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Ervin Theodore Blix
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---- Ervin Theodore Blix or Ervin Theodor Blix (November 13, 1898-4 October 1918) was a Lutheran on the USS Herman Frasch (ID-1617) and died from the ship collision with the He was posthumously awarded the World War I Victory Medal and the American Legion Post in Clearwater County was named in his honor. Ancestry Both of Ervin's parents are of Norwegian descent, Ervin's father, Ervin's paternal grandfather Lars Schjonning Blix Valle immigrated to Quebec, Canada in 1859 and got employment as a farmer. Military Service USS Herman Fransch The ship was built in 1910 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts and was named after the Company's president Herman Fransch, the ship was made to transport sulfur for the Union Sulpher Co. Death Ervin traveled to Minneapolis to enlist in the Untied States Navy on May 3, 1917, he began training as a radio operator attaining the rank of EM3. In late September 1918 he was sent to Europe on the large bulk cargo ship, USS Herman Frasch. On October 3, 1918 near Nova Scotia, Canada the Fransch crashed into the USS George G. Henry and the ship sunk. The following day a search party was sent to the wreck and 65 men were saved and 23 men including Ervin Blix drowned at sea.<ref name":1" /><ref name":2" /> See Also
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