, EDWARD PATRICK, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class

 CURTIS, HOWARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 GOETZ, LOUIS, Chief Gunner's Mate

 GUNDERSON, CHARLES GEORGE, Seaman, 2nd class

 JOBES, ERNEST EVERETT, Seaman, 2nd class

 KLAPKA, EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 KLOCKERS JOHN ALFRED, Seaman, USNRF

 LENNON, WILLIAM ERNEST, Seaman

 LOCKE, GEORGE WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 LONG, BRYAN BRECKENRIDGE, Electrician, 3rd class

 McVEIGH, JOSEPH FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class

 MERZ, WALTER EDWARD, Seaman

 MYERS, ERNEST CLOYD, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class

 SHEA, GEORGE TYSON, Seaman

 TARR, CHARLEY AUDBIN, Seaman, 2nd class

 WOODWORTH, HORACE CAMPBELL, Electrician, 3rd class (R)

 YOUNGER, MICHAEL, Seaman, 2nd class

Note: Awards of Medal of Honor made to Ship's Cook, 3rd class, Jesse Covington and Quartermaster Frank Upton, both of destroyer USS Stewart, for rescuing survivors

USS President Grant, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3014)

 SKIDMORE, DONALD HUBERT, Yeoman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

USS Von Steuben, ex-German liner Kronprinz Wilhelm, troop transport (ID-3017)

 GRISAK, MARTIN JOHN, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

 

April 18, 1918

 

Naval Headquarters, Paris, France

 HAMBRICK, FRANK HENRY, Shipfltter, 2nd class, died of fracture injuries   

 SCHAFFNER, FRED CHARLES, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, died as a result of German gas bombardment at Fountain St Robert, France

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 PICKELL, ALEXANDER HOLLIDAY, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 HAWKINS, ORVILLE PERRY, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BECKHARDT, JOSEPH S, Pay Clerk, USNRF (class 3), illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 MAGNER, JAMES LAWRENCE, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 CARPENTER, GEORGE RUSSELL, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease    

 WALL, BRYON, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 DALZELL, ELGIN RAY, Seaman, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 BURCKHARTT, MONTGOMERY PIKE, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 DAUGHERTY, ALBERT LEWIS, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 DEILKS, JOHN WILLIS, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease    

 

USS Leviathan, ex-German liner Vaterland, troop transport (ID-1326)

 JOHNSON, CARL FRANK, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

USS Mount Vernon, ex-German liner Kronprinzessen Cecilie, troop transport (ID-4508)

 FISH, FERNALD JEFFERSON, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease    

 

 

April 19, 1918

 

USS Paulding, destroyer (later DD-22)

 JONES, CLARENCE ELLIS, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned        

 

 

April 20, 1918

 

Boston, Mass

 RICH, CHARLES JOSEPH, Storekeeper, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

Minneapolis, Minn

 ADAMS, EVERETT OTTO, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C

 PERKINS, OTIS REID, Quartermaster, 1st class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 BEDDING, ORVILLE BRADFORD, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease (BN - duplicated entry, also REDDING)

 

USCG, New York Division, at Marine Hospital, Stapleton, N Y

 MOULTON, CHARLES EDWARD, Coal Heaver, USCG, respiratory disease  

 

 

April 21, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BLAIR, ROBERT WINDLE, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 BULLOCK, CHARLES ELDON, Shipfitter, 1st class, illness/disease   

 COCKETT, RAY DUTCHER, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 SHEALY, GEORGE ADAMS, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 BRAITSCH, FREDERICK JOSEPH, Seaman, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 CANN, LOUIS ARTHUR, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 REAM, JOHN S, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 FELLOWS, DAVID, Seaman, illness/disease        

 

USS Albert (not identified)

 McWILLIAMS, ERLE, Seaman, illness/disease     

 

USS Maui, built as passenger ship, troop transport (ID-1514)

 CONWAY, GEORGE FREDERICK, Seaman, 2nd class, fell overboard and drowned          

USS Melville, destroyer tender (No.2, later AD-2), based at Queenstown, Ireland

 BOYLAN, THOMAS MICHAEL, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast

 INGRAM, PAUL SPENCE, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

April 22, 1918

 

3rd Naval District, New York

 MULLANE, JAMES, Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF (not in active Service), respiratory disease         

 

Naval Air Station, Dunkirk, France

 SMITH, JAMES JOSEPH, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), illness/disease      

 

Naval Headquarters, Paris, France

 RITCHIE, RUSSELL KENNETH, Coppersmith, 1st class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 POLLAN, JOHN, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 SMITH, EDWARD HANSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease         

 SMITH, HARRY JOHN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 McGALLIARD, GEORGE TOMLINSON, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill BURNETT, BRYAN SCOTT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 RILEY, EDWARD LAWRENCE, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later AH-4), served along US East Coast

 CARLEY, LYNN DEWITT, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

April 23, 1918

 

Cambridge, Md

 GOLDSBOROUGH, WORTHINGTON, Pay Director (retired), respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 WILHELM, HANLEY ANTHONY, Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 HEFFRAN, ROSS RAYMOND, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease      

 

USS SC-1, submarine chaser

 TAYLOR, ROBERT ARTHUR, Electrician, 1st class, injured, DOI       

 

 

April 24, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 DURGIN, DENNIE FRANCIS, Master-at-Arms, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19)

 VINARD, ROY FRANKLIN, Seaman, 2nd class, injured, DOI     

 

 

April 25, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 ABBOTT, JOHN VALENTINE, Oiler, respiratory disease  

 

Royal Naval Air Station, Felixstowe, England, second pilot in one of two British seaplanes, in action with two German seaplanes, one of which he shot down near the North Hinder Lightship in the North Sea. Five more German aircraft arrived and Ensign Potter's aircraft was shot down

 POTTER, STEPHEN, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (first enemy seaplane credited to a US Naval Aviator; NHC - enemy aircraft shot down on March 19)

 

USS Arethusa, tanker (later AO-7)

 KENDSEN, WILLIAM JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

USS Kentucky, battleship (later BB-6)

 MUSICK, EDGAR NATHANIEL, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned   

 

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

 BERG, LAWRENCE MILTON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease     

 

USS New Hampshire, battleship (later BB-25)

 NICOLE, JOSEPH ONESIPHARE NAPOLEON, Chief Electrician, during operation

 

 

April 26, 1918

 

Ardmore, Pa

 RUSH, WILLIAM H, Surgeon, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 GRADY, JOSEPH FRANCIS, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 KING, WILLIAM, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 NELSON, JOHN, Quartermaster, 3rd class (A), respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 MILLER, DANCY MONROE, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease        

 

USS Arethusa, tanker (later AO-7)

 TERWILLIGER, JEROME, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease, at Royal Naval Hospital, Ireland Island, Bermuda    

 

USS Buffalo, ex-transport, destroyer tender (later AD-8)

 TOY, DON, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease, died at home     

 

 

April 27, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass

 HOXIE, RALPH BOWMAN, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, accident, died (not known if flying-related)

 

Naval Hospital, Cape May, N J

 GIVENS, SAMUEL FITZMAURICE, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 TRIPLETT, EARL JACK, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease   

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 BEARD, ANDERSON ROSCOE, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease    

 OLMSTEAD, CHARLES LEE, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 KELLY, JOHN JOSEPH Jr, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease       

 WALSH, JOHN JAMES, Landsman for Carpenter's Mate (A), USNRF, respiratory disease

 

New Alexandria, Pa

 HIBBERT, JAMES LOUIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), wounded, but not in action  

 

USS President Grant, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3014)

 KAKARAGOO, JOHN, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

USS Saranac, ex-coastal passenger steamer Hamilton, minelayer (ID-1702)

 MOHR, JOSEPH WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, injured, DOI

 

 

April 28, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 GIBBS, NELSON AMOS, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

Naval Training Station, San Diego, Calif

 SMITH, HARRY LEROY, Seaman, respiratory disease    

 

USS Minnesota, battleship (later BB-22)

 BENSON, CLARENCE RANGNOR, Fireman, 3rd class, died    

 

 

April 29, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 SMITH, MERLE ROBINSON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 SMITH, NELSON GEORGE, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease       

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 LEE, SELMER, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 KEEGAN, RAYMOND JOSEPH, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease           

 

USS Prairie, ex-transport, ex-training ship, destroyer tender (later AD-5)

 HAHN, ARTHUR ANTHONY, Seaman, 2nd class, accident, died        

 

USS Rappahannock, ex-German Pommern, freighter (ID-1854, later stores ship, AF-6), accidental discharge of forward gun

 LEWIS, WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, killed        

 

 

April 30, 1918

 

Naval Headquarters, Paris, France, seaplane accident (location probably outside Paris)

 SMITH, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, Quartermaster, 1st class

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 VENABLE, JOSEPH EVANS, Chief Machinist, respiratory disease

 

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