Clara Ayres (1880–1917) was an American nurse, who joined the United States Army during the First World War. Ayres and Helen Burnett Wood were the first two women to be killed while serving in the United States military, following an explosion on USS Mongolia on May 17, 1917.
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16 September 1880 Venice Township, Seneca County, Ohio
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Died |
17 May 1917 (aged 36) USS Mongolia, Atlantic Ocean
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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