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Smn John Sylvester Van Horn

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Smn John Sylvester Van Horn

Birth
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
Death
30 Sep 1918 (aged 18)
At Sea
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Suresnes, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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Rank: U.S. Navy. Son of Amos and Bertha E. Van Horn (deceased); born July 17, 1900, Richmond, Ind. Machinist. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy February 19, 1917, St. Louis, Mo. (Service record incomplete.) Lost his life September 30, 1918, when the U.S. transport Ticonderoga was torpedoed by enemy submarine in mid ocean. Body never recovered.
Rank: U.S. Navy. Son of Amos and Bertha E. Van Horn (deceased); born July 17, 1900, Richmond, Ind. Machinist. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy February 19, 1917, St. Louis, Mo. (Service record incomplete.) Lost his life September 30, 1918, when the U.S. transport Ticonderoga was torpedoed by enemy submarine in mid ocean. Body never recovered.

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Seaman, USS Ticonderoga, U.S. Navy. Entered the service from Missouri.

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