Donald J. Shea

Donald Joseph Shea was born April 20, 1896, in Malden, Mass. He was the son of John and Bridget Shea, both born in Ireland, and brother of A. Clair, Mary, James, John, and Roger. He was a stenographer, and lived at 72 Fairview Ave., Malden.
Shea enlisted December 28, 1915, and was mustered into Federal service April 6, 1917. He was transferred fro the Coast Guard Cutter "Androscoggin" to Naval Training Camp. He served as Yeoman for one day; Yeoman A for three months; Ship's writer, for one month and twenty-eight days; ship's writer A, for eleven months, twenty-seven days. He had passed examinations for Ensign shortly before his death. He died October 7, 1918, at the Naval Hospital in Pelham Bay Park, New York, of pneumonia.