death_date death_place birth_place image_size parents birth_date image article_title name occupation
15 april 1912 titanic -lrb- sunk -rrb- , atlantic ocean scarborough , north yorkshire , england 120px john henry moody and evelyn louis lammin 21 august 1887 james_paul_moody . jpg james paul moody
 james paul moody ship 's sixth officer
james paul moody

james paul moody -lrb- 21 august 1887 -- 15 april 1912 -rrb- was the sixth officer of the and the only junior officer of the ship to die in the disaster .
born in england , he received a prestigious education and served the white star line aboard the luxurious oceanic .
when titanic struck the iceberg , he was on watch on the bridge alongside first officer william murdoch when the ship hit an iceberg .
he helped thereafter loading the lifeboats .
despite repeated invitations of his colleagues , he refused to board a boat and died in the sinking .
