Anthony Stigutz

Anthony Spigutz 

(The name is misspelled on the plaque; correct surname Spigutz is an apparent name change from the original family surname Spicuzza.)

Birth: 5/24/1896; Cleveland, OH

Address: 2119 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; natural born citizen; occupation Tile Layer at Collins Company, Cleveland, OH

Appearance: Height short; Build medium; Eyes brown; Hair black 

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/10/1917; Private

Service Number: 1534380

Deployment: 6/28/1918 from New York aboard SS Honorata

Action: Btry D 2 FA ONG (Btry D 135 FA) to death. Pvt. Defensive Sector. AEF June 28/18 to death.

Death: November 10, 1918; cause of death Pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?)

Burial: buried 11/12/1918 at American Cemetery, Souilly (Meuse), France; remains disinterred 4/8/1921 and shipped on 6/19/1921 from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard U.S.A.T. Wheaton carrying remains of overseas dead arriving 7/2/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped to Cleveland, OH arriving 7/22/1921. Funeral services at the residence at 2119 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, OH on 7/25/1921 at 9 am and from Holy Rosary Church, 12021 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland, OH. Burial Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, "Friends Invited," Lot 3 Section 3 Grave 2

Next of Kin: Carl Spigutz, father, 2119 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, OH; (aka Cosimo Spicuzza)

Additional Information:  Lima Daily News article "Roll of Honor," dated 12/8/1918, listed the death of Anthony Spigutz; father Cosimo Spicuzza (1858-1933), born Italy; mother Santa Longo Spicuzza (1867-1921), born Italy; sister Angeline Spicuzza (1900-1919); brother Joseph Spicuzza (1886-1938); sister Josephine Spicuzza Cultrona (1890-1954); sister Mary Rosaria Spicuzza, an Ursuline Nun (?-1955); brother William P. Spigutz (1889-1977)