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(1) Frank H. Bassett, Jr., Wheeling, Mo. Born February
14, 1897, at Wheeling, Mo. Son of Frank H. and Alice S. Bassett. Enlisted
in the Navy at Kansas City, Mo., July 22, 1918, and was sent to Camp
Farragut, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago, Ill., for training,
having the rank of Fireman, third class, in Company 425, 9th Regiment. About
a month later was transferred to Company S, Regiment 2N at Camp Dewey,
Great Lakes Naval Training Station and about September 10 was sent to the
hospital with the Spanish Influenza which later developed into bronchial
pneumonia which necessitated an operation from which he died October 11,
1918. The body was brought to the home of his parents at Wheeling, Mo., and
interment in the family lot in South Wheeling Cemetery. (2) Archie J. Cox, Chillicothe, Mo. Born August 10, 1900, in Livingston County, Mo. Son of Joseph B. and Lee A. Cox. Enlisted at Kansas City, Mo. and was sent to Camp Paul Jones, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago, Ill., as Fireman, second class. Like so many more of our loyal sons, he contracted the Spanish Influenza which developed into bronchial pneumonia from which he died September 21, 1918. The body was returned to the home of his parents and burial was made here. (3) Walter Jay Gould, Boulder, Colo. Born August 4, 1892, at Wheeling, Mo. Son of James and Mary Jane Gould and husband of Mary Ann Tunnel Gould. Enlisted in 1913 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Chicago, Ill. After serving a period of enlistment he re-enlisted in New York, November, 1917. He served in convoy duty on the U.S.S. Seattle, making four trips to France. While making the last trip he became ill aboard the ship in March, 1918. Pneumonia developed and he was removed to the Base Hospital at Brest, France, where he died March 15, 1918, and was buried in the U.S. Naval Cemetery, Brest, France. |