Excerpt from Officers and Enlisted Men of the United States Navy Who Lost Their Lives During the World War, From April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918 The Bureau of Navigation, in publishing this list of those Who died in the Naval Service during the World War, desires to take advantage of the oc casion and to express its high appreciation of the patriotism, devotion, and loyalty of those citizens of the country who have willingly given their lives to its service. To the bereaved ones it wishes to express its deepest sympathy in the losses they have sustained and to offer them the comforting thought that the de parted ones have died nobly, and their memories will ever be held in sacred esteem by their surviving comrades and by all citizens Who appreciate the services rendered by those Who have served in their country's defense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.