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

 

NOVEMBER

 

 

November 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 LYONS, JOHN, Chief Water Tender, respiratory disease

 

 

November 2, 1917

 

Naval Training Camp, San Diego, Calif

 JEWKES, IVAN RICHARD, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease   

 

 

November 3, 1917

 

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

 BOTELER, WILBER H, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, NNV, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Charleston, S C

 BOYES, JOSEPH RAYMOND, Fireman, 1st class, injured       

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 ANSELL, LINWOOD GUY, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R I, boat capsized

 ZUGEHOR, RUDOLPH, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class (T)

 

SS Rochester, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.95, 800 miles west of Ireland (other sources - 2nd, total of 23 lost)

 CORUN, MARSHALL UNDERWOOD, Seaman, 2nd class

 COX, MEARL RALPH, Seaman, 2nd class

 CROWLEY, JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class

 DONOVAN, BERNARD JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class

 GRAGG, ERNEST H, Seaman

 

 

November 4, 1917

 

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

 REYNDERS, JOHN V, Jr, Electrician, 3rd class, NNV, injured (possibly flying-related), DOI           

 

USS Maggie, ex-barge, floating barracks, Cherry Island, Va (SP-1202)

 LAWRENCE, RICHARD SHAFTER, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, USNRF, drowned            

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 LILJGREN, KARL ADOLPHUS, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

 

November 5, 1917

 

Base Hospital No.5, Brest, France

 HALSETH, ANDREW MARTIN, Seaman, USNRF, injured         

 

Marine Hospital, San Francisco, Calif

 SCOBEY, JOHN, Lieutenant, USNRF (class 4-2), illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ROBBINS, FREDERICK RAYMOND, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease      

 

Receiving Ship, Boston, Mass

 NEIGG, FRANK NICHOLAS, Fireman, 3rd class, killed by train 

 

 

USS Alcedo (above), yacht (SP-166), torpedoed and sunk by UC.71 off French west coast, some listed as drowned

 BRUNKHARDT, JOHN W, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF

 CLEARY JAMES JOSEPH FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class USNRF, drowned

 DANIEL, JOSEPH ROLAND, Seaman, 2nd class

 EDWARDS, ALLEN THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned    

 FINGERLING, FRANK WILLIAM, Fireman, 2nd class

 GAUS, CHARLES FREDERICK, Seaman

 GOZZETT, EDWARD RAY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned     

 HARRINGTON, VIRGIL EDGAR, Seaman, 2nd class

 HARRISON, EARNEST, Mess Attendant, 1st class, USNRF

 HIGGINS, FRANK W, Yeoman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned    

 HOLLER, WILLIAM R, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV

 McCRAY, ROBERT, Ship's Cook, 2nd class, USNRF

 MELVIN, JOHN T, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF

 PICCIANO, MICHAEL ANTHONY, Boilermaker

 RIKER, RICHARD W, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV

 SMOCK, WILLIAM WALTER, Seaman, 2nd class

 SURATT, WILLIAM URIAH, Seaman, 2nd class

 TOWLE, EMMONS JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class

 WEAVER, LUTHER OBERLIN, Seaman, USNRF

 WESCHE, RICHARD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF

 WINNE, JOHN, Jr, Seaman, USNRF

 

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

 BADGER, ELBRIDGE LEE, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 

 

November 6, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 BRECK, FRANCIS PRATT, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 SMITH, JOHN JOSEPH, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease       

 YOUNGER, COLE OSCAR, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease         

 

Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 DEATON, NEAL, Seaman, 2nd class, died  

 

 

November 7, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 PLOWMAN, GORDON, Yeoman, 3rd class, illness/disease     

 

Receiving Ship, Puget Sound, Wash

 BANCROFT, GEORGE CROES, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF, died

 

 

November 8, 1917

 

USS Reina Mercedes, ex-Spanish 3rd-class cruiser, Receiving Ship, Annapolis, Md

 BULAY, WILLIAM, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, illness/disease    

 

 

November 9, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 PATTON, CARL RICHARD, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease        

 

 

November 10, 1917

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 GOLDEN, PATRICK BERNARD, Chief Master-at-Arms, died     

 

 

November 11, 1917

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 BECKER, JOHN ANDREW, Seaman, 2nd class, struck on head, killed        

 

 

November 12, 1917

 

Naval Station, Key West, Fla

 FERGUSON, JOSHUA, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease 

 

Washington, D C

 MACKAY, GEORGE, Commander (retired), illness/disease      

 

 

November 13, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 STEENBERGEN, LEE, Quartermaster, 3rd class, USNRF, respiratory disease     

 

USS Perry, destroyer (later DD-11)

 GJERTSEN, BENJAMIN, Seaman, 2nd class, fell overboard and drowned     

 

 

November 14, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 WALKER, JAMES, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 LEARY, FRANK EVERT, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease        

 

 

November 15, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HARVEY, AUBREY EULON, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease      

 

 

November 16, 1917

 

USS Prometheus, ex-collier (No.2), repair ship (No.3, later AR-3), believed stationed at Bermuda

 ZWIESELAND, HARRY, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease        

 

 

November 17, 1917

 

Somerville, Mass

 CURTIN, JAMES HENRY, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, USNRF, died       

 

SS Pastores, freighter, US Army chartered transport (USACT)

 LOCKREY, ROGER WALCOTT, Seaman, fell overboard and drowned

 

 

November 18, 1917

 

