Name:
William H. Mahoney
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
Unit:
U.S.A.T. Santa Rosa
Date of Death:
1918-10-08
State:
Cemetery:
North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Plot:
C
Row:
Grave:
4052
Decoration:
Comments:
William H. Mahoney, born in 1897, served as a Seaman with the U.S. Merchant Marine aboard the U.S.A.T. Santa Rosa during World War I. He died on October 8, 1918, at the age of 21, and was laid to rest in North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar. His headstone bears the inscription “U.S.S. Santa Rosa,” referring to a commissioned Navy vessel, though his actual service was aboard the Army transport ship Santa Rosa.
Source of information: www.cwgc.org