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by Date and Ship/Base- June 1918

Dental Surgeon Weeden Osborne, serving with 6th Marines, killed June 8, 1918, awarded Medal of Honor  (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


 

 

JUNE

 

Cases of influenza/respiratory disease reported in the month; two deaths:

 

USS Brooklyn, armored cruiser (No.3, later CA-3), at Vladivostok, Siberia, series of epidemics lasted for 8 weeks

USS Castine, gunboat (No.6), at Gibraltar on patrol duties, 32 cases or 18 per cent of crew

USS Machias, gunboat (No.5, later PG-5), based at Gibraltar, 63 cases or 25 per cent of crew

USS Monterey, ex-monitor (BM-6), Station Ship, Pearl Harbor Naval Station, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 124 cases or  66 per cent of crew

USS New York, dreadnought battleship (later BB-34), with British Grand Fleet, 138 cases or 10 per cent of crew, two deaths noted

 

 

June 1, 1918

 

France

 HANSEN, ANDERS, Lieutenant, USNRF (class 4), automobile accident       

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 COBLENTZ, HOWARD BURNSIDES, Yeoman, 2nd class, illness/disease   

 

Twin Ponds, West Foster Meadows and Merrick Road, Rosedale, Long Island

 CONNELLY, PAUL JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF (not in active Service), asphyxia, due to drowning          

 

USS Conner, destroyer (later DD-72)

 COTTER, DANIEL ALOYSIUS, Storekeeper, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19), during gunnery practice, shell from USS New Hampshire, battleship (No.25) hit port side of ship

 MORGAN, MOSES LEONARD, Fireman, 3rd class, killed        

 

 

June 2, 1918

 

Federal Rendezvous, Brooklyn, N Y

 CLARK, TIMOTHY MATTHEWS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, wounded, but not in action 

 

Naval Hospital, Cape May, N J

 SCHAFER, FRED, Electrician, 2nd class (G), USNRF, respiratory disease   

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 HISERODT, JOHN, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 DUKE, WILLIAM CICERO, Ship’s Cook, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Prison, Paris Island, S C

 YODICE, FRANK, Landsman for Ship’s Cook, illness/disease   

 

USS Bear, ex-USCG revenue cutter, patrol vessel, Alaskan waters

 ANDERSON, CARL FREDERICK, Seaman, USCG, illness/disease, died at Unalaska       

 

 

June 3, 1918

 

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass

 NORMAN, GUY Lieutenant, USNRF (class 1), illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 JACOBS, GAIL MAIDEN, Ship's Cook, 3rd class, respiratory disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 BEAL, JEFF ISAAC, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 BAIRD, WILLIAM MATHEW, Plumber and Fitter, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

 

June 4, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 WHITTY, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, injured, DOI      

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 PACAUD, JOE ALBERT, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, respiratory disease 

 

 

June 5, 1918

 

Balboa Heights, Canal Zone

 McREE, HORACE LEVY, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease        

 

 

June 6, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla

 DAY, EUGENE, Ship's Cook, 4th class, illness/disease  

 

USMC, 6th Marines, attached to, Battle of Belleau Woods, Final German Great Offensive, Third Battle of Aisne

 OSBORNE, WEEDEN EDWARD, Dental Surgeon (Medical Corps), killed in action, awarded posthumous Medal of Honor

 

USS St Louis, protected cruiser (No.20, later CA-18)

 GIBSON, CHARLES EDWARD, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, illness/disease      

 

USS Theodore Roosevelt, ex-passenger steamship, cross-English Channel troop transport (ID-1478)

 STEPHENS, EDWIN EARNEST, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned

 

 

June 7, 1918

 

 London, England

 HOOPS, LYMAN B, Lieutenant, respiratory disease       

 

 

June 8, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 LILLEY, ROBERT GREENLEAF, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease     

 

US Submarine AL-3, L-class, designated AL to avoid confusion with British L-class, based at Berehaven, Bantry Bay, Ireland

 WHITAKER, HORACE ELMER, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, washed overboard       

 

 

June 9, 1918

 

Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn, N Y

 BRADY, FRANK JOSEPH, Fireman, 3rd class, USNRF, died   

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill

 GIDEL, DON OTIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, died of burns 

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 FAAS, CLAUDE TAYLOR, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease 

 LAROCHELLE, ERNEST ANTHONY, Electrician, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 GUARIN, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Landsman for Electrician, illness/disease        

 

USS Comfort, ex-passenger ship Havana, hospital ship (later AH-3)

 DANIELSON, CHRISTIAN PETER, Ship’s Cook, 4th class, railroad accident, DOI 

 

 

June 10, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla

 BABBY, CLARENCE FLOYD, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF, injured, DOI      

 

Naval Hospital, Puget Sound, Wash

 KLAUS, OSCAR, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

 HUFFMAN, CHARLIE WALLACE, Carpenter's Mate, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

 

June 11, 1918

 

Brooklyn, N Y

 KEMPSTON, A LESTER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, struck by automobile truck           

Kingston Avenue Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 ENGEN, GILMAN, Fireman, 1st class, illness/disease    

 

Section Base, Cape May, N J

 LEVY, HENRY, Yeoman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned   

 

USS Dixie, SP-701 (SP-701 was Dixie III, ex-motor boat, on patrol duties in New England water; Dixie was destroyer tender No.1 based at Queenstown, Ireland)

 BUCKLEY, LEO JOSEPH, Seaman, USNRF, drowned   

 

 

June 12, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 MORRIS, CHARLES ODREY, Shipwright, respiratory disease  

 

USCG Station No. 260, died at South Manitou, Mich

 JANSSENS, WILLIAM LOUIS, Surfman, USCG, drowning        

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19)

 BAGNALL, FRANK LYNN, Electrician, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

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

 AMOS, ELSTON, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

 

June 13, 1918

 

Base Hospital, Camp Upton, N Y

 BANKS, MARSTON EDSON, Chief Carpenter's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease     

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 MARTIN, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Electrician, 3rd class (G), respiratory disease  

 

USS Arkansas, dreadnought battleship (later BB-33)

 MADDEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Fireman, 3rd class, died 

 

 

June 14, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla

 JONES, WILLIAM D, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class (A), accidentally killed (not known if flying-related)          

 

Naval Air Station, Miami, Fla

 DESKIN, OTIS ORAN, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, New Orleans, La

 SOLIS, ARTHUR MICHAEL, Master-at-Arms, 3rd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 LUSK, JOE, Fireman, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease         

 

Navy Base Hospital No.5 (believed Brest, France)

 WOODWARD, EARL, Ship’s Cook, 2nd class, respiratory disease     

 

 

 

 

USS Cyclops (above), collier (No.4), ship disappeared in western Atlantic after leaving Barbados on March 4, 1918, declared lost, June 14, 1918

 AHRENS, ALBERT GEORGE, Seaman

 ALEXANDER, JIM, Boatswain's Mate, 1st class, USNRF

 ALEXSON, ARTHUR ERICK, Carpenter's Mate, 3rd class

 ALLEMAN, ALFRED FRANCIS, Fireman, 1st class

 ALLRED, GEORGE HENRY, Fireman, 2nd class

 ALSCHBACH, JOHN GEORGE, Jr, Coxswain

 ANGLOVIC, JOHN MARTIN, Electrician, 3rd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 AREHART, LOUIS ELMER, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 ARMIGER, GEORGE JONES, Seaman

 ARMSTRONG, ROBERT, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 ASHBEE, CHARLES SPRUEILL, Seaman

 ASKIN, ANDREW THEODORE, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 ASPER, BURT J, Lieutenant (JG) (Medical Corps)

 BAGGIORE, JOHN DOMINIO FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 BAILEY, GEORGE A, Oiler, USNRF

 BARNARD, JESSIE LARKIN, Blacksmith, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 BARRETT, JASON ALLEN, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 BARROW, GEORGE WEST, Seaman, 2nd class

 BARTON, UBERT SUMNER, Shipfitter, 2nd class, (DANFS only - on passage)     

 BATTLE, LEE OTIS, Seaman, 2nd class

 BAYNE, HAMILTON LEE, Shipfitter, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 BEALE, FRED, Seaman, 2nd class

 BEGGS, HAMILTON THOMPSON, Electrician, 2nd class (G), USNRF

 BEYE, ORAL ANDREW, Fireman, 3rd class, (DANFS only - on passage)    

 BLACKLEDGE, CHARLES YANCEY, Storekeeper, 1st class

 BLAKE, EDWARD LEE, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 BLEMLE, JOHN HERBERT, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 BOESE, JOHN, Fireman, 1st class

 BOSHER, REGINALD ST CLARE, Seaman, 2nd class

 BOYCE, HARRY LESLIE, Chief Water Tender, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 BRANDT, WILLIAM CLARK, Seaman, 2nd class

