George Robert MacNamara

World War I
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Fallen

East St. Louis, IL

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
HA1/c

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

Circumstances:

Died at Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., on Feb. 9, 1918.

Buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, East St. Louis, Ill.

Name NOT included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 1979 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., Sept. 23, 1895, of Canadian-American parents. Occupation - student. Enlisted in the Navy at Minneapolis, Minn., on Feb. 25, 1916. Served on USS Texas, to May 28, 1917; receiving Ship, Norfolk, Va., to Jan. 6, 1918; Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., to death. Grade: Hospital Apprentice 1st Class, 309 days.