Rank/Rate	Mess Attendant, First Class
Service Number	192 88 26
Birth Date	July 23, 1886
From	Coco Solo, Canal Zone, Panama
Decorations
Submarine	USS O-5 (SS-66)
Date of Death	October 28, 1923
Location	Limon Bay, off Panama
Circumstances	Sunk in a collision with SS Abangarez (United Fruit Co.)
Remarks	Fred was born in Barbados, West Indies. The name of the ship that collided with USS O-5 is misspelled "Ababgarez" in many sources.

Information courtesy of Norm Rutan and Alexander N. Hinman.

 

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