U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
Given Name: Bryant
MI: Flourney
Surname: Cumming
Place of Death: U.S.S. Comfort
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cause of Death: influenza
Next of Kin: John B. Cumminig
Relationship: father
Address: 1111 N. 24th St.,Birmingham,Ala.
Appointed: Buffalo,N.Y.
Rank: fireman,first class
Branch: U.S.Navy
The first USS Minneapolis (CA-17, ex-C-13) was a United States Navy Columbia class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 12 August 1893.
*USS Comfort (AH-3) was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I.
Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line, and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service. Her name was restored to Havana in 1927, and she was renamed SS Yucatán in 1935, and SS Agwileon in 1941. In World War II, she was known as USAT Agwileon and USAHS Shamrock in service for the United States Army.
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Find A Grave contributor Meredith Mitchell Clapper provided the following information on 20170122:
U.S., Navy Burial Records, 1898-1932
Name: Bryant Flournoy Cumming
Gender: Male
Rank: F-1
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1895
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Death Place: USS Comfort
Given Name: Bryant
MI: Flourney
Surname: Cumming
Place of Death: U.S.S. Comfort
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cause of Death: influenza
Next of Kin: John B. Cumminig
Relationship: father
Address: 1111 N. 24th St.,Birmingham,Ala.
Appointed: Buffalo,N.Y.
Rank: fireman,first class
Branch: U.S.Navy
The first USS Minneapolis (CA-17, ex-C-13) was a United States Navy Columbia class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 12 August 1893.
*USS Comfort (AH-3) was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I.
Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line, and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service. Her name was restored to Havana in 1927, and she was renamed SS Yucatán in 1935, and SS Agwileon in 1941. In World War II, she was known as USAT Agwileon and USAHS Shamrock in service for the United States Army.
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Find A Grave contributor Meredith Mitchell Clapper provided the following information on 20170122:
U.S., Navy Burial Records, 1898-1932
Name: Bryant Flournoy Cumming
Gender: Male
Rank: F-1
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1895
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Death Place: USS Comfort
U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I
Given Name: Bryant
MI: Flourney
Surname: Cumming
Place of Death: U.S.S. Comfort
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cause of Death: influenza
Next of Kin: John B. Cumminig
Relationship: father
Address: 1111 N. 24th St.,Birmingham,Ala.
Appointed: Buffalo,N.Y.
Rank: fireman,first class
Branch: U.S.Navy
The first USS Minneapolis (CA-17, ex-C-13) was a United States Navy Columbia class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 12 August 1893.
*USS Comfort (AH-3) was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I.
Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line, and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service. Her name was restored to Havana in 1927, and she was renamed SS Yucatán in 1935, and SS Agwileon in 1941. In World War II, she was known as USAT Agwileon and USAHS Shamrock in service for the United States Army.
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Find A Grave contributor Meredith Mitchell Clapper provided the following information on 20170122:
U.S., Navy Burial Records, 1898-1932
Name: Bryant Flournoy Cumming
Gender: Male
Rank: F-1
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1895
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Death Place: USS Comfort
Given Name: Bryant
MI: Flourney
Surname: Cumming
Place of Death: U.S.S. Comfort
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Cause of Death: influenza
Next of Kin: John B. Cumminig
Relationship: father
Address: 1111 N. 24th St.,Birmingham,Ala.
Appointed: Buffalo,N.Y.
Rank: fireman,first class
Branch: U.S.Navy
The first USS Minneapolis (CA-17, ex-C-13) was a United States Navy Columbia class protected cruiser. She was named for the city of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis was laid down 16 December 1891 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 12 August 1893.
*USS Comfort (AH-3) was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I.
Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line, and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service. Her name was restored to Havana in 1927, and she was renamed SS Yucatán in 1935, and SS Agwileon in 1941. In World War II, she was known as USAT Agwileon and USAHS Shamrock in service for the United States Army.
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Find A Grave contributor Meredith Mitchell Clapper provided the following information on 20170122:
U.S., Navy Burial Records, 1898-1932
Name: Bryant Flournoy Cumming
Gender: Male
Rank: F-1
Birth Date: 1 Jun 1895
Birth Place: Alabama
Death Date: 4 Oct 1918
Death Place: USS Comfort
Inscription
He delighted in doing the hard things for those he loved. On enlisting he wrote home "The enlisting Officer asked me to what department did I wish to be be assigned. I joined to serve my Country so I asked him, where are men most needed? He said, 'As Firemen.' I told him to put me down as a Fireman". So as a Fireman on the Minneapolis He served and as a Fireman he died.
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