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 U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
~ Naming Next of Kin ~

Surname

Given Name

Death Date

Place of Death

Cause of Death

Sailor's Enlistment
Address

Appointed

RANK

Next of Kin

Relationship

 CAREY

Leo Martin

02 May 1918

U.S.S. Tyler

lost at sea

Albert Lea, Minn. 

Des Moines, Iowa

Seaman Second Class

James Carey

Father

 CLARK

Eugene Henry

07 Oct 1918

U.S.S. Shaw 

drowned 

110 Linden Ave.,
Waterloo, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Seaman

Mary J. Clark

Mother

 CRAIG

Clifford H.

04 Oct 1918

U.S.S. Herman Frasch

Lost when vessel
was sunk in collision

645 W. 19th St.,
 Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Engineman, First Class

Abagail D. Craig

Mother

 FISHER

Raymond George

28 Oct 1918

Naval forces operating in European Waters

lost life in seaplane
accident

Hepburn, Iowa

Omaha, Nebraska

Machinist's Mate,
Second Class

Charles P. Fisher

Father

 GLYNN

John Mathew

30 Jul 1918

U.S.A.C.T. Ticonderoga

lost his life when vessel was torpedoed by enemy submarine

2119 Scott St.,
Davenport, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Machinist's Mate,
First Class

Ellen Hoech

Sister

 MORRISSETTE

Walter

06 Dec 1917

U.S.S. Jacob Jone

Multiple injuries

808 29th Ave.,
Council Bluffs, Iowa

San Francisco,
California

Ships Cook, First Class

Carrie Morrissette

Mother

 NELSON

Cleon Albert

11 Apr 1918

U.S.S. Lakemoor

died when vessel was torpedoed   by enemy vessel

1709 Delaware St.,
Mason City, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Engineman, Second Class

Emma Nelson

Mother

 SHERARD

Charles McClarence

12 Oct 1918

Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Florida

abcess of liver

Iva, South Carolina

Columbia,
South Carolina

Fireman, Third Class

Sue Sherard, Iowa

Mother

 SMOCK

William Walter

05 Nov 1917

U.S.S. Alcedo

lost at sea on
U.S.S. Alcedo

406 South East 5th St.,
Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Seaman, Second Class

Dave R. Smock

Father

 WELCH

Harry C.

08 Nov 1918

U.S.S. Little

drowned 

Lakeland, Florida

Des Moines, Iowa

Fireman, First Class

Cora Barber

Mother

~ Source: ANCESTRY - U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I McHenry, Kathy. U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.

~ transcribed and submitted by Sue Soden for Iowa in the Great War Special Project

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