 BRANSON, BASCOMB NEWTON, Coxswain, (BN - specifies "drowned", DANFS - crew member at time of loss)

 BRAWFORD, JOHN WILLIAM, Yeoman, 2nd class

 BRENNER, FELIX ERWIN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 BROWN, ALLIE RICHARD, Fireman, 1st class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 BULLINGER, FRED OLIVER, Fireman, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 BURGESS, LENON THOMAS, Baker, 2nd class

 BURROW, JAMES SANFORD, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 BUTLER, JOHN, Fireman, 3rd class

 CAIN, JOHN J, Ensign, USNRF

 CALLAHAN, JOHN, Chief Machinist's Mate

 CALLAHAN, THOMAS OSCAR, Fireman, 3rd class

 CAREY, THOMAS, Fireman, 2nd class

 CARPENTER, PERCY LEON, Chief Water Tender

 CARROLL, EARL LeBARON, Seaman, 2nd class

 CAVANAUGH, ARTHUR, Coxswain, (DANFS - on passage)

 CELENTANO, FRANK Water Tender

 CHANDLER, CHARLES THOMAS, Pharmacist's Mate, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 CHASE, MARTIN LEE, Seaman, 2nd class

 CLAREY, ROY ATHOLD, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 CLAUSEN, CARL E, Oiler, USNRF

 COHOON, ALBERT, Fireman, 2nd class

 COOK, ELBERT SIDNEY, Seaman, 2nd class

 COOK, GEORGE FREDERICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 COTTON, FRANCIS EDWIN, Chief Electrician (R), (DANFS - on passage)

 COULTER, JOHN HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class

 COUTU, LEON PETER, Seaman, 2nd class

 COWLES, ROBERT HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class

 CRAMMER, EARNEST RANDOLPH, Seaman

 CRANE, FRANK PATRICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 CRAWFORD, CLIFFORD, Seaman, 2nd class

 CROWLEY, JOSEPH CORNELIUS, Fireman, 2nd class

 CUMMING, JOHN WILLIAM, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 DALNES, HAROLD EDWARD, Electrician, 2nd class

 DAMAVARA, CHRIST, Coxswain, USNRF

 DANCY, ISAAC, Boatswain's Mate, 2nd class

 DAVIS, HARRY MATTHEWS, Carpenter

 DAVIS, HARRY, Baker, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 DAVISON, FRED, Fireman, 2nd class

 DAY, LEONARD CALVERT, Fireman, 1st class

 DEL PAN, LOUIS, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF

 DELLINGER, JUNIUS LOGAN, Seaman, 2nd class

 DEMPSEY, JOHN CLARENCE, Seaman

 DENNIS, JOHN THOMAS, Seaman

 DeVOE, BERNARD EUGENE, Fireman, 3rd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 DOBBS, PAUL WESLEY, Fireman, 1st class

 DOUGLASS, WILLIAM RICHARD, Baker, 2nd class

 DOWDY, SAMUEL G, Oiler, USNRF

 DRESBACH, EDWARD HERBERT, Seaman, 2nd class

 DUKE, WILLIAM H, Oiler, USNRF

 EALES, JOHNSON CLAY, Seaman, 2nd class

 EASTERLING, JAMES EDWARD, Fireman, 3rd class

 ELLIS, LELAND SEARSON, Seaman, 2nd class

 EMBRETSON, ARTHUR BERNARD, Fireman, 3rd class

 EVANS, OTTO HARRISON, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 FARRELL, RAYMOND, Seaman, (DANFS only - on passage)   

 FELDER, HENRY SOLOMONS, Yeoman, 2nd class

 FERGUSON, ROBERT, Electrician, 3rd class

 FILZ, CHARLES, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 FINCHER, JESSE CURTIS, Fireman, 2nd class

 FINGLETON LOUIS J, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 3)

 FLANAGAN, JOHN DEWEY, Seaman, 2nd class

 FLETCHER, LLOYD VERNON, Seaman, 2nd class

 FORBES, HARVEY FRANK, Lieutenant, USNRF

 FOX, JOHN HARRY, Seaman

 FURRER, JACOB CHARLES Seaman, 2nd class

 GARCIA, LEOPOLDO ESTEBAN, Coxswain, (DANFS - on passage)

 GARMES, JOHN, Engineman, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 GELLER, MEYER, Seaman, 2nd class

 GEORGE, COST, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF

 GLOWKA, ANTHONY, Fireman, 3rd class

 GOLDING, FREDERICK BURKNER, Storekeeper, 3rd class

 GOLDSTEIN, SAMUEL, Seaman, 2nd class

 GOODMAN, CLAYTON MARSELLE, Seaman

 GRADDY, CLIVE DEWY, Seaman

 GRAVES, CHARLES GARNETT, Water Tender

 GRAY, WALTER S, Engineman, 2nd class, USNRF

 GREEN, ELMER JOSEPH, Machinist, USNRF (class 3)

 GRISGBY, EARL, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 GROFF, JOHN MERIDETH, Carpenter (temporary)

 HAKE, JAMES BERNARD, Seaman, 2nd class

 HALL, JAMES ORBIN, Fireman, 2nd class

 HAMILTON, WILLIAM HALL, Water Tender, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 HANLIN, JESSE SAMUEL, Yeoman, 3rd class

 HARDWICK, LEWIS HERBURT, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 HARDYMAN, WILLIS CHARLES, Fireman, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 HARPER, ULRIC SAMUEL, Seaman

 HARRISON, RUPERT ASA, Yeoman, 2nd class

 HEMPEL, NORMAN A, Coxswain, USNRF, (BN - respiratory disease, DANFS - crew member at time of loss)

 HENDRIX, ARCH, Seaman, 2nd class

 HERBERT, W ROY, Oiler, USNRF

 HERNANDEZ, ENRIQUE, Steerage Cook

 HERRAS, STAMATIOS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF

 HERRING, DEWEY HOBSON, Seaman, 2nd class

 HEYWOOD, CARROLL, Fireman, 2nd class

 HINES, ENCELL McKINLEY, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)

 HITCHCOCK, NELSON, Fireman, 2nd class

 HODGE, CLARENCE R, Lieutenant (JG) USNRF (class 3)

 HOFF, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Seaman, 2nd class

 HOLMES, CHARLES JOSEPH, Boatswain, USNRF (class 3)

 HORNE, WILLIAM MICHAEL, Fireman, 3rd class

 HOTCHKISS, ORAL FRANK, Fireman, 2nd class

 HUBBARD, KENNETH, Seaman, 2nd class

 HYMAN, FRANK, Seaman, 2nd class

 JARVIS, EUGENE, Engineman, 2nd class

 JETT, HUGH ALPHUS, Seaman, 2nd class

 JONES, BEVERLY FRANKLIN, Seaman, 2nd class

 JONES, CHARLES CLAYTON, Electrician, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 JONES, EARL LEON, Coxswain, (DANFS - on passage)

 JONES, ROLLAND FRANK, Electrician, 2nd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 JORDAN, DARRELL GOODWIN, Engineman, 1st class

 JUDSON, WILLIAM CURTIS, Seaman, 2nd class

 KAISER, WELCH NORMAN, Electrician, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 KASHIWAMURA, HENRY KUMA, Steward to commander in Chief, (DANFS - on passage)

 KEARNES, MURREL ALFRED, Seaman, 2nd class

 KELLER, JAMES, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 KEOGH, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Plumber and Fitter

 KING, HERMAN JOHN, Fireman, 3rd class

 KING, JUDSON RUFUS, Coxswain, (DANFS - on passage)

 KINNIGER, OTTO FRANK, Electrician, 3rd class

 KNAGGS, WILLIAM THEODORE, Fireman, 1st class

 KONSTOVICH, STEPHEN, Ensign, USNRF (class 3)

 KRUEGER, CHARLES JOHN, Gunner's Mate, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 KURNER, CLEMENT OTTO, Painter, 3rd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 LAMB, AUBREY L, Boilermaker, USNRF

 LANDGREN, GEORGE A, Quartermaster, 1st class, USNRF

 LEE, THOMAS VERNON, Fireman, 3rd class

 LIGHTENHOME, CHARLES CORN, Jr, Coxswain

 LINDQUIST, RALPH GIBSON, Fireman, 2nd class

 LOCKEY, HERBERT TILLMAN, Seaman, 2nd class

 LONG IRL EDWIN, Coxswain, (DANFS - on passage)

 LOWMAN, DEWEY NICHOLAS, Fireman, 2nd class, USNRF

 MACDONNELL, THOMAS FRANCIS, Electrician, 3rd class

 MAGUET, GLENN E, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF

 MARTIN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Coxswain, for W M

 McADAMS, WILLIAM JAMES, Chief Water Tender

 McCLAIN, GEORGE BUSHNELL, Fireman, 2nd class

 McCORMICK, FRANK HENRY, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 McDANIEL, RICHARD HUGHIE, Fireman, 3rd class

