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How many US citizens died in the Titanic disaster?

Question #104702. Asked by davejacobs.

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shanegib
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119 Americans died on the Titanic.
71 First Class
27 Second Class
21 Third Class

Only the British had more deaths at 225.

link http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/titanic.html

Apr 14 2009, 9:48 AM
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Presumably none of the crew were Americans?

Apr 23 2009, 6:20 AM
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Not many of the crew were Americans, however, there were three American Postal Clerks; two were killed.

John Starr and Mr. Oscar Scott Woody were both killed.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crew_members_onboard_RMS_Titanic

Here is a great site showing passenger and crew lists (along with bios) that are sortable by multiple categories:

link http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victims/




Apr 23 2009, 8:27 AM
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