Henry Peterson
???-1918
Henry Peterson died of disease, via tuberculosis or consumption on October 3, 1918.
Henry Peterson attended Saint Martin’s College, and played baseball. He played for the team Tacoma Tigers.
Henry Peterson may have had a brother named Joe Peterson. They played baseball together.
Henry played baseball in a team called Tacoma Tigers which he played with the Northwestern League in 1912.
This source mentions our service member playing baseball in the Tacoma Tigers.
The Tacoma times. (Tacoma, Wash.), 21 March 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1917-03-21/ed-1/seq-6/>
This source mentions our service member playing in the Tacoma Tigers.
Henry Peterson appeared in a city directory in Seattle, Washington in 1916. He lived with his spouse Lena Peterson in a house located in 510 W 58th.
Since Henry Peterson was in the 8th division(319th Engineers), he trained in a camp called Camp Fremont in Menlo Park, California near Palo Alto before going to Liverpool for the war.
This soldier’s(Jennings) biography mentions information about Henry’s camp as he was also a 319th Engineer. This biography also states that many soldiers died in the boat due to Tuberculosis. Many soldiers who died in the boat who were reported as Died of Disease but also had their body missing could have been thrown off the boat like our soldier as there wasn’t room for more bodies anymore.