Charles Jirkovsky

Charles Jirkovsky

Birth: 7/29/1894, Cleveland, OH 

Address: 3475 W. 46th St., Cleveland, OH/3434 W. 44th St., SW, Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Bill Clerk at "American X Co.;" natural born citizen; requested exemption for "eye defective"

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/8/1917; Private 1st Class

Service Number: 211520

Deployment: Sailed 1/4/1918 from Hoboken, NJ, aboard SS Mercury

Action: Co B 308 Engrs to Dec 26/17; QMC SOS (Services of Supply) Jan 4/18 to death 

Death: October 4, 1918 at age 24; Cause of Death Lumbar Pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?)

Burial: died in Tours, France, the headquarters of the Services of Supply (SOS) of the American Expeditionary Forces whose work behind the battle lines made possible the achievements of the AEF; buried locally in France; disinterred 5/24/1921; remains shipped on 6/19/1921 to Hoboken, NJ from Antwerp, Belgium, aboard SS Wheaton; arrival Hoboken 7/2/1921; remains shipped on 7/21/1921 to Cleveland with arrival 7/22/1921 in the care of Fanta Undertaking Co., 5813 Clark Ave., Cleveland; final resting place Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, with burial on 7/25/1921in Section 13, Lot 11, Grave 1

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Jirkovsky, mother, 3434 W. 44th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: father Matej "Michael" Jirkovsky ((1861-1916), born Bohemia, immigrated 1882, occupation lumber salesman and saloon worker; mother Maria Bender Jirkovsky (1869-1953), born Bohemia, immigrated 1880; older sister Lottie Hedwig Jirkovsky Nekvasil (1892-1965) who had a son named Charles (presumably named after her brother who died in WWI); younger brother Jaroslav "Jerry" Jirkovsky (1896-1926) who may have served in and survived WWI (records scanty) and died in 1926 at age 29. In this soldier's family, his father died in 1916, soldier Charles died in 1918, and his brother Jaroslav died in 1926, meaning that 3 of the 5 members of the nuclear family died within the span of 10 years. Entire nuclear family buried at Riverside Cemetery.