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2 November 1917 : Smn Joseph James Schultz

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Joseph Schultz was born in Poland on 30 May 1894. He emigrated to the USA and was living at Fort Wayne, Indiana when he enlisted into the US Navy on 26 April 1917. On 2 November 1917 he was a passenger on a launch being used to transport crew members to the USS Michigan which was at anchor off the US coast. The launch capsized, drowning many o...