AUGUST
US Naval Air Station, St. Trojan, France, 215 cases of
influenza/respiratory disease reported in the month, 63 percent of complement,
five deaths
US Naval Station, Cristobal, Canal Zone,
influenza/respiratory epidemic began
On the 27th, in the Receiving Ship, Commonwealth Pier, Boston,
Mass, the first phase of a new influenza/respiratory disease pandemic in the
Navy probably started, with 69 cases reported by 29th, and 50 transferred
to the US Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass
above, with the rapid expansion of the Navy,
a typical crowded sleeping area in a naval
establishment, in this case the Naval Training
Station, San Francisco, conditions which helped to
spread the pandemic
August 1, 1918
Naval Auxiliary Reserve School, Municipal Pier, Chicago, Ill
BALDWIN, CHARLES
WALKER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease
Naval Auxiliary Reserve, Cleveland, Ohio
PORTER, WILLIAM
HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Base 17 and 18, European Waters
PERRY, JOHN MILTON,
Musician, 1st class, wounded
USS Alabama, battleship (later BB-8)
MONTORFANO, LOUIS,
Seaman, illness/disease
USS Mercy, ex-liner Saratoga, hospital ship (ID-1305, later
AH-4), served along US East Coast
MALLON, JAMES HUNTER,
Yeoman, 3rd class, drowned
August 2, 1918
Naval Base 17, Foreign Service
RIZNICK, PHILIP,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, injured, DOI
Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass
CHADWICK, CLYDE
LISLE, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, illness/disease
August 4, 1918
USS Douglas (not identified)
COOK, NORMAN SMALL,
Lieutenant (JG), USNRF, Commanding Ofificer, illness/disease, died at Base 19,
Lorient, France
Naval Hospital, Virgin Islands
CRISMAN, LEO B,
Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease
Naval Station, Great Lakes, Ill
SIGNER, STANLEY
ELLIOTT, Landsman for Yeoman, USNRF, submersion
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill
SWANTON, HAROLD
RICHARD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned
USS Lake Harney, freighter (ID-4410-C)
HARTNETT, JOHN,
Assistant Paymaster, USNRF (class 4), died
August 5, 1918
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va
SKHAL, INGNOR OLIVER,
Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease
Naval Training Station, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads,
Va
MYERS, THOMAS WALTER,
Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, illness/disease
August 6, 1918
Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va
JOHNSTON, ROBERT
LESLIE, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class, injured, DOI
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H
BURNS, JOHN LEWIS,
Gunner, accidental shooting, DOW
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va
CONDON, LAWRENCE
JOSEPH, Commissary Steward, USNRF, illness/disease
Old Point Comfort, Va
DORSETT, FELIX
SIMMONS, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned
USS Iowa, battleship (later BB-4)
OLSEN, WILLIAM
LESLIE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned
USS Nopatin (right, approaching British merchant ship in
Brest Harbor, Lt J G A Alvin Booth), ex-coastal passenger ship Manhattan,
cross-English Channel troop transport (ID-2195), boiler explosion, believe on
5th
FOSS, FRANK FOSTER,
Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 4), died of scalding
August 7, 1918
Naval Base, Plymouth, England
PICKWORTH, BERNARD,
Chief Carpenter's Mate, accidental fall, killed
USS Nopatin, ex-coastal passenger ship Manhattan,
cross-English Channel troop transport (ID-2195), boiler explosion, believed on
5th
BENHAM, THOMAS
WILLIS, Fireman, 2nd class, DOI
HACKETT, ROGER, Fireman,
3rd class, died of burns
August 8, 1918
Naval Hospital, Canacao, P I
BAYON, INOCENTES,
Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, Newport, R I
DAVIES, GEORGE
FORREST, Landsman for Electrician (G), USNRF, respiratory disease
New York, N Y
DEGENHART, HENRY
IGNATIUS, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, heat exhaustion
Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash
NICHOLS, RALPH,
Ship's Cook, 2nd class, died
USS Alabama, battleship (later BB-8)
