Career
He continued to serve in the navy until being lost at sea while aboard the steamer Monroe off the shores of Virginia in 1914. His grave is located at Arlington National Cemetery. Eglit was born October 17, 1874 in Finland and after entering the navy he was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboard the United States.S. Nashville.
On January 31, 1914 he was a passenger aboard the Old dominion steamer Monroe when it sank off Virginia’s eastern shore.
He was declared lost at sea but was given a grave in site Michigan, site 306-A at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia.