Seaman. At the time of death, his reported residence was corner of 18th Avenue and Third Street, St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the U.S. Coast Guard in August 1917 as a wireless operator. Before entering the service, he worked…
Boy 1st class. Younger brother of Frederick and George Mansfield, born on February 9, 1899. Enlisted a day earlier than Frederick. Like his brothers, attended Hillsborough High School and lived at 318 Fulton Street Tampa…
Fireman. Born in Manatee County on August 22, 1896, but raised in Tampa. His father, James Okie Mansfield (1861-1940), was a carpenter and truck farmer. Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard at Tampa on Easter Sunday, April 8, 1917. Worked in Dixon…
Fireman. Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard at Tampa on April 8, 1917. His father, John Marion MacLean (1858-1942) was a Georgia-born farmer and carpenter in Jackson County, Florida. Born November 22, 1894, Angus was one of six children…
Boy 1st class, African American. Enlisted in U.S. Coast Guard at Tampa on February 8, 1917, age 17 years, 7 months. Eston’s father, Prince Legree, Jr., was a farmer in Alachua County in 1900 before he and his wife, Melissa, divorced. Sometime later Melissa…
Boy 1st class. Born July 29, 1895, Madison, Florida. Enlisted U.S. Coast Guard at Tampa on April 8, 1917. Bert’s father, Arthur Higdon Lane (1869-1931), worked in the naval stores industry in Pine Mount, Florida, in 1900, and as a…
Boy 2nd class, African American. Born in Ocala, Florida, September 17, 1898. Enlisted U.S. Coast Guard at Tampa on December 15, 1916. “Willie” lived with his parents, Henry, a butcher, and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Wilson Holland, and seven siblings…