GILLESPIE, JOHN
THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, injured, DOI
USS Don Juan de Austria, ex-Spanish unprotected cruiser,
gunboat
BUTEAU, THOMAS
WILLIAM, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned
USS Northern Pacific, ex-liner, troop transport (no ID #)
ANDES, WILMER
CHARLES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, lost overboard
West Reading, Pa
FRANTZ, SELIM
DEFORREST, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned
August 9, 1918
Naval Hospital, New York, N Y
O'LEARY, RICHARD,
Wardroom Steward, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, Newport, R I
SMITH, ELWOOD LAFORGE,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif
MOON, ALBERT TILTON,
Landsman for Yeoman, illness/disease
USS Beaufort, ex-German Rudolph Blumberg, collier (ID-3008)
NASH, ROBERT JOSEPH,
Mess Attendant, 3rd class, drowned
USS Orion, collier (No.11, later AC-11)
WATERS, JOSEPH JAMES,
Painter, 3rd class, drowned
August 10, 1918
Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass
MONK, ROBERT SILAS,
Chief Pharmacist's Mate, poisoned
Naval Training Camp, San Pedro, Calif
GOODSON, JOHN LATHAM,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, wounded, but not in action
Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash
POWERS, JOSEPH
FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, accidentally drowned
Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa
HOLLAND, JOHN JAY,
Ship's Cook, 2nd class, injured, DOI
Receiving Ship, Washington, D C
SEIGEL, JOHN
ALOYSIUS, Seaman, drowned
St Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D C
EGAN, KIERNAN JOSEPH,
Chief Gunner, illness/disease
USS Leonidas, ex-collier, ex-survey ship, submarine chaser
tender (later AD-7), based at Corfu, Greece
TETU, AMOS,
Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, injured on board, DOI
USS New Hampshire, battleship (later BB-25)
NOLAN, JOHN RICHARD,
Fireman, 2nd class, drowned
USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)
ROBINSON, JENKINS
AUGUSTINE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, injured, DOI
USS Supply, freighter, believed Flagship, Train, Atlantic
Fleet, all drowned
CRUZ, JUAN, Seaman,
2nd class
DAVIS, RALPH RAYFORD,
Fireman, 1st class
SANTOS, VINCENTE,
Seaman
August 11, 1918
at home
CALVERT, WALTER ROY,
Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service), illness/disease, Memphis,
Tenn
Dunwoody Industrial Institute, Minneapolis, Minn (Naval
Training School)
MAURER, JOHN SHERMAN,
Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, drowned
Naval Air Station, Porto Corsino, near Ravenna, Italy, seaplane
accident
GOGGINS, JAMES
LAWRENCE, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), killed
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y
CARTER, VICTOR
HILLMAN, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo
GEORGE, CHARLES,
Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, Key West, Fla
SCHMEHL, FREDERICK
ERNEST, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease
Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va
HUNT, HAROLD JAMES, Seaman,
2nd class, USNRF, drowned while swimming
August 12, 1918
Ayers, Mass
SHEA, ALLEN,
Electrician, 3rd class (G), USNRF, train and auto accident
Naval Air Station, Dunkirk, France, seaplane accident
LAVEN, HARRY, Yeoman,
3rd class, DOI
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (not
known if same incident)
MANDEVILLE, GARRETT
THOMPSON, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, killed
TOPP AUGUSTUS, Chief
Quartermaster, USNRF, killed
FRALEY, GUY BARSTOW,
Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, killed (BN - airplane accident)
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y
RANN, LUCIEN ARNOLD,
Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, New Orleans, La
STANLEY, JOHN BROOK,
Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, injured, DOI
Naval Hospital, Newport, R I
MANSFIELD, HARRY
ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
USS SC-325, submarine chaser
HUSBAND, HAROLD A,
Quartermaster, 1st class (A), USNRF, fell overboard
August 13, 1918
3rd Naval District, New York
DIX, FRANK STILLMAN,
Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), wounded, but not in
action
Naval Air Station, Moutchic. Lake Lacanau, France
PHILBRICK, EVERETT
GERRISH, Electrician, 3rd class (R), USNRF, drowned (not known if
flying-related)
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident
FENTON, JOSEPH JOHN,
Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, killed
Naval Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
LING, SHO, Wardroom
Steward, illness/disease
New York, N Y
KOBRIN, SAMUEL H,
Yeoman, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease
SS Frederick R Kellogg, tanker, torpedoed and damaged by
U.117, 12 miles north of Barnegat Light
CUBBERLEY, CHESTER
CURTIS, Quartermaster, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned
STILLMAN, WILLIAM
THOMAS, Quartermaster, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned
USS Black Hawk, destroyer tender (ID-2140), based at Inverness,
Scotland
CRILLY, CORNELIUS
AUGUSTINE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned
August 14, 1918
Framingham, Mass
SKINNER, AARON N,
Professor of Mathematics (retired), accidentally drowned
HMS Springbok (BN - Springlock), destroyer, in kite balloon
towed by ship
REED, CHARLES E
Ensign, USNRF (class 5), accidentally drowned
Mare Island, Calif
DE COURCY, JOHN,
Chief Pay Clerk, USNRF (class 3), illness/disease
Naval Air Station, Moutchic. Lake Lacanau, France, aeroplane
accident (not known if same incident)
BARNETT, LESTER
ACHAN, Quartermaster, 2nd class, killed (BN - airplane accident)
DAVIDSON, DELOZIER,
Ensign, Reserve Force (class 5), (BN - seaplane accident, NHC - on 22nd)
Naval Air Station, Pauillac, France, aeroplane accident
CAMPBELL, DALE VERN,
Quartermaster, 2nd class, killed
Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland
SCHOFIELD, THURLOW
TOMLINSON, Carpenter's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, Washington, D C
BERNSTON, KARL, Mess
Attendant, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
New York, N Y
WILHELM, WALTER
GERARD, Seaman, USNRF, fell from elevated platform of subway
Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa
BEYERSDORF OTTO CARL,
Pattern Maker, 2nd class, respiratory disease
US Army Base Hospital No.6, Talence, France
MOONEY, THOMAS JOHN,
Ensign, Reserve Force (class 3), respiratory disease
USS Jeanette Skinner (BN - Janet Skinner), freighter (ID
1321), attached to
NEWELL, CLARENCE C,
Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 4-3), illness/disease, at Naval Base, Rochford
(sic - Rochefort), France
August 15, 1918
Fleet Base No.2
KNUDTSON, GUSTAV
THEODORE, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y
MOSES, ROBERT NEIL,
Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease
Naval Proving Grounds, Indian Head, Md
HOWARD, DONALD
JERALD, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned
USS Celebes, ex-Dutch, freighter (ID-2680)
THOMPSON, DONALD
FREDERICK, Machinist, USNRF, illness/disease
USS West Bridge (right), freighter (ID-2888), in convoy, torpedoed
and badly damaged by U.107 some 400 miles west of France
ANTOSCH, WALTER,
Machinist, USNRF (class 3)
McCONKEY, ROBERT
JOHNSON, Fireman, 2nd class
NIELSEN, JENS PETER
GRONNE, Fireman, 3rd class
PORTER, WILLIAM I,
Fireman, 2nd class
August 16, 1918
Naval Hospital, Hampton Roads, Va
GRIFFIN, JEREMIAH,
Ship's Cook, 1st class, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, New York, N Y
DUNN, HARRY,
Boatwain's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Training Camp, Bumkin Island, Mass
DE LACEY, ROBERT
EVANS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Puget Sound, Wash
KLUGKIST, HERMAN,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
SS Montanan (right, sinking, James A Turner), freighter, US Army chartered transport (USACT),
torpedoed and sunk by U.90 west of France, (total of 5 men lost)
ELDRIDGE, CHESTER
OSBORNE, Seaman, drowned
JOHNSON, DAVID
WILLIAM, Coxswain, drowned
USS Hannibal, ex-collier, ex-survey ship, submarine chaser
tender (later AG 1), believed based Plymouth, SW England
WHITE, WADE HAMILTON,
Seaman, wounded, but not in action
August 17, 1918
Italy (possibly Naval Air Station at Bolsena, Porto Corsini
or Pescara), (NHC - seaplane accident, both Ensigns killed; possibly involved
