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Henry Leroy Farris

Henry Leroy Farris

Birth
Warren, Knox County, Maine, USA
Death
31 Mar 1918 (aged 20)
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Rockland, Knox County, Maine, USA
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He was employed as a roller at a munitions plant in Waterbury, CT, when America entered World War I. He then enlisted in the navy at New Haven, CT. on December 17, 1917 and was assigned to the training ship Constellation at Newport, RI as a member of the Bluejacket Guard. His rank was apprentice seaman. He died at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Newport, RI of measles and suppurative pleurisy.
He was employed as a roller at a munitions plant in Waterbury, CT, when America entered World War I. He then enlisted in the navy at New Haven, CT. on December 17, 1917 and was assigned to the training ship Constellation at Newport, RI as a member of the Bluejacket Guard. His rank was apprentice seaman. He died at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Newport, RI of measles and suppurative pleurisy.

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ENLISTED DEC. 1917. DIED AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, NEWPORT, R.I. MAR. 31, 1918.

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  • Created by: A
  • Added: 21 Apr 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36143016/henry_leroy-farris: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Leroy Farris (24 Jan 1898–31 Mar 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36143016, citing Seaview Cemetery, Rockland, Knox County, Maine, USA; Maintained by A (contributor 47095312).