 McKEEN, DONALD JANE, Blacksmith, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)      

 McKINLEY, THOMAS JACKSON, Seaman, 2nd class

 McNEAL, GEORGE MASON, Fireman, 2nd class

 McNELLY, EUGENE FRANKLIN, Coxswain, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)   

 McNICHOLAS, WILLIAM PATRICK, Water Tender

 MEDIOLDIA, VICTOR, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 MERKEL, LAWRENCE, Fireman, 2nd class

 MERRIAM, ROY STEWART, Coxswain, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)   

 MILLER, CARL AUGUST, Boilermaker, (DANFS - on passage)

 MILLER, JAMES JOSEPH, Boilermaker, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)   

 MILLER, JASPER CLIFFORD, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)        

 MINCH, LOUIS, Fireman, 3rd class

 MITCHELL, JOSEPH FREEMAN, Seaman, 2nd class

 MIZE, AUSTIN, Seaman

 MOLLENCOP, EARL WILLIAM, Plumber and Fitter, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 MONTGOMERY, CURTIS ELWOOD, Boatswain, Reserve Force (class 3)

 MOORE, STEWART MARK, Seaman, 2nd class

 MOORES, HERMAN GRAY, Fireman, 1st class

 MORGAN, EDWARD SCOTT, Jr, Fireman, 3rd class

 MORRIS, HUGH JOSEPH, Pay Clerk, Reserve Force (class 4-3)

 MOSES, ERNEST OLIN, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 MULVEY, JOSEPH M, Ensign, Reserve Force (class 3)

 NEWTON, BERT ALEXANDER, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV

 NIGG, FRANK C, Lieutenant (JG)

 NOWLIN, GUY CORNEOLUS, Ship's Cook, 4th class

 O'DAY, NICHOLAS JAMES, Seaman

 OVERTON, DAVID MILNER, Carpenter's Mate, 2nd class

 OWENS, JOHN BURLESON, Fireman, 1st class, (DANFS - on passage)

 OXFORD, JOSEPH MARSHALL, Quartermaster, 2nd class

 PAGE, CARROLL GODDARD Assistant Paymaster, USNRF (class 2)

 PARKS, JOE, Fireman, 3rd class

 PATNAUDE, CHARLES L G, Yeoman, 1st class

 PAUR, JOHN JOSEPH, Fireman, 3rd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)    

 PERRY, WILLIE LLOYD, Fireman, 3rd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 PETERS, CLEMONS GEORGE, Painter, 1st class

 PETERS, MARTIN ALBERT, Chief Commissary Steward, USNRF

 POFF, ALFRED, Fireman, 2nd class

 POLLARD, EDWARD SPOTTSWOOD, Seaman, 2nd class

 POPE, WILLIAM ARCHIE, Fireman, 3rd class

 PORTER, AMOS MARCELLUS, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)        

 POTTER, HARRY LEROY, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 POTZ, LOUIS, Ship Fitter, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)  

 POWELL, JAMES POLK, Seaman, 2nd class

 POWERS, ROBERT HARDY, Painter, 2nd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)        

 PRICE, HERBERT REGINAL, Seaman, 2nd class

 RAMSEY, HENRY OTIS, Fireman, 2nd class

 RATBUN, LLOYD MAHLON, Ship's Cook, 3rd class, (DANFS - on passage)

 REINOEHL, WALTER ALFRED, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, USNRF, (DANFS - on passage)

 RIDDLE, ROBERT EARL, Seaman, 2nd class

 ROBERTSON, BIBB BOUNDS, Fireman, 1st class, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 ROBINSON, LAWRENCE STANSILUS, Engineman, 2nd class

 RODGERS, DANIEL TALKET, Water Tender, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 ROONEY, FRED HENRY, Electrician, 1st class, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 RYAN, JAMES ERNEST, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 SALERNO, ANDREA, Blacksmith, 2nd class

 SCARLETT, JULIAN IVERSON, Fireman, 2nd class

 SCHAFFER, JAMES GUY, Fireman, 3rd class

 SCHMIEDEBERG HERMAN CARL, Fireman, 1st class

 SCHNEIDER, OTTO GEORGE, Electrician, 1st class (Radio)

 SCHONHOF, HUGO, Ensign, USNRF (class 3)

