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Bernard La Chance Porter

Seaman Second Class Navy World War I

Navy
Navy
Branch of Service
Navy
Rank
Seaman Second Class
Unit
Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois
Conflict / Era
World War I
Years of Service
05/13/1918
Date of Birth
03/08/1905
Date of Death
09/25/1918
Hometown
UNKNOWN, OH
Burial Location
Claibourne Twp: Bethlehem (Claibourne Cemetery)
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
UNKNOWN
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Died in Service
When
09/25/1918
Where
Illinois
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. enlisted 5/13/1918, Cincinnati, Ohio; serial #177-00-01; died of influenza, Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Illinois; buried in Second Section, Row 7, East Addition; DNB/DIS

Source: Donna Spyker, Esther Carmany; Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918; Marysville Journal Tribune; Columbus Dispatch; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the World War, 1917-18; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 1, p. 76