Bertram "Bert" Buckley Brockman

*Plaque not located*

*The list of Liberty Row names shows that this soldier's plaque was placed at "St. Clair to Superior Ave. (Right)."

Birth: 3/24/1895, Cleveland, OH

Address: 1771 E. 65th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Clerk at Peerless Motor Car Co., E. 93rd St. and Quincey Ave., Cleveland, OH (an American automobile manufacturer that produced the Peerless brand of high-quality luxury motorcars in Cleveland, OH from 1900-1931, known as one of the "Three Ps" -  Packard, Peerless, and Pierce-Arrow); listed as Bookkeeper in 1917 Cleveland City Directory

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

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/19/1917; Private

Service Number: 1944672

Deployment: 6/4/1918 from New York aboard SS Orissa

Action: Co E 331 Inf Regt Sept 19/17 to July 4/18; Co M 332 Inf to Dec 11/18. Pvt Vittorio-Veneto; Defensive Sector. AEF June 4/18 to Dec 14/18. (The Battle of Vittoria Veneto was fought from 10/24/1918 to 11/3/1918 near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front. The Italian victory contributed to the end of the First World War just one week later. The 332nd US Infantry Regiment fought alongside other Allied forces. Both sides were ravaged by influenza and malaria.)

Death: December 14, 1918 at age 23; cause of death originally reported as Influenza then changed to Typhoid Fever (as per his burial card on fold3.com)

Burial: 12/15/1918 buried locally in what was then Istra, Austro-Hungary;  8/21/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Campo Santo, Genoa, Italy; 7/27/1922 final burial at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

Next of Kin: Mrs. H. F. Brockman, mother, Stop 14, Lake Rd., Bay Village, OH (as per his burial card on fold3.com) 

Additional Information: Private Bertram Buckley Brockman's brother, Harry T. Brockman, Jr., also served in WWI and was discharged on 12/11/1917.

Father: Harry Thomas Brockman (1859-1921), born London, England, emigrated 1887, married 1888, occupation Saloon and Restaurant Keeper in 1900 and "Chief Deputy U.S.A." in 1910; Mother: Catherine F. Bussetti Brockman (1868-1943), born Austria-Germany (aka Switzerland), emigrated ~1884, married 1888; had 8 children of whom 6 survived; sailed to Europe on 5/7/1930 as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage; Siblings: Ella Brockman (1888-1924); Agnes Brockman Willison (1891-1982), who named a son Bert Willison (born 2/17/1921) presumably after her deceased brother; Harry T. Brockman (1893-?); Catherine Brockman Williamson (1899-1975); Hazel Brockman Demmer (1903-1992); parents and several siblings buried at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH