Shea, George Tyson
First Name
George
Middle Name
Tyson
Last Name
Shea
Service Branch
Navy
Highest Rank
Seaman
War or Action
World War I
County
Denver
Biography

Son of D.J. Shea. Enlisted in Denver on July 5, 1917. Armed Guard aboard S.S. Florence H. Died when ship, loaded with antisubmarine explosives, caught fire and blew up off French coast on night of April 17, 1918. Remains never recovered.

Place Of Burial
Brookwood American Cemetery, Brookwood, England
Place Of Death
Quiberon Bay, Brittany, France
Circumstances
Missing In Action
Row Number
110
Column Number
3
Panel Number
2

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