Rank/Rate	Lieutenant Commander (Commanding Officer)
Service Number	*
Birth Date	June 11, 1885
From	Waupun, Wisconsin
Decorations	Navy Cross
Submarine	USS O-5 (SS-66)
Date of Death	October 14, 1918
Location	Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Circumstances	Injured in a battery explosion which occurred on October 5, 1918, in the New York Navy Yard.
Remarks	Navy Cross awarded for actions during World War I. Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Commander George Arthur Trever, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. O-5, operating against enemy submarines off the Atlantic coast of the United States during World War I.

*Information needed.  Photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo and the US Naval Academy Alumni Association. Remarks courtesy of Ric Hedman.

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