Casualty List, SS Tuscania WWI from Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 30 Dec 2007 Return to Miltary Archives Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/military/military.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== S.S. TUSCANIA American Expeditionary Forces THE CASUALTY LIST - 5 FEB. 1918 Copied with permission from: http://renton.50megs.com/Tuscania/index.htm These men of the Tuscania perished February 5, 1918. The cause of death in most cases is drowning, mainly due to Lifeboat mishaps, some were killed instantly when they were dashed against the rocks of Islay, Island. The bodies washed up for weeks on the shores of Islay, many were mutilated beyond recognition. Many of these men had to be identified by fingerprints. Burials were carried out in various areas on the Island of Islay. The United States lost 200 American Soldiers, it was the first time since the American Civil War, that the United States had suffered the loss of mass casualties on a single day. The news of the loss was published nationally in the states; the reaction was a mixture of surprise and shock. The United Kingdom had been engaged in the World War Conflict for several years before the Americans entered. They had endured the loss of many men and many ships to u-boat activities. Thanks to "The Commonwealth War Graves Commission" and reports in a U.S. Army document, the complete list of Mercantile Marines lost on the Tuscania are now posted at this website, that includes those whom were recovered and those lost at sea. The American Red Cross erected a monument to the victims of the Tuscania in 1920 on the Island of Islay. Also in that year most of the American soldiers were exhumed and relocated. Some of the American soldiers rest in the American War Cemetery in England called Brookwood. While the majority of the American soldiers were sent home to America to be buried in a National or Private Cemetery near the soldier's hometown. Bishop, John B.: from Foster, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 36th Company, Travis Detachment #2 Mother: Sarah J. Bishop Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; Foster Cemetery, Foster, Oklahoma Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; unknown. Findagrave Memorial: 53614203 Cochran, Joe: from Lawton, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 40th Company Camp Travis Detachment #2 Wife: Charlotte Cochran, 111 Ave. East, Lawton, Oklahoma (1918) Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Identified by fingerprints as body number 7 Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Date interned: 11 Nov 1920. Plot no.; SECTION EUROPEAN SITE 455. Findagrave Memorial: 57041999 Hurst, Raymond T.: from Pocasset, Oklahoma Private - 165th Brigade, 62nd Company, Camp Travis Detachment #1 Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried in Kilnaughton, Islay February 9, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, OK. Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; unknown. Findagrave Memorial: 44741353 LeBron, Leo P.: from Guthrie, Oklahoma Casual Officer - Captain Engineers Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; unknown. Findagrave Memorial: 53615382 Marlin, Joseph: from Checotah, Oklahoma Private - 344th Field Artillery, Battery C, Travis Detachment #1 Father, John M. Marlin, 512 Elm Street, Checotah Oklahoma (1918) Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Identified by fingerprints, body number 8 at the Mull of Oa. Buried at the Mull of Oa, Islay Feb. 8, 1918 Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee OK Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; unknown. Findagrave Memorial: 6945267 Ozment, Luther W.: from Broken Bow, Oklahoma Private - 20th Engineer, 6th Battalion, Company F (18th Co.) DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1918 Buried on the Isle of Islay, Feb 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920. Final Resting Place: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DATE OF Internment: 11/19/1920 BURIED AT: SECTION WH EU SITE 674 Findagrave Memorial: 57193433 Perry, George C.: from Lonewolf, Oklahoma Private - Camp Travis Detachment #2, Casuals MIA ~ Body not recovered Name inscribed as Tuscania MIA, Chapel at Brookwood Cemetery Pledger, Fletcher D.: from Norman, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 39th Company, Travis Detachment #2 Date of Birth: September 23, 1893 Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; Norman IOOF Cemetery Address: 1913 North Porter Avenue, Norman, OK 73071 Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; Section 4 - Row 28 - Plot 7 Findagrave Memorial: 144547239 Powell, Ondis: from Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 40th Company, Travis Detachment #2 DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1918 Identified by fingerprints, body number 47 at Port Charlotte. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920. Final Resting Place: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DATE OF Internment: 09/14/1920 Plot No.: SECTION EUROP SITE 463 Findagrave Memorial: 57193645 Price, James Alvin: from Boise, Oklahoma Private - 357th Infantry, Company F, Camp Travis Detachment #2 Brother: Ernest Price of Boise City, Oklahoma. Date of Birth: January 30, 1895. Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America; 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place; unknown. Date interned: unknown. Plot no.; unknown. Findagrave Memorial: 24946410 Rhodes, Jesse M.: from Halbert, Oklahoma Private - 358th Infantry, Company A, Camp Travis Detachment #2 Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to Oklahoma in 1920. Final Resting Place: Elmwood Cemetery (Wagoner, Oklahoma). Date Interned: 1920 Plot no.: Findagrave Memorial: 42955478 Smithpeter, William Van: from Fort Cobb, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 74th Company Camp Travis Detachment #2 Fathers Name: William G. Smithpeter, Fort Cobb OK Date of Birth: March 8, 1892, Rockvale Colorado. DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1918 Buried at the Mull of Oa, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920 or sometime after. Final Resting Place: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DATE OF Internment: Unknown BURIED AT: SITE 1015 Findagrave Memorial: 42955478 Thompson, Tula R.: from Dill City, Washita County, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 56th Company, Travis Detachment #2 DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1918 Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920. Final Resting Place: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DATE OF Internment: 09/07/1920 BURIED AT: SECTION EUR SITE 308 Findagrave Memorial: 57194489 Tomlins, George W.: from El Reno, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 54th Company, Travis Detachment #2 Fathers Name: Charles Tomlins of El Reno, Oklahoma. Date of Birth: October 14, 1893. Date of Death: Feb. 5, 1918. Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to Oklahoma in 1920. Final Resting Place: El Reno Cemetery (Oklahoma). Date Interned: 1920 Sec. no.: "O" Findagrave Memorial: 33177826 White, Ethan Oren: from Arnett, Oklahoma Private - 165th Depot Brigade, 40th Company, Travis Detachment #2 Date of Death: February 5th, 1918 Buried at Port Charlotte, Islay February 8, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920 or thereafter. Final Resting Place: Allmon Cemetery, Ellis County, Oklahoma. Internment Date: unknown Plot No. : unknown Findagrave Memorial: 53624136 Wright, William W.: from Bismarck, Oklahoma Private - 20th Engineer, 6th Battalion, Company F (18th Co.) Brother: J. H. Wright of Bismark, Oklahoma. DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/1918 Buried in Kilnaughton, Islay February 9, 1918. Body exhumed and relocated to America, 1920. Final Resting Place: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY DATE OF Internment: 11/05/1920 Plot No.: SECTION WHITE, SITE 927 Findagrave Memorial: 57194940