GM1 Osmond Kelly Ingram, USN -- Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham AL - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

This simple memorial to the first American sailor killed in World War I, Gunner's Mate First Class Petty Officer Osmond Kelly Ingram, U.S. Navy, stands at the north east corner of Kelly Ingram Park in downtown Birmingham.

There are two plaques on this boulder, one in frint and one in back. The front plaque reads as follows:

OSMOND KELLY INGRAM
1887-1917

First American sailor killed in action in World War I, aboard U.S.S. "CASSIN"
October 1, 1917

Medal of Honor
War Cross- Italy"

The back plaque reads:

US DESTROYER DD-225
USS OSMOND INGRAM
Built by
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.
Quincy, Massachusetts

Keel laid as INGRAM 15 Oct 1918 Renamed OSMOND INGRAM 11 Nov 1919
Launched 28 Feb 1919 Redesignated AVD-9 2 Aug 1940
Commissioned 23 Jun 1919 Redesignated DD-255 1 Dec 1941"

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