Monument Details

Rodenbush (Bush) and Baker Memorial Stone - Cenotaph, WW1

Details:

In the cemetery, exact location unknown.

Cenotaph

A grey headstone-style marker with a boulder plinth, inscribed in English text commemorating James H. Rodenbush (Bush) and William P. Baker of the USS Wainwright in 1917. The marker is a cenotaph for Rodenbush.

Rodenbush is buried in Brocton, Massachusetts.

Monument Text:

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

OUR SHIPMATES

JAMES H. BUSH U.S. NAVY

BORN 11.11.1889 AT BROCHTON, MASS.

ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED AUG. 4TH 1917

AND

WILLIAM P. BAKER U.S. NAVY

BORN 9.9.1899 AT BRANSWICK, CA.

LOST AT SEA OCT. 23RD 1917

BODY NOT RECOVERED

ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW

OF THE

U.S.S. 'WAINWRIGHT'

Commemorates:

People:

William Pratt Baker

James Henry Rodenbush (Bush)

Units:

U.S.S. Wainwright

United States Navy

Wars:

WWI