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

 

DECEMBER

 

 

December 2, 1917

 

USS America, ex-German liner Amerika, troop transport (ID-3006)

 BURDET, FRANCIS, Seaman, 2nd class, illness/disease

 

 

December 3, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 BOWSER, JAMES MONROE, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease        

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 ALTMAN, IRBY ANDERSON, Apprentice Seaman, respiratory disease        

 STARK, HARRY EARL, Fireman, 3rd class, illness/disease     

 WILLINGHAM, WILLIE MORGAN, Fireman, 2nd class, illness/disease         

 

Norfolk, Va

 WILLIAMS, RICHARD BLAND, Surgeon (Medical Corps), wounded, but not in action         

 

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

 STOREY, DANIEL DEWEY, Seaman, 2nd class, injured 

 

 

December 4, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa

 DUNCAN, JAMES BRADY, Blacksmith, respiratory disease     

 

Naval Training Station, Cedar Falls, Iowa

 MINKLE, HAROLD WATSON, Seaman, 2nd class, killed by train       

 

Quincy, Mass

 WELLS, JOHN C, Chief Machinist's Mate, USNRF, accident, died      

 

 

December 5, 1917

 

Aviation Naval Headquarters, Paris, France, airplane accident (location probably outside Paris)

 BAKER, CLAUDE ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class, drowned        

 

St Marys Hospital, Hoboken N J

 ABEL, LUTHER VELVIN, Seaman, 2nd class, injured     

 

USS Yantic, old wooden-hulled gunboat, training ship, Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 OAK, HARRY ARTHUR, Chief Boatswain's Mate, USNRF, illness/disease    

 

 

December 6, 1917

 

Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md

 IRWIN, GLENDON WARD, Ensign, died     

 

Naval Hospital, Maiden, Mass

 BOYLE, JOHN JOSEPH, Chief Water Tender, illness/disease   

 

Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va

 RICE, EARL ALBERT, Fireman, 3rd class, respiratory disease

 

Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill

 HALL, JOHN MARSHALL, Seaman, 2nd class, respiratory disease    

 

USS Jacob Jones (right; image below is the torpedo explodng, taken by Seaman William G Ellis. No enlargement), destroyer (No.61), sailing Brest, France for Queenstown, Ireland, torpedoed and sunk by U.53

 ANDERSEN, HENRY P, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 BIELATOWICZ, JOHN WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 BRAMMALL, JOHN THOMAS, Jr, Chief Water Tender

 BRANNIGAN, JAMES, Fireman, 2nd class

 BRYAN, GEORGE FREDERICK, Seaman, 2nd class

 BUTLER, JOHN EDWARD, Fireman, 2nd class

 CHAPPIE, FRANK WILLIAM, Seaman, 2nd class

 COONEY, JOHN JOSEPH, Chief Water Tender

 COSTIGAN, MAURICE JOSEPH, Seaman, 2nd class

 CROSS, JAMES FRANK MORISON, Gunner's Mate, 1st class

 CUMMINGS, JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class

 DISMUKE, EDWARD TOM, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 DONOVAN, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, Boiler maker

 EBISCH, CABL G, Quartermaster, 3rd class

 FAVREAU, HENRY PHILIPPE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class

 FISHER, REGINALD JOHN, Seaman, 2nd class

 FITZGERALD, JAMES STEPHEN, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class

 FLAHERTY, JOHN JAMES, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 FLANAGHAN, THOMAS HENRY, Seaman, 2nd class

 FRANCIS, JAMES ALVA, Electrician, 3rd class

 FRENCH, CHARLES, Fireman, 1st class, Fleet Reserve

 GIFFORD, WILLIAM THOMAS, Fireman, 2nd class

 GREGORY, SCHUYLER, Coppersmith

 GRINNELL, CLIFTON STEPHENS, Seaman, 2nd class

 HIGHET, LELAND McKEAND, Seaman, 2nd class

 HILL, LUTHER, Fireman, 1st class

 HOOD, HARRY R, Gunner

 JASKOLSKI, FRANCIS JOHN, Fireman, 2nd class

 JOHNSON, DOCK, Cabin Cook

 KALK, STANTON F, Lieutenant (JG), exposure     

 KEARNEY, WILLIAM HIRST, Oiler

 LA COMBE, HENRY JOSEPH, Fireman, 2nd class

 LASKON, WILLIAM FRANK, Fireman, 1st class

 LEEDY, ARCHIE, Machinist's Mate, 1st class

 LENTZ, HERBERT PAUL, Fireman, 2nd class

 MAGENUEIMER, FREDERICK, Fireman, 1st class

 McGINTY, JOHN WILLIAM, Water Tender