 SCOGGINS, ROY, Fireman, 2nd class

 SELLERS, VALENTINE, Seaman

 SHERRARD, HARRY, Water Tender

 SHIELDS, WILLIAM PATRICK, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 SHOCKLEY, JOHN, Fireman, 2nd class

 SHOOTER, JAMES ARTHUR, Seaman

 SIEWIERSKI, ADAM PAUL, Fireman, 2nd class

 SKELLENGER, SAMUEL ALEXANDER, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV

 SMALL, ERNEST, Gunner's Mate, 3rd class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)  

 SMILEY, LOUIS ADOLPH, Electrician, 1st class (R), (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 SMITH, JOHN ENGHRAM, Electrician, 3rd class

 SMITH, ROY T, Boatswain, USNRF (class 3)

 SOTHERN, WILLIAM STUART, Electrician, 1st class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)  

 STALEY, CHATFIELD C, Gunner

 STAMEY, Private, USMC, from Kansas

 STANLEY, SHIRLEY WOOTSON, Seaman, 2nd class, NNV

 STARK, EDWIN LEO, Fireman, 3rd class

 STEINBERGER, GAIL HAMILTON, Fireman, 2nd class

 STEWART, ROBERT BOYD, Fireman, 2nd class

 STRAUS, EDWIN J, Pharmacist, 3rd class

 STRONG, FRANCIS OLNEY, Fireman, 3rd class

 SWEENEY, WILLIAM FRANCIS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 SWOVELAND, ROY B, Oiler, USNRF

 TAYLOR, HOWARD ALBERT, Fireman, 2nd class

 TEGEDER, WALTER SCOTT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 THRASHER, HENRY EDWARD, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 TORRETTA, JAMES JOSEPH, Ship’s Cook, 2nd class

 TOUART, WILLIE, Seaman, 2nd class

 TOWNSEND, BIRCH ALFRED, Chief Water Tender

 TRALINSKY, BERNARD, Fireman, 3rd class

 UNGER, HARRY DUNLAP, Chief Electrician, USNRF

 URQUHART, WILLIAM ARCHIE, Fireman, 3rd class

 VANDERWHITE, LEON BRYANT, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)        

 VASILIAN, PANY, Blacksmith, 1st class, USNRF

 VIDLUND, JOHN HENRY, Chief Yeoman

 WADDELL, FRED LEE, Fireman, 1st class

 WAFF, LONNIE, Oiler, USNRF

 WAINWRIGHT, JOHN FREEMAN, Seaman, 2nd class

 WALL, JAMES, Fireman, 1st class

 WARD, WILLIAM DAVID, Fireman, 2nd class

 WATKINS, THOMAS, Fireman, 2nd class

 WEATHERS, JOHN WESLEY, Fireman, 3rd class

 WEBB, NORMAN EMMETT, Seaman, 2nd class

 WEBSTER, CLAYTON ANDREW, Electrician, 1st class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)         

 WEISANSAL, EDWARD NICHOLAS, Fireman, 1st class

 WELBORN, LEE ROY ALEXANDER, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class

 WELBORN, PENDLETON DEWEY, Seaman, 2nd class

 WEST, ANDREW BENNY, Fireman, 2nd class

 WEST, JAMES ALEXANDER, Fireman, 2nd class

 WEST, WILLIAM HARRY, Fireman, 1st class

 WHEELER, JAMES MADISON, Hospital Apprentice, 2nd class

 WHEELOCK, MYRON, Electrician, 2nd class

 WHITESELL, EARL BENJAMIN, Fireman, 3rd class, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 WHITESIDE, MOSS TINSLEY, Fireman, 1st class, (BN - crew member, DANFS - on passage)      

 WILKERSON, EDWIN EARL, Shipwright

 WILLIAMS, SURVAIN AUSTIN, Mess Attendant, 3rd class

 WILLIAMS, WILBUR, Seaman, 2nd class

 WILLIS, CLARENCE JOSEPH, Fireman, 2nd class

 WILLIS, THOMAS JEFFERSON, Fireman, 2nd class

 WILSON, HENRY JAMES, Seaman

 WILSON, WALTER OTIS, Water Tender, (BN/DANFS - on passage)

 WINKLE, ALBERT G, Lieutenant, USNRF (class 2)

