Rice Bassett

1899 - 1918  (~ 19 years)

• Name	Rice Bassett
  Born	About 1899
  Gender	Male
  _UID	EB02CBBEC47C1D478BE69427B4A62EDBA989
  Died	9 Oct 1918	US Naval Death
  Notes	The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Monday, October 14, 1918 Lt. Rice Bassett Lt. Rice Bassett, son of Mrs. Fanny Rice Hunt of Ingram st., Forest Hills, who was killed in an explosion upon the submarine chaser 219 in a foreign port, was 19 years old. He enlisted in the Navy last May while he was a sophomore at Princeton. He was a grandson of the late Benjamin F. Rice, U.S. Senator of Arkansas. Two other brothers are in service, Ensign Charles Chester Bassett jr., who is a member of the Naval Flying Corps, was a sophomore at Harvard when he volunteered in the Lafayette Escadrille before the United Stated declared war and has been sixteen months at the front. He was several days ago commissioned a junior lieutenant of the United States Naval Flying Corps. Ben Bassett has entered the Navy and is on board a submarine chaser.
  Person ID	I8192	3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Chester Bassett,   b. 17 Jul 1863, Washington D.C.
  Mother	Fannie Rice
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart