Pomeroy Smith

World War I
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Fallen

County:
Cass

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Navy

Rank:
CQM

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla.

Circumstances:

Died on Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla., on Oct. 11, 1918.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 4, page 3016 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Registered Cass county. Born, Fargo, N. Dak., Jan. 18, 1891, of (nationality of parents not given). Occupation - clerk. Enlisted in the Navy at Washington, D. C., on May 22, 1918. Served in Naval Aviation Detachment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to Aug. 17, 1918; Receiving Ship, Pensacola, Fla., to death. Grade: Chief Quartermaster, 142 days.