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by Date and Ship/Base - July 1918

USS Covington, torpedoed off French coast on July 1, 1918, sank on 2nd (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


 

 

 

JULY

 

By the middle of July, reports from Navy ships and stations, from Europe, Hawaii and elsewhere showed that a more fatal influenza/respiratory disease pandemic was starting in many parts of the world

 

Cases of influenza/respiratory disease reported in the month; no deaths:

 

US Naval Air Station, Fromentine, Vendée, France, 32 mild cases in epidemic lasting for two weeks

US Naval Air Station, Guipavas, France, 26 cases

US Naval Air Station, La Trinité, France, 40 cases or 28 per cent of crew

US Naval Air Station, L'Abervrach Finisterre, France, 69 cases

US Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland, 243 cases from July to end of October

US Naval Air Station, Wexford, Ireland, 65 cases in epidemic lasting for two weeks

USS Dubuque, gunboat (No.17, later PG-17), at Navy Yard, New York, 5 per cent of crew

USS Galatea, Azores, 30 cases or 50 per cent of crew

USS Plattsburg, Atlantic Transport Service, sporadic cases

USS Tallahassee, ex-Florida, ex-monitor (later BM-9), submarine tender, at Key West, Fla, 76 cases or 20 per cent of crew noted

USS Venetia at Gibraltar, 16 cases or 19 per cent of crew

 

 

July 1, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Le Croisic, France, seaplane accident (not known if both in same incident)

 KNEIP, EDWARD CHARLES, Machinist's Mate, 1st class (A)

 WEDDELL, THOMAS MACMILLAN, Landsman for Quartermaster (A)

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 ALLANDER, CHARLES, Chief Gunner's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease     

 

   

 

USS Covington (above, sinking), ex-German liner Cincinnati, troop transport (ID-1409), torpedoed by U86 off French coast, sank on 2nd

 ANDERSON, ERNEST CHARLES, Fireman, 3rd class

 BOWDEN, JOSEPH PATRICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 FORD, AMBROSE CLARK, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF

 LYNCH, WILLIAM HENRY, jr, Fireman, 1st class

 PAYNE, ALFRED S, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF

 SILVERNAIL, LLOYD H, Seaman, 2nd class

 

 

July 2, 1918

 

St Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D C

 HILL, RICHARD FRANKLIN, Assistant Surgeon, USNRF (class 4), illness/disease

 

USS Roanoke, ex-passenger & cargo steamer El Dia, minelayer (ID-1695), based at Invergordon, Scotland

 MARTIN, HUGH GEARY, Yeoman, 1st class, fell from express train (possibly in Scotland)

 

 

July 3, 1918

 

USS Bainbridge, destroyer (later DD-1)

 McCAIN, GEORGE LEO, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

USS Roe, destroyer (later DD-24), at Naval Base Hospital No.5 (believed Brest, France)

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

 

 

July 4, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 LOZWAY, EARL BERTRUM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 OGDEN, LOUIS CLARK, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 MILLER, ELWOOD HUBERT, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Navy Base Hospital No.5, Brest, France

 LEONHARDT, FREDERICK MARTIN, Seaman, illness/disease

 

Seattle, Wash

 BREW, THOMAS WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, carbolic-acid poisoning            

 

July 5, 1918

 

Armed Draft Detail, New York

 CLARK, WILLIAM PATRICK, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned       

 

at home

 WARD, AARON, Rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease  

 

Belmar Radio Station, Belmar, N J

 COHEN, JEROME, Electrician, 1st class (R), USNRF, injured, DOI    

 

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

 CASEY, GUY, Fireman, 1st class, injured, DOI     

 

 

July 6, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 NONNENMOCKER, CHRISTIAN KURTZ, Seaman, illness/disease     

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 SULLIVAN, JAMES MICHAEL, Carpenter's Mate (A), illness/disease  

 

Philadelphia, Pa

 JONES, WILLIAM HARVEY, Seaman, 2nd class, street car accident, killed 

 

USS El Capitan, freighter (ID-1407)

 BURTON, EVAN WILLIAM, Fireman, 2nd class, automobile accident, DOI   

 

 

July 7, 1918

 

Belgium coast

 GOLDMAN, PHILIP, Quartermaster, 2nd class, drowned

 

Naval Air Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France, seaplane accident

 CROSSCUP, WOLDEMAN E, Ensign, Reserve Force (class 5), DOI  

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 FERGUSON, JAMES GARD, Landsman for Electrician (R), respiratory disease    

 

Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash

 LEE, ELON, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease        

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 DURKIN, EDOUARD FERNAND, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, USNRF, drowned           

Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif

 WEEDEN, CARL FRANKLIN, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Port au Prince, Haiti

 HOEN, WALTER SCOTT, Medical Inspector, illness/disease    

 

USCG, New York Division

 COLEMAN, ARTHUR IRVING, Ordinary Seaman, USCG, accident on public beach, South Beach, Staten Island     

 

USCG, St Marys River Patrol

 FLATER, ARTHUR, Machinist, 1st class, USCG, illness/disease, at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich           

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19)

 PARROTT, HOPPER BENSON, Fireman, 1st class, drowned   

 

 

July 8, 1918

 

at private address

 DYKEMAN, JOHN JOSEPH, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF, illness/disease, at sister’s home, 685 Eighth Street, San Francisco, Calif

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 BAIN, THOMAS TAYLOR, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 CARLSON, GUSTAVE ADOLPH, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

Naval Hospital, New York

 WELCH, ALFRED, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HARGROVE, FRANK ELMER, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

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

 HUMMER, GEORGE JOSEPH, Chief Boatswain's Mate, injured, DOI 

 

USS Nopatin, ex-coastal passenger ship Manhattan, cross-English Channel troop transport (ID-2195)

 HENRYE, EMILE JACOB, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease  

 

USS SC-193, submarine chaser

 NELSON, CHARLES EDWARD, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, drowned  

 

 

July 9, 1918

 

Nashville, Tenn, train wreck on New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad, all killed

 HARRIS, WILSON BAPTIST, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service)

 PAINE, FRANK TROY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service)

 RICHARDS, FLOYD, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF (not in active Service)

 SCAMMERHORN, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF (not in active Service)

 VANDENBROOK, NEWTON McCOY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service), (BN - collision, killed; probably same train wreck) 

 

Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla, seaplane accident

 MUTTY, LOUIS PETER, Quartermaster (Chief) (A), USNRF

 

United States Marine Hospital, Chicago, Ill

 SCHWAB, LAWRENCE LOUIS, Storekeeper, 2nd class, USNRF, died        

 

 

July 10, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Dunkirk, France, crew member of motor launch assisting French destroyer under fire from German shore batteries, vessel sunk

 TATULINSKI, CHARLES JOE, Seaman, 2nd class

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 YOUNG, ROBERT ROSS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease      

 

 

July 11, 1918

 

Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service (location not known)

 FERRELL, EDWARD WASHINGTON, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, injured, DOI (not known if flying-related)          

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 SMITH, FRANK LESTER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, died of burns 

 

 

USS Westover (above, fitting out), freighter (ID-2867), torpedoed and sunk by U.92 west of France

 ALLSTON, FRANK C, Lieutenant, USNRF

 CALDWELL, RALPH DILLINGHAM, Ensign, USNRF (class 3)

 COLE, JOHN, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF

 DEAL, BRYAN, Fireman, 2nd class

 ESTES, JAMES BROWN, Ship’s Cook, 2nd class

 GRIFFIN, EDWARD LENWOOD, Fireman, 3rd class

 HALSTEAD, ROBERT H, Assistant Paymaster, USNRF (class 4)

 HARRISON, HARVEY, Fireman, 2nd class

 HOLLOWS, FRANK WILLARD, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF

 SEREY, WILFRED JOSEPH, Water Tender

 WILSON, AUSTIN CLYDE, Seaman

 

 

July 12, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, Long Island, N Y

 BEHAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)    

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 KONZE, RAYMOND ALBERT, Ensign, USNRF (class 4), illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 DUMAR, WILLIAM KIRK, Quartermaster, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ALLEN, THOMAS JEFF, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease        

 BUSHALL, WILLIAM HANSELL, Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease        

 

Redlands, Calif

 BROOKS, JONOTHAN, Paymaster, respiratory disease  

 

USS Maine, battleship (later BB-10)

 DRISCOLL, FRANCIS JOSEPH, Seaman, lost overboard          

 

 

July 13, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Chatham, Mass

 ANDREWS, JUNIUS FRANKLIN, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), accident, burned to death (presumably flying-related)   

 

USS Wieldrecht, ex-Dutch, tanker (ID-2519)

 BROOKS, PHILLIP, Seaman, eecond class, NNV, illness/disease      

 

 

July 14, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 MYERS, WALTER CLAY, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 BRENNAN, PATRICK CHRISTOPHER, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, accidentally killed      

 

San Francisco, Calif

 MITCHELL, ROBERT GEORGE, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, drowned      

 

USAT Erny (not identified), Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va

 TRUSNER, WALTER, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

USS Wicomico, ex-USS Choctaw, harbor tug (later YT-26), possibly Washington Navy Yard

 McDONALD, SIDNEY SHERRILL, Fireman, 3rd class, lost overboard  

 

USS Wisconsin, battleship (later BB-9)

 WILSON, WILLIAM, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, injured, DOI    

 

 

July 15, 1918

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 STARK, HOWARD DELBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), illness/disease 

 

 

July 16, 1918

 

Gloversville, N Y

 BIRON, FELIX FRED, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), automobile accident at railroad crossing, DOI        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 RAPS, WALTER JOHN, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 LAWRENCE, WALTER EDWARD, Jr, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 WEBER, CHARLES JOSEPH, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease  

 

Navy Base Hospital No.2 (believed Inverness, Scotland)

 COCKERHAN, FRANCIS BRITTIAN, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease     

 

Sherman Apartments, New York, N Y

 DOHERTY, WILLIAM HENRY, Pay Inspector, illness/disease   

 

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)

 O'CONNOR, JOHN JOSEPH, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, fell overboard      

 

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

 HOLDER, FRED LEE, Fireman, 2nd class, disappeared at sea 

 

 

July 17, 1918

 

at home

 MANSFIELD, HENRY BURMINGHAM, Rear Admiral (retired), illness/disease, wife's address         

 

 

Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla, seaplane accident (type not known; above, NC.3, and in enlargement, NC.1 flying boats in Newfoundland)

 PERCIVAL, CHARLES EDWARD, Chief Quartermaster (A), USNRF

 

Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, Paris

 SHUGRUE, JOSEPH JEREMIAH, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease          

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 MURPHY, FRANK JOSEPH, Water Tender, illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 GUNTER, HUGH WILEY, Chief Water Tender, injured, DOI       

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 CAMPBELL, JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, electric shock   

 

USS SC-311, submarine chaser

 MOORE, CLARENCE STARR, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, lost at sea, presumably drowned           

 

 

July 18, 1918

 

Granton Hospital

 BERGSTROM, WILLARD ALBERT, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Beaucaillou, France

 HOFF, OTTO, Quartermaster, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 MURRAY, EVANS ELLIOT, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

Naval Station, Mare Island, Calif

 PARKS, HOMER OSTLER, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 MURRAY, WILLIAM, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned    

 

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

 HANNERT, MILTON ALBERT, Ordinary Seaman, USCG, respiratory disease

 

 

July 19, 1918

 

East Greenwich, R I (possibly Gallaudet Aircraft Co, manufacturer of D-4 combat seaplane), seaplane accident

 SOUTHER, ARTHUR FULLER, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 5), killed      

 

Naval Hospital, Strathpeffer, Scotland

 O'HARE, REGINALD EUGENE, Acting Pay Clerk, illness/disease      

 

Submarine Base, New London, Conn

 STENERSON, WILLIAM NICHOLS, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned    

   

 

 

USS San Diego (above), ex-California, armored cruiser (No.6), mined, laid by U.156, sank 10 miles SE of Fire Island, New York (also possibly torpedoed by U.156 or internal explosion)

 BLAINE, CLYDE CHESTER, Fireman, 1st class

 DAVIS, THOMAS EVERETT, Engineman, 2nd class

 HARRIS, PAUL JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 MUNSON, ANDREW, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, killed (BN - 18th.)

 ROCHET, JAMES FRANCES, Engineman, 2nd class, NNV

 THOMAS, FRAZIER ORAN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 

USS Sunflower, ex-USCG lighthouse service, tender, 2nd Naval district

 ADAMS, JOHN COOKE, Seaman, USNRF, drowned      

 

 

July 20, 1918

 

France (presumably USMC Medical Unit, action not known)

 GRUBB, RICHARD URIAH, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, killed in action     

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 WINNINGHAM, ARTHUR, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 JACKSON, WILLIAM HENDERSON, Seaman, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 KENNY, PATRICK, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned       

 

Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif

 WHIPPLE, WILLIAM MICKLE, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

USS Charlton Hall, freighter (ID-1359), fire on board

 LEARY, FREDERICK C, Lieutenant, died of burns 

 

 

July 21, 1918

 

HM Hospital Ship Garth Castle

 SIMON, CHARLES HENRY, Seaman, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ALLISON, WILFRED DAVID, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HAWKINS, FRANK AUGUSTA, Ship's Cook, 3rd class, injured, DOI   

 

Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif

 FINDLAY, CHARLEY THOMAS, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease

 

New York, N Y

 BERGMAN, JOSEPH SAMUEL, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned   

 

SS West Grove, freighter

 HODGE, JOHN STARREST, Seaman, 2nd class, died    

 

USS Granite State, old ship-of-the-line USS New Hampshire, Training and Receiving Ship, Hudson River

 MALONE, JOHN JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned        

 

USS Warrington, destroyer (later DD-30)

 VALPEY, HENRY BURTCH, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, drowned     

 

 

July 22, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 PETERSON, NILS ALFRED, Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 GRAFF, PETER, Chief Water Tender, USNRF, illness/disease 

 

USS Albany, protected cruiser

 DAVIS, JOHN FRANCIS, Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease      

 

USS Benham, destroyer (later DD-49)

 PORTNER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS, Seaman, drowned   

 

USS Delaware, dreadnought battleship (later BB-28)

 WASE, CHARLES ALEXANDER, Electrician, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

 

July 23, 1918

 

Naval Aviation, Foreign Service, Army Base Hospital, Talence, Bordeaux, France

 MORGAN, MYRON, Coxswain, died  

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 SHEEHAN, DANIEL FRANCIS, Yeoman, 1st class, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Naval Base, Va

 CASEY, WILLIAM, Landsman for Electrician (G), illness/disease        

 

USS Galveston, protected cruiser (No.17, later CL-19)

 LOUGHLIN, MICHAEL, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease 

 

USS Jenkins, destroyer (later DD-42), based at Queenstown, Ireland

 MULLEN, JAMES CONRAD, Water Tender, respiratory disease         

 

USS Rondo, ex-Dutch, freighter (ID-2488)

 HUGHES, JOHN, Water Tender, illness/disease    

 

 

July 24, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 JAKITIS, JOHN ANDREW, Water Tender, illness/disease

 REYNOLDS, LOUIS EDWARD, Yeoman, 3rd class, Reserve Force, illness/disease          

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 GIFFORD, LEONARD HENRY, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF (G), injured, DOI    

 

Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va

 HENDERSON, JOHN FRANKLIN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned     

 

 

July 25, 1918

 

USS Los Angeles, oil tanker

 SULLIVAN, FRANK THOMAS, Fireman, 1st class, died  

 

USS Ozark, ex-monitor Arkansas (later BM-7), submarine tender, later patrol ship, Gulf of Mexico area

 BECKLEY, WILLIAM MARION THOMAS, Mess Attendant, 1st class, drowned     

 

USS Sampson, destroyer (later DD-63)

 BURNS, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, poisoned   

 

 

July 26, 1918

 

at home

 McALLISTER, WEDWORTH WEST, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, illness/disease, Mittineague, Mass   

 

USS Delaware, dreadnought battleship (later BB-28)

 HAWKINS, LEONARD HILLSON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 

USS Missouri, battleship (later BB-11)

 METZ, SHARON EMMET, Seaman, 2nd class, automobile accident   

 

 

July 27, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C

 WERNECKE, CHRISTIAN IGNATIUS, Musician, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Station, San Francisco, Calif

 MYHRE, ERNEST OLIVER, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, illness/disease  

 

USS South Carolina, dreadnought battleship (later BB-26)

 HARAN, THOMAS TERRANCE, Fireman, 3rd class, drowned   

 

 

July 28, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 KRONNICK, ARTHUR CLIFFORD, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, respiratory disease        

 

New York, N Y

 COX, COY WRIGHT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned while swimming        

 

USS Cochra (not identified; possibly USS Dochra?)

 BYERLY, CLEO FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease       

 

 

July 29, 1918

 

Laurel Avenue, River Edge, N J

 CRIMMINS, JOSEPH ALOYSIUS, Machinist (retired), respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 AYERS, ALBERT PELTON, Storekeeper, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

Navy Yard, Washington, D C

 LAWRENCE, PAULINE MARIE, Landsman for Yeoman (F), USNRF, illness/disease         

 

USS Allen, destroyer (later DD-66)

 HICKEY, EARL DAVID, Fireman, 3rd class, influenza     

 

USS Maumee, oiler (No.14, later AO-2), at Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 STEINHILBER, WILLIAM CONRAD, Fireman, 3rd class, burns from steam exhaust on 18th, DOI   

 

USS Michigan, dreadnought battleship (later BB-27)

 FRATUS, FRANK, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, illness/disease

 

USS Walke, destroyer (later DD-34)

 CROWLEY, DANIEL JOSEPH, Engineman, 2nd class, accidentally drowned

 

 

July 30, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France

 KRUGER, CHARLES EDWARD, Electrician, 2nd class (R), USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)   

 

Naval Base Hospital No.5, Brest, France

 BECK, RUDOLPH EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

USCG Station No. 67

 CARTER, ERNEST, Surfman, USCG, drowning, died at the Station    

 

 

July 31, 1918

 

SS Sheridan, US Army chartered troop transport (USACT)

 CORNELL, FRANK ADELBERT, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease      

 

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