James Sucky 

James Suchy

(name misspelled on bronze plaque)

Birth: 3/26/1894; "Polany, Slovenia, Austria"

Address: 2939 Solon Ave.,  Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; immigrated to the U.S. 1905; declarant for U.S. citizenship; citizen of Austria; occupation Machinist at (?Brehm) Machine Company, Prospect and E. 19th Streets, Cleveland, OH

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

Draft Date/Enlisted Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; Enlistment date not known; Private

Service Number: 4065609

Deployment: 8/30/1918 from Newport News, Virginia, aboard SS Duca d'Aosta

Action: Co E 54th Pio Inf (The Pioneering Infantry Regiments primarily built bridges and roads and maintained railroads behind the front lines. The 54th Pioneering Infantry Regiment also served in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive from 9/25-11/11/1918.)

Death: October 11, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?) 

Buried: Buried Meuse, France; remains disinterred 10/15/1921 and shipped to Antwerp, Belgium; remains shipped from Antwerp to Czechoslovakia on 6/16/1922; remains arrived Czechoslovakia on 6/26/1922 to be received by "Andrey Luchy" in "Bohmiel" (may be Bohemia)  

Next of Kin: Mr. James Horauck, uncle, 4301 52nd St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: father Joseph Suchy (1867-1943), born Austria Bohemia, immigrated to U.S. in 1903, occupation Laborer at odd jobs; mother Karolina Hokes Suchy (1869-1946), born Austria Bohemia, immigrated 1905 with several children, bore at least 8 children; siblings Frank, Frances, Joseph, Anton, Emily, Edward, Mary (1906-1909); parents buried Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH