W. A. Stunneck

Walter A. Stunneck

Birth: 5/29/1894; Cleveland, OH

Address: 5374 Standard Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 when registered for draft; single; Caucasian; native born citizen; listed father as a dependent; occupation listed as "not working at present;" 1916 Cleveland City Directory listed his occupation as Laborer 

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

Draft date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/26/1918; Private

Service Number: 2482905

Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York aboard USS Plattsburgh

Action: 36 Co 9 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to May 2/18; Co I 330 Inf to July 3/18; Co G 102 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 12/18 to death. KIA Oct 27/18

Death: October 27, 1918 at age 24; Killed in Action

Burial: at time of death buried in "isolated grave" in Meuse, France; on 12/14/1918 at 10 am memorial services held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, E. 55th St. and Spencer Ave., Cleveland, OH; remains disinterred and reburied 6/5/1919 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France; remains disinterred 7/22/1921 for shipment home to the U.S.; remains shipped 8/6/1921 from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard U.S.A.T. Wheaton; remains arrived Hoboken 8/20/1921 and shipped to Cleveland on 8/31/1921; remains arrived Cleveland 9/2/1921 and were received by F. Ziehm Company Funeral Home, 6016 St. Clair St., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 9/6/1921 Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 159 Section 77

Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Stunneck, sister, 3362 E. 125th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Walter Stunneck was the youngest child in the family; father Daniel Stunek (surname spelling differs from that of son) (1851-1920), born Germany, immigrated 1881/1882, occupation Laborer Boiler Works and Meter Tester at City Water Works; mother Wilhelmina "Minnie" Zukowski Stuneck (surname spelling differs from that of son) (1850-1908), born Germany, immigrated 1882, bore 10 children of whom 5 survived; father did not live to see his son's remains restituted to the U.S.; mother died of stomach cancer when Walter was ~14 years old; older sisters Anna E. Stunneck (?-1964); Marie Stunneck Stonebraker (1882-1953); Martha Stunneck Popowsky (?-1953); Minnie Stunneck (?-1959)