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Casualty Info
Home Town Philadelphia, PA
Last Address 2923 North 13th St Philadelphia, PA
Casualty Date Oct 17, 1918
Cause Non Hostile- Died of Illness, Other Injury
Reason Illness, Disease
Location France
Conflict World War I
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SC2c Bartelt was stationed aboard the USS Wabash (ID-1824) which was delivering supplies to the troops in France. He died of influenza.
USS Wabash (ID-1824) was a German cargo ship, impounded in the neutral United States when World War I commenced. Once the United States entered the war, the ship was confiscated and turned over to the U.S. Navy for wartime use as USS Wabash.
