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

 

 Spanish Influenza Pandemic - Third, and fatal, main wave in the United States lasted from late 1918 to March 1919

 

The following entries are from the Bureau of Navigation publication, dates as given

 

 

DECEMBER

 

December 7, 1918

 

Boston, Mass

 WARREN, MRS STELLE GRANT, Landsman for Yeoman (F), USNRF, influenza/respiratory disease

 

 

December 24, 1918

 

Naval Hospital, New York, N Y

 SHEPLEY, JOHN JAMES, Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, respiratory disease

 

 

 

 

1919

 

 

July 7, 1919

 

USS Pennsylvania, dreadnought battleship (later BB-38)

 SAMUELSON, ELMER A, Machinist, died

 

 

September 19, 1919

 

Cavite, P I

 JOHNSON, CARL MARTIN, Lieutenant (Pay Corps), (JG), illness/disease

 

 

September 27, 1919

 

Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill, influenza

 FISHER, LESTER ELMER, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF

 

 

 

no date

 

Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn, respiratory disease

 OLSSON, ANDREW, Lieutenant (JG)

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