 WISE, WILLIAM THOMAS, Fireman, 3rd class

 WISOTZKEY, SAMUEL CONRAD, Fireman, 2nd class

 WOLF, WILLIAM ROBERT, Fireman, 2nd class

 WOOD, WILLIAM TOMS, Fireman, 3rd class

 WOOLLEY, FRANK LESTER, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 WORLEY, GEORGE W, Lieutenant Commander, USNRF (class 3), Commanding Officer  

 WYMORE, WORTH, Carpenter's Mate

 

USS Mongolia, ex-passenger & cargo liner, troop transport (ID-1615)

 BENFORD, RICHARD, Ship’s Cook, 3rd class, USNRF, poisoned      

 

 

June 15, 1918

 

Mare Island, Calif

 COWAN, JAMES ALLEN, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease           

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 MAISENHALTER, JOHN JOSEPH, Seaman, FNRs, respiratory disease       

 

Naval Hospital, Pelham Bay Park, N Y

 BRISTOW, ARTHUR EATELL, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease   

 

Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa

 TAYLOR, THOMAS WILEY, Electrician, 3rd class (G), drowned

 

USS Louisiana, battleship (later BB-19)

 WEBER, WALTER ASBURY, Seaman, drowned   

 

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

 MILLER, GEORGE SANDERS, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, illness/disease  

 

 

June 16, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 GALLMAN, RICHARD EDWOOD, Seaman, illness/disease      

 

Naval Hospital, Cape May, N J

 WILLIAMS, LEON BUEL, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease   

 

Receiving Ship, Philadelphia, Pa

 OLNESS, NILS PEDERSEN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, died         

 

 

June 17, 1918

 

Armed Draft Detail, New York

 WOOD, KLEON LEVIRDA, Seaman, respiratory disease          

        

Naval Air Station, Queenstown, Ireland

 HIGGINSON, LE ROY CHESTER, Carpenter's Mate, 1st class USNRF, illness/disease     

 

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

 KELLEY, ARTHUR IRA, Coxswain, respiratory disease   

 

USMC, 5th Marines, Company A, in France, presumably Battle of Belleau Woods, Final German Great Offensive, Third Battle of Aisne

 MAXWELL, DAVID MARION, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, wounded in action, DOW

 

USS Pocahontas, ex-German liner Prinzess Irene, troop transport (ID-3044)

 CROFT, HUGH ST ELMO, Fireman, 2nd class, drowned

 

 

June 18, 1918

 

Brest, France

 MOSS, JOHN HOWARD, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned  

 

SS Dwinsk, passenger ship (British-owned), torpedoed and sunk by U.151, c 400 NE of Bermuda, total of 23 lost

 GOLDTHWAITE, EDWARD, Seaman, Signalman

 

USCG, New York Division, at New York Harbor

 McCELLAN, GEORGE EARL, Ordinary Seaman, USCG, accidental discharge of his rifle  

 

 

June 19, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident, both killed (not known if same incident)

 BLAIR, ANDREW BEIRNE, Jr, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF

 SYLVESTER, BRYL EDWIN, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), USNRF

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 LEE, BURTON MONROE, Fireman, 1st class, respiratory disease     

 

USS New York, dreadnought battleship (later BB-34)

 COBLE, GILBERT LACKEY, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

 

June 20, 1918

 

Mare Island, Calif

 ANDERSON, ALBERT ROBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease           

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 JOHNSON, GUY WILLIAM, Electrician, 3rd class (G), illness/disease 

 

Norfolk, Va

 HAYWARD, ERNEST EUGENE, Engineman, 1st class, USNRF, died         

 

USS Monadnock, monitor (No.3. later BM-3), "cruised with submarines", Asiatic Station

 KRAUSE, LESTER EDMOND, Apprentice Seaman, injured, DOI        

 

 

June 21, 1918

 

Mary Gates Hospital, Texas

 SLAUGHTER, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, respiratory disease  

 

USS Schurz, ex-German protected cruiser Geier, escort vessel, sunk in collision with tanker Florida 10 miles off Cape Lookout, N C (also 12 injured) (BN - 12th, other sources - 21st)

 GOUVEIA, MANUEL, Jr, Seaman, 2nd class, killed        

 

 

June 22, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, League Island, Pa

 RUSSELL, RALPH AUGUSTUS, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, NNV, illness/disease 

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N H

 SMITH, JOHN BOLTON, Chief Pharmacist's Mate, illness/disease      

 

USS Kearsarge, battleship (later BB-5)

 MANCHESTER, RUSSELL BRACE, Seaman, NNV, drowned   

 

