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

 OCTOBER

 

 

October 1, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 HANKINS, CECIL LOYD, Landsman for Machinist's Mate (A), USNRF, influenza   

 

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

 JACKSON, ALVIN WESLEY, Electrician, 3rd class (R), illness/disease       

 

USS President Lincoln, ex-German liner, troop transport (no ID #)

 LEVY, ABRAHAM, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, accidentally killed   

 

 

October 2, 1917

 

USS Leonidas, ex-collier, ex-survey ship, submarine chaser tender (later AD-7)

 CADY, RALPH GORDON, Seaman, 2nd class, lost overboard  

 

 

October 3, 1917

 

Boston, Mass

 FROST, MARK W, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease     

 

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

 FERRAND SANDY GEORGE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, poisoned by illuminating gas

 

 

October 5, 1917

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 SMITH, MATHEW L H, Chief Yeoman, USNRF, sudden natural death

 

USS Solace, hospital ship (later AH-2)

 LUKER, WALTER MARION, Seaman, 2nd class, injured 

 

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

 WARNER, FRED BURDETT, Fireman, 2nd class, poisoned      

 

 

October 7, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 JOHNSON, CHARLES HOWARD, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease  

 

 

October 8, 1917

 

USS Jarvis, destroyer (later DD-38)

 DAVIS, OSCAR, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

 

October 10, 1917

 

New York, N Y

 FLINN, VALENTINE PATRICK, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease   

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 BRENNAN, JOHN, Shipfitter, 2nd class, USNRF, fell from window, killed      

 

Submarine Base, San Pedro, Calif

 MILLER, EARL LOUIS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned      

 

USS Anderton, ex-trawler Raymond J Anderton, minesweeper, French west coast operations (SP-530)

 DE FORGE, JOHN FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned     

 

 

October 11, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 MILLER, VERN, Landsman for Electrician, respiratory disease  

 

 

October 12, 1917

 

SS Lewis Luckenbach, freighter, torpedoed and sunk by U.53 off NW French coast (Uboat.net & other sources - 11th)

 McNEIL, JOHN EDWARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 

USS Panther, destroyer tender (later AD-6), based at Brest

 CAMPBELL, JOHN DAVID, Electrician, 3rd class (R), carbon monoxide poisoning

 

 

October 15, 1917

 

USS Cassin, destroyer (later DD-43), torpedoed and damaged by U.61 off Irish coast (NavSource - 16th)

 INGRAM, OSMOND KELLY, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, killed by the torpedo when attempting to jettison depth charges (BN - drowned), awarded posthumous Medal of Honor

 

USS Kearsarge, battleship (later BB-5)

 ORMSBY, EDGAR PARMELE, Water Tender, fell overboard and drowned    

 

USS Seneca, ex-steam yacht, patrol vessel and minesweeper (SP-427), based at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N Y, boiler accident

 SHEEHAN, DENNIS F, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV, burnt, died being taken ashore 

 

 

October 16, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 SCHENCK, HARRY PETER, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease

 

Naval Prison, Mare Island, Calif

 MELLINGER, OSCAR JAMES, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

 

October 17, 1917

 

Dayton, Ohio, aeroplane accident

 ANNIS, FRANK MERIEL, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, DOI     

 

Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

 DIXON, THOMAS WESLEY, Electrician, 1st class, illness/disease  

 

   

 

SS Antilles (above, Donald McPherson), US Army chartered troop transport (USACT), torpedoed and sunk by U.62 to the south of Ireland, 67 lives lost in total

 AUSBURNE, CHARLES LAWRENCE, Electrician 1st class (R)

 HUNT, JOHN WALTER, Seaman, 2nd class

 McKINNEY, JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER, Seaman, 2nd class

 WATSON, HERBERT FENN, Electrician (R), 3rd class

 

USS Minnesota, battleship (later BB-22)

 KNAPP, DANIEL, Fireman, 3rd class, died  

 

 

October 18, 1917

 

