Rank/Rate	Gunner's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	*
Birth Date	February 22, 1892
From	Gasport, New York
Decorations
Submarine	USS C-5 (SS-16)
Date of Death	October 14, 1916
Location	Cristobal, Panama
Circumstances	Killed in a gasoline explosion while the submarine was in drydock.
Remarks	Wesley was born in Salem, Ohio. Some sources list his middle initial as "H."

*Information needed. Information courtesy of Ric Hedman.

Army and Navy Register, October 21, 1916

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