 

June 23, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla

 WAREING, EDGAR THOMAS, Quartermaster, 2nd class, illness/disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N Y

 RUBENSTEIN, HAROLD BARON, Seaman, 2nd class, wounded, but not in action

 

Naval Station, Cavite, P I

 FISHER, MASON GILBERT, Water Tender, drowned      

 

North River

 CRAWLEY, WILLIAM WILSON, Gunner, accidentally drowned while bathing        

 

Puget Sound, Wash

 KNAPP, BURTON ALVORN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned   

 

USS Wilkes, destroyer (later DD-67)

 HOLLEMAN, ASA CALVIN, Fireman, 1st class, poisoned        

 

 

June 24, 1918

 

at private address

 DEETS, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF, died. 12 South Fourth Street, Lafayette, Ind            

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 SMITH, HERBERT S, Landsman for Electrician (R), illness/disease    

 SWAN, HERBERT ARNOLD, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla

 SANTOS, PEDRO A, Mess Attendant, 3rd class, illness/disease       

 

USS Harrisburg, ex-liner, troop transport (ID-1663)

 HOLTZAPPLE, RORERT ARTHUR, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease       

 

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

 LOCKWOOD, ARTHUR LOGES, Printer, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease        

 

USS Mongolia, ex-passenger & cargo liner, troop transport (ID-1615)

 SMITH, JAMES ALLEN, Fireman, 2nd class, respiratory disease        

 

 

June 25, 1918

 

HM Hospital Ship Karapara (BN – Karapaba)

 WETHERBEE, BUEL MILLS, Seaman, respiratory disease      

 

Naval Recruiting Station, Little Rock, Ark

 KELLEY, WILLIAM RAYMOND, Apprentice Seaman, USNRF (not in active Service), injured, DOI   

 

Receiving Ship, Brooklyn, N Y

 ROBERTSON, WILLARD, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease 

 

 

USS Buenaventura (above) (sometimes Buena Ventura), freighter (ID-1335)

 JOHNSON, ELBRETH POPE, Electrician, 3rd class (R), drowned

 

USS Delaware, dreadnought battleship (later BB-28)

 McELREE, REUBEN, Coxswain, respiratory disease      

 

 

June 26, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Newport, R I

 HEIDENREICH, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Apprentice Seaman, illness/disease

 

Naval Training Station, Newport, R I

 McCAFFREY, PATRICK FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, asphyxiation by illuminating gas    

 

 

USMC, 5th Marines, Medical Unit, in France, presumably Battle of Belleau Woods, Final German Great Offensive, Third Battle of Aisne, both wounded in action, DOW (above, US Cemetery at Belleau Wood, click for panorama, Library of Congress)

 SCHULER, LOUIS BAPTISTE, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class

 WELTY, FRANK GEORGE, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class

 

USS SC-190, submarine chaser, both lost overboard and drowned

 BLOODGOOD, NORMAN SLOCUM, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF

 WALTON, JAMES FORSTER, Seaman, 2nd class    

 

 

June 27, 1918

 

Base Hospital No.2 (believed Inverness, Scotland)

 JOHNS, CLEY LEVERN, Ship's Cook, 4th class, illness/disease        

 

USS George Washington, ex-German liner, troop transport (ID-3018)

 RATCLIFFE, ALBERT EDWARD, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease          

 

 

June 28, 1918

 

Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident

 ZELLER, GEORGE JOHN, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 

Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass

 BERRY, ELMER EDGAR, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease  

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 CORNELL, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease 

 

SS Neuse, ex-German Magdeburg, freighter

 CONNERS, ROBERT WILLIAM, Seaman, illness/disease        

 

 

June 29, 1918

 

Receiving Ship, New York, N Y

 BREAREY, RICHARD JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned

 

Section Patrol, Detroit, Mich

 WILKIE, DAVID NORMAN, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF, drowned      

 

 

June 30, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, Fort Lyon, Colo

 BARNHART, THEO SIDLER, Musician, 2nd class, USNRF, respiratory disease    

 

Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va

 PARROTT, CLARENCE HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

USS Susquehanna, ex-German liner Rhein, troop transport (ID-3016)

 STAPLES, ROBERT BRUCE, Electrician, 1st class, USNRF, illness/disease       

 

USS Yamacraw, ex-USCG cruising cutter, escort vessel, died at Gibraltar

 BENSON, FRIDOLPH, Fireman, USCG, respiratory disease     

 

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