Charleston, S C

 MEHRTENS, RUDOLPH CHRISTIAN, Chief Boatswain, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ENGLEDOW, ALFRED JOHN, Ship’s Cook, 1st class, USNRF, respiratory disease          

 

 

October 19, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 GARICK, CARLIS JAMES, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R I

 MILLER, ALBERT McKINLEY, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, died  

 

 

October 21, 1917

 

Archangel Hospital, Russia

 MANN, CHARLES WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease          

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 ELLINGSWORTH, DANIEL MAURICE, Shipfitter, 1st class, respiratory disease    

 

 

October 22, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon Colo

 RUBIN, MOE, Seaman, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 LANG, HARRY ALFORD, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

October 23, 1917

 

SS Alamance, freighter

 RAYBURN, EDGAR DOANE, Seaman, drowned   

 

USS Wainwright, destroyer (later DD-62)

 BAKER, WILLIAM PRATT, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned          

 

 

October 24, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 ESTES, LEROY CHARLES, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

 

October 25, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BAKER, ROBERT EMANUEL, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 HAMER, EDWARD RILEY, Oiler, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Washington, D C

 FLYTE, CHARLES FRANCIS, Chief Machinist's Mate, illness/disease

 

 

October 26, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Mare Island, Calif

 LAWTON, SYLVESTER H, jr, Lieutenant, wounded, but not in action  

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 OSTERHAUS, HAROLD, Seaman, USNRF, respiratory disease

 

 

October 27, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BRANDT, IRA CLAYTON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 HUMPHREYS, HOWARD W, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease         

 

Naval Hospital, Newport R I

 DEWBERRY, ALBERT, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease    

 

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R I, boat capsized

 BLINN, CARL HENRY, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, died, presumably drowned       

 

San Francisco, Calif

 PETRONE, GENEVIEVE JOSEPHINE, Yeoman (F), 2nd class, USNRF, wounded, but not in action          

 

 

October 28, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 FERGUSON, JAMES DOUGLASS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

 

SS  Finland (above), ex-passenger ship, US Army chartered troop transport, torpedoed and damaged by U.93 off French west coast, members of Armed Guard (9 lost in total)

 HEAD, NEWTON ROY, Seaman

 HENRY, JAMES WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 HILTON, PORTER, Seaman, 2nd class

 

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

 RONDEAU, JAMES ARNETT, Fireman, 3rd class, injured        

 

 

October 29, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 BYRES, ERNEST EZRA, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease  

 KENNEDY, JOHN ARTHUR, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class (T), injured      

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 PECK, ERVINE DEWEY, Ensign (retired), illness/disease        

 

 

October 30, 1917

 

USCG Stations No. 176 and 177, both drowned off Oregon Inlet, N C (presumably same incident)

 MEEKINS, THEODORE, Surfman, USCG (Station No. 177)

 MILLER, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Surfman, USCG (Station No.176)

 

 

 

USS Michigan (above; also USCG boat, perhaps of the type lost here), dreadnought battleship (later BB-27), picket boat sank in US Home Waters, mostly listed as drowned

 ATWOOD, AUSTIN, Seaman 2nd class

 FISCHER, WALTER HENRY, Coxswain

 FLOW ARTHUR ALEXANDER, Seaman, 2nd class

 HENDRICKSON, JOSEPH HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, exposure     

 HINDMARSH, GEORGE, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (BN - ship lost)        

 JONES, CLARENCE LESLIE, Seaman

 MEISTER, ANDREW FRED, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class (BN - ship lost)         

 SCHULTZ, JOSEPH JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class, exposure     

 SCOTT, ROSCOE, Fireman, 1st class

 TAMILLO, EDMUND LOUIS, Coxswain, exposure  

 WING, STANLEY JAMES, Fireman, 2nd class

 YOUNG, JAMES PURVIS, Chief Gunner's Mate, exposure       

 

 

October 31, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 GEE, CHARLEY BURBICK, Seaman, 2nd class, poisoned       

 

USS Arethusa, tanker (later AO-7)

 JACKSON, ALLEN, Seaman, 2nd class, injured    

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