Ensign Sturtevant served in the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Station, Felixstowe.
He entered the Service from the District of Columbia.
Missing in Action
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s/o Charles Lyon [1867-1934] and Bessie (Dillon) [1869-1917] Sturtevant, both of Washington, D.C.

Ensign A. D. Sturtevant, USNRF, was designated Naval Aviator #77 in 1917. Based at RAF station, Felixstowe, England with a British operating squadron in Dec. 1917.

Became the first U.S. Naval Aviator to die due to enemy action. Awarded the Navy Cross (posthumous) for his actions in making offensive patrol flights over the North Sea.

Member of the first group of "First Yale Unit"; Yale students who learned to fly at their own expense prior to the U.S. entry into the World War.

The WW II destroyer escort USS STURTEVANT (DE-23) named in his honor.

Albert's remains were never recovered, but his name appears on a memorial to the American pilots at Brookwood American Cametery, Surrey, England.

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Navy Cross Citation
The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Ensign Albert D. Sturtevant, United States Navy, for distinguished and heroic service as an Aviator attached to the Royal Air Force Station at Felixstowe, England, making a great many offensive patrol flights over the North Sea and was shot down when engaged gallantly in combat with a number of enemy planes.
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New York. In aviation section of the Navy. Lost his life when attacked by ten German sea planes while patrolling the North Sea.

Source: Find a Grave