 New York, N Y

 BALTHROP, JOHN HARRISON, Seaman, 2nd class, gas asphyxiation        

 

 

November 19, 1917

 

Brooklyn, N Y

 KILLORAN, LUKE A, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, fall, died  

 

USS Chauncey, destroyer (No.3), escorting convoy, rammed and sunk by British SS Rose around 110 miles west of Gibraltar (right, Memorial Plaque to the men lost)

 ANTHONY, STANLEY THOMAS, Electrician, 1st class

 CLAGGETT, HONORE MARTIN, JR, Chief Electrician

 CRANE, DANIEL BRUCE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 EWART, JOSEPH SHARP, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 GOODRICH, CHARLES A, Chief Machinist's Mate

 GUTTRIDGE, ALGEN HYSLE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 HAMAN, HENRY GEORGE, Seaman

 HAMPEL, WILLIAM HERMAN, Oiler

 HEROUX, JOSEPH ADOLPHE, Fireman, 3rd class

 KOPP, IRA FRANCISCO, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 O'CONNOR, CHARLES ALBERT, Chief Yeoman

 PAGTAKHAN, FRANCISCO, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 RENO, WALTER E, Lieutenant Commander, commanding officer       

 RHINEHART, JOHN, Chief Water Tender

 SKINNER, HARRY G, jr, Ensign, USNRF

 SMITH, JOHN ALOYIOUS, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 STRIBLING, JOHN WILLIAM, Oiler

 TERKILDSEN, OSWALD JAGER, Yeoman, 2nd class

 WAGNER, NICHOLAS HENRY JOSEPH, Shipwright, 1st class

 WEDDERBURN, CHARLES F, Lieutenant (JG)

 WORNELL, GEORGE, Boilermaker

 

USS Columbia, protected cruiser (No.12, later CA-16)

 BANNERMAN, NORMAN FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned     

 

USS Pennsylvania, dreadnought battleship (later BB-38)

 HIGHSMITH, DWIGHT, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

USS Virginia, battleship (later BB-13)

 ROOT, CLIFFORD LUTHER, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, died          

 

 

November 20, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 BRIEGER, JOHN FRANK, Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 DUNCAN, JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 HEGNA, CLIFFORD OLIVER, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Port Lyon, Colo

 BAKER, WILLIAM HENRY, steerage Steward, respiratory disease     

 

Royal Hospital, Haulbowline, Ireland

 QUEEN, DUDLEY W, Assistant Surgeon, USNRF (class 4), illness/disease 

 

 

November 22, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 MAY, JOSEPH EARL Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 MAYERS, EDMUND, Oiler, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ROSNESS, GEORGE CYRUS, Landsman for Electrician (G), respiratory disease

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 KNIGHT, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Jr, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

USS Pueblo, ex-Colorado, armored cruiser (No.7, later CA-7))

 DUDLEY, ROBERT EARL, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

November 23, 1917

 

3rd Naval District, New York, attached to

 LOTT, JOHN, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF (not in active Service), illness/disease      

 

 

 

Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (type not known; above, Aeromachine 40, typical two seater of the time)

 BOSE, HERMAN, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), drowned       

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 LANGLATZ, CHARLES EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease  

 

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

 McNEIL, HARRY, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

USS Texas, dreadnought battleship (later BB-35)

 GONZALES, QUINTIN Z, Musician, 1st class, illness/disease   

 

 

November 24, 1917

 

Base Hospital No.2 (believed Inverness, Scotland)

 McKEAN, WALTER MYRON, Fireman, 3rd class NNV, respiratory disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 GILLESPIE, CLAUDE LORELY, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 FORREST, SAMUEL ADOLHUS Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

SS Actaeon, ex-German Adamsturm, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.84 west of France (total of 4 men killed)

 DOWNEY, STEPHEN JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

 

November 25, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 HINGERTY, ROBERT HECKLE, Blacksmith, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Navy Yard, New York, N Y

 BERRY, CHESTER THEODORE, Seaman, drowned       

 

SS Actaeon, ex-German Adamsturm, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.84 west of France (but sunk on 24th, total of 4 men killed)

 MORAN, JOHN THOMAS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned

 

 

November 26, 1917

 

Jacksonville, Fla

 CAMERON, BONAR C, Machinist's Mate, 1st class, USNRF (not in active Service), drowned

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 KENYON, JOHN, Chief Gunner (retired), illness/disease  

 

Navy Recruiting Station, Greenville, S C

 HEATH, SAMUEL, Chief Water Tender, automobile accident, killed    

 

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

 BEESON, EDWIN DWIGHT, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned       

 

 

November 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BAKER, HARRY LEE, Chief Yeoman, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 STEVENS, CARL ADAMS, Chief Machinist's Mate, respiratory disease       

 

 

November 28, 1917

 

at home

 FLYNN, JOHN FRANCIS, Chief Master-at-Arms, illness/disease         

 

USS Virginia, battleship (later BB-13)

 SAVAGE, LEE JOHNSON JOSEPH, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease       

 

 

November 29, 1917

 

Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn

 COOK, ELLIS GORDON, Chief Electrician, illness/disease       

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 EDWARDS, JAMES SILAS, Boilermaker, respiratory disease   

 

 

November 30, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BLACKFORD GEORGE CLARENCE, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 BUTTERWORTH, HAROLD, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease   

 

USS DeKalb or De Kalb, ex-German liner Prinz Eitel Friedrich, troop transport (ID-3010)

 FUNK, RALPH HARRY, Blacksmith for Molder, wounded, but not in action   

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