1. Information is in order - Date of death, Unit or Location, Incident, Name, Rank, Service other than USN, Cause of death
2. Abbreviation: DOW - died of wounds
3.  Ranks of US Navy Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men
4. US Navy Casualties by Name

1918

 

Note: Some Units and all Battles are conjectured from the information given in the official list

 

 

April 18, 1918

 

Naval Headquarters, Paris, France,

 SCHAFFNER, FRED CHARLES, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, died as a result of German gas bombardment at Fountain St Robert, France

 

 

June 6, 1918

 

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

 

 

June 17, 1918

 

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

 

 

June 26, 1918

 

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

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

 SCHULER, LOUIS BAPTISTE, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class

 

 

July 20, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, action not known)

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

 

 

September 16, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of Saint-Mihiel, France)

 LITCHFIELD, JOHN RUSSELL, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, wounded in action, DOW

 

 

October 3, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Meuse-Argonne Offensive)

 CALLBACK, WILLIAM CLAUDE, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, wounded

 

 

October 4, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Meuse-Argonne Offensive), both killed in action

 GRAHAM, WILLIAM CURTIS, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class,

 JOHNSON, JOSEPH SAMUEL, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class

 

 

October 5, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Meuse-Argonne Offensive)

 SULLIVAN, JAMES DAVID, Pharmacist's Mate, 2nd class, wounded, DOW

 

 

October 6, 1918

 

USMC, 5th Marines, Medical Detachment, in action with (presumably Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Meuse-Argonne Offensive)

 TENLEY, EUGENE HODGE, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, killed in action

 

 

October 7, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge, Meuse-Argonne Offensive)

 JAMISON, ROLAND RAY, Pharmacist's Mate, 1st class, wounded in action, DOW

 BROWN, RAYMOR RILEY, Pharmacist's Mate, 3rd class, killed in action

 

 

October 26, 1918

 

USMC, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, Company A, France

 WITT, GEORGE DOUGLAS, Pharmacist's Mate, 1st class, wounded in action, DOW

 

 

November 1, 1918

 

France (presumably 5th or 6th Marines Medical Unit, Battle of the Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France)

 GRANTHAM, JAMES HOWELL, Hospital Apprentice, 1st class, killed in action

 

USMC, 5th Marines, Company 5 (presumably Battle of the Argonne Forest, Meuse-Argonne Offensive, France)

 TIMMONS, CLAUDE, Pharmacist's Mate, 1st class, wounded in action, DOW

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