from one of the free (over the holidays) Ancestry database's: Although the United States Navy did not take part in many World War I battles, thousands of American sailors died fighting for their country during the war. This database collects from disparate sources the death records for over 7200 sailors who died between 1917 and 1919. Additionally, the sailor's enlistment address is given along with the nearest living relative. info included: Name, Place of Death, Death Date, Cause of Death, Next of Kin, Relationship, Address, Appointed, Rank, Branch SHANNON, Joseph Scott - navy yard at Mare Island,Calif., Oct.17,1918, influenza, Ida Shannon, wife, Roswell, N. Mex., El Paso,TX, machinists mate second class, US Navy DORE, Mark Cephas - naval hosp at Great Lakes,Ill., Oct.3,1918, influenza Elizabeth SHANAHAN DORE, mother, 217 Huron St.,Cheboygan,Mich., Detroit,Mich., seaman second class, U.S.Naval Reserve Force SHANAHAN, Clem James - naval training station at Great Lakes,Ill., Sept.18,1918, infleunza, Susan SHANAHAN, mother, Bernard Iowa, Des Moines Iowa, landsman machinists mate, U.S.Naval Reserve Force