Machinist's Mate Hartle)
HARTLE, ORRIN
FRANCIS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, killed (BN - aeroplane accident,
Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service (location not known, possibly Italy))
NICHOLS, ALAN L,
Ensign, USNRF, (BN - aeroplane accident)
TERRES, HUGH, Ensign
USNRF (class 5), (BN - aeroplane accident)
Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif
WRIGHT, CLYDE AVON,
Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease
USCG Station No. 205, died at the Station
LAW, LEVE LAVENDER,
Surfman, USCG, accidental gunshot wound
USS Orizaba (right), troop transport (ID-1536), developing ship's
depth charge launcher, depth charge accidentally exploded
BAIRD, ARTHUR
KENNEDY, Seaman, USNRF, DOI
LAMBERT, SAMUEL
TAYLOR, Oiler, USNRF, DOI
MAYER, FRANK JOSEPH,
Baker, 2nd class, DOI
WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM
P, Lieutenant Commander, Executive Officer and ordnance expert, killed
USS SC-43, submarine chaser
JOHNSON, ALFRED JOHN,
Electrician, 3rd class (R) USNRF, drowned
August 18, 1918
12th Naval District, San Francisco, Calif,
WROTENBERY, WILLIAM,
Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease
Submarine Chaser Base, Corfu, Greece
COX, BRIGHT, Seaman,
2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
USS Cassin, destroyer (later DD-43)
ROTH, CHARLES LEWIS,
Machinist's Mate, 1st class, drowned
August 19, 1918
7th Naval District, Key West, Fla
SIMS, WILLIAM HUGH,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, accidentally drowned
at home
REEVES GEORGE
WASHINGTON, jr, Commander (SC) (retired), respiratory
disease, Coronado, Calif
Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa
WALLENDER, CLARENCE
ELMER, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va
JONES, HENRY LESTER,
Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease
August 20, 1918
Dunkirk, France (probably Naval Air Station), seaplane
accident
McKINNON, THOMAS
NEIL, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
Naval Air Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, near Bordeaux,
France, bomb explosion
VATH, EARL JOSEPH,
Electrician, 3rd class (R), USNRF, (possibly killed at Naval Air Station, St
Trojan)
Naval Air Station, St Trojan, near Bordeaux, France,
seaplane on slip leaving for patrol flight, bomb exploded due to defective
bomb-carrying gear (total of 8 killed and 16 injured, only 6 or possibly 7
killed identified. The dead might have included Electrician Vath from Moutchic
Air Station, and perhaps Yeoman O'Gorman drowned while serving with Naval
Aviation Forces)
RICHARDSON, JESSEE
CARTER, Machinist's Mate, 1st class (A), (BN - seaplane accident, killed)
HOLLEY, MILES HENRY,
Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), (BN - accidental bomb explosion, killed)
TUCKER, LEWIS FRANKLIN,
Landsman for Quartermaster (A), (BN - accidental bomb explosion, Naval
Headquarters, Paris, France), probably Naval Air Station, St Trojan
Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, (not known where)
O'GORMAN, MATTHEW E,
Yeoman, 1st class, USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related, possibly blown
into sea by bomb explosion at Naval Air Station, St Trojan)
Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H
BYRAM, ALLEN GREEN,
Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease
USS Jupiter, collier (No.3), began conversion to aircraft
carrier Langley (CV-1) in 1920
HORRELL, TELLIS,
Seaman, 2nd class, natural causes
USS Muscatine, ex-Norwegian, refrigerator ship (ID-2226)
GRAHAM, JOSEPH
BENSON, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease
August 21, 1918
Brest, France (probably Naval Air Station), seaplane
accident (all three possibly same incident)
BOORSE, ARTHUR LEE,
Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
CLARK, ROBERT F,
Ensign, USNRF
REDMAN, WILLIAM
FREDERICK, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF (BN - Naval Aviation Forces,
Foreign Service, seaplane accident in Brest Harbor)
Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo
HATCH, CHARLES
SIDNEY, Chief Yeoman, respiratory disease
Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif
BENNETT, EDGAR D,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N Y
FITZGERALD, EDWARD
MARCUS, Ensign, USNRF, canoe accident, drowned
SS Lake Edon, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.107, 6
miles SE of Trevose Head, SW England
HOOTEN, RALPH EUGENE,
Seaman
USS Montauk, ex-trawler, coastal minesweeper (SP-392), ran
aground on Cumberland Island, off Georgia in gale and foundered, all drowned
McCURRY, JOSEPH
EMERSON, Yeoman, 3rd class, USNRF
NICHOLS, OBED
LOUGHRIDGE, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF
SAMPLE, WILLIAM
LESLIE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF
SINGLEY, JACOB
OMERLE, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF
STEWART, FRANK
STANTON, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF
SUDDITH, JENNINGS,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF
TRAVIS, ROY EDWIN,
Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF
USS SC-325, submarine chaser
NICHOLS, SHEPLEY,
Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, lost at sea, presumably drowned
August 22, 1918
Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, Long Island, N Y
BUMILLER, WILLIAM,
Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, injured, DOI
Naval Air Station, St Trojan, France, seaplane on slip
leaving for patrol flight on 20th, bomb exploded due to defective bomb-carrying
gear, total of 8 killed and 16 injured
BARRY, EDMUND BOSTON,
Ensign, USNRF (class 5), presumably DOW, (BN - bomb explosion on seaplane,
died)
KNEELAND, LEONARD
LEANDER, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), presumably DOW, (BN - accidental bomb
explosion, died)
Naval Auxiliary Reserve School, Chicago, Ill
McARDLE, JOHN PAUL,
Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, injured, DOI
Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass
YARKE, OTTO, Chief
Water Tender, USNRF, injured, DOI
Naval Hospital, New London, Conn
STUCK, PERCY
CLAYBORNE, Ship’s Cook, 2nd class, burns
Naval Training Camp, Seattle, Wash
JONES, ROBERT WALTER,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease
USS Albany, protected cruiser
CLARK, FRED CHARLES,
Fireman, 2nd class, suffocated in coal bunkers
USS Koningen der Nederlanden, ex-Dutch passenger & cargo
liner, troop transport (ID-2708)
BARRON, LAWRENCE
PERCY, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease
August 23, 1918
Naval Air Station, St Trojan, Charente Inferire, France,
seaplane on slip leaving for patrol flight on 20th, bomb exploded due to
defective bomb-carrying gear, total of 8 killed and 16 injured
McVEIGH, JOHN JAMES,
Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), (BN - seaplane accident, wounded, DOW)
Navy Base Hospital No.1, Foreign Service
BRADLEY, ARTHUR
LEAVENWORTH, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
US Army Hospital, La Rochelle, France
STAUFFER, HARVEY,
Water Tender, illness/disease
August 24, 1918
Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif
BIGGER, JOSEPH ALBIN,
Plumber and Fitter, USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Training Station, San Francisco, Calif
JACKSON, MERYLE
EDWARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease
New York, N Y
JAEGLE, WILLIAM C,
Jr, Chief Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, drowned
Submarine Base, New London, Conn
CLYNES, JOHN WILLIAM,
Chief Gunner's Mate, died
USS Agamemnon (right), ex-German liner Kaiser Wilhelm II, troop
transport (ID-3004), explosion in coal bunker No.16
PEAY, DELOS LEROY,
Fireman, 3rd class, killed
Wissahicken Barracks, Cape May N J
CLEVELAND, WILLIAM
JACOB, Apprentice Seaman USNRF, drowned
Naval Aviation (possibly Naval Air Station, Bay Shore,
Montauk, or Rockaway, all on Long Island), seaplane collision, 12 miles
southeast of Fire Island Lightship, off Long Island, N Y
PERO, DONALD C,
Ensign, USNRF, killed
August 25, 1918
French Radio Construction Headquarters, France
SUNDQUIST, GUSTAF
ADOLF, Chief Special mechanic, USNRF, drowned
Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa
MOSS, GILBERT COCHRAN,
Quartermaster, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, Washington, D C
McCLANAHAN, GUY
STEPHEN, Yeoman, 2nd class, illness/disease
August 26, 1918
Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla
CANFIELD, HERBERT
FLORIAN, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF, injured, DOI (not known if flying-related)
Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass
BROWNE, WILLIS
QUINCY, Warrant Officer's Cook, USNRF, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, New Orleans, La
JAQUET, WALTER LOUIS,
Landsman for Electrician (R), USNRF, illness/disease
August 27, 1918
Brooklyn, N Y
LARUE, HOBART PAUL,
Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, struck by train
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill
BEST, LYLE CLARKES,
Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease
CLARE, EDWARD LEWIS,
Baker, 1st class, United States Naval Reserve, drowned
USS Rochester, ex-New York, ex-Saratoga, armored cruiser
(No.2, later CA-2)
KRIEGEL, RHINEHART
WILLIAM, Seaman, drowned
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 (right, chasers, probably in Kirkwall, Shetland Islands
during the clearance of the North Sea mine barrage
in 1919. Numbers are probably re-touched)
BOWES, HENRY J,
Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 4)
CROWE, COLLINS ALWIN,
Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF
DENNEY HARRY SAWYER,
Gunner's Mate, 1st class USNRF
GROVES, GORDON JAMES,
Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF
GUNDERMAN, GEORGE
CHARLES, Jr, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF
HASINGER, RICHARD
COYLE, Quartermaster, 3rd class, USNRF
HASKETT, LEONARD
ALONZO, Jr, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF
HODGDON, EDWIN
FLAVIUS, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF
HULETTE, FRANK
REAMER, Ship's Cook, 1st class, USNRF
KEIHN, FREDERICK
WILLIAM, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF
McBRIDE, JOHN
ALEXANDER, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF
PATTERSON, FRANK
MOORE, Jr, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF
PEVERILL, HAROLD,
Machinist's Mate, 2nd class
RANDOLPH, GEORGE
FITZ, Ensign, USNRF (class 4)
SCHRODER, CASPER
GARRETT, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, USNRF
SHEEHAN, IRWIN JOHN,
Oiler, USNRF
TREACY, TIMOTHY
FRANK, Electrician, 3rd class (R)
August 28, 1918
Naval Air Station, St Trojan, France
LEE, RANDOLPH THOMAS,
Seaman, respiratory disease
USS Florida, dreadnought battleship (later BB-30)
SOUTHERN, RUPHUS
EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease
August 29, 1918
Field Hospital, Santiago, Dominican Republic
HURLEY, JAMES WILLIAM,
Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, drowned
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (not
known if same incidents)
CHURCHILL, JAMES
FLOYD, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF
WILCOX, DE WITT
GIFFORD, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF
Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y
DEIGNAN, THOMAS
JAMES, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease
Naval Hospital, Newport, R I
NYLAND, WALFRED OTTO,
Landsman for Electrician (G), USNRF, illness/disease
USS Carola IV, steam yacht (SP-812)
CURTIS, CLIFTON,
Quartermaster, 2nd class, illness/disease
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 on 27th
EVANS, CLARENCE
SINGLES, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, died of wounds
August 30, 1918
Naval Air Station, Rockaway Beach (or Bay), Long Island, N Y
NEWMAN, FREDERICK
ARMAND, Machinist's Mate, 1st class (A), drowned (not known if flying-related)
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill
DUDLEY, TONEY MARVIN,
Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease
O'NEIL, CHESTER,
Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease
Receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va
MASSEY, JAMES, Chief
Machinist's Mate, illness/disease
August 31, 1918
Naval Air Station, Lough Foyle, Ireland
REILLY, EDWARD
JOSEPH, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class USNRF, respiratory disease
Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va
DIAMOND, HENRY, Boatswain's
Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease
USCG Station No. 241
GORDON, JAMES
BURNETT, Surfman, USCG, illness/disease, died at Providence Hospital, Sandusky,
Ohio