Francis "Frank" J. Greene
(1893-1918)
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Francis "Frank" J. Greene
Francis "Frank" J. Greene
Photo Credit: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
SS Briton
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Newspaper clipping (date unknown) reporting the heroic death of Corporal Greene's great-nephew, Francis O'Hara, Jr.
Gravestone, Corporal Francis "Frank" J. Greene, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Francis "Frank" J. Greene
Francis "Frank" J. Greene
*Plaque not located*
*The list of Liberty Row names shows that this soldier's plaque was located at "Cedar Ave. to Cont'd (Right)."
Birth: 10/2/1893, Cleveland, OH
Birth: 10/2/1893, Cleveland, OH
Address: 1954 W. 20th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation unemployed at time of draft registration; requested exemption from draft due to "finger off hand;" occupation Laborer at Cleveland Paste Works (may be Cleveland Cleaner & Paste Co.) per 1910 Census at age 16; occupation Driver per 1913 Cleveland City Directory
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/10/1918; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/10/1918; Corporal
Service Number: 419997
Deployment: 7/6/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Briton
Action: Co K 54 Inf to death. Pvt; Corp July 1/18. Defensive Sector. AEF July 6/18 to death.
Death: September 29, 1918 at age 25, less than 2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: September 29, 1918 at age 25, less than 2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: buried locally in Haute-Alsace, France; remains disinterred on 12/22/1920 and prepared for return to the U.S.; 3/7/1921 remains shipped from Cherbourg, France to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton; arrival Cleveland, OH 6/10/1921 to the care of Staas [spelling unclear] Bros. Undertakers, 2000 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; 6/13/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 1000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 47 Level 89 Row 89 Grave 4230, in a plot where his father James had already been buried in 1912 and where his mother Anna and brother Alfred would be buried in years to come.
Burial: buried locally in Haute-Alsace, France; remains disinterred on 12/22/1920 and prepared for return to the U.S.; 3/7/1921 remains shipped from Cherbourg, France to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton; arrival Cleveland, OH 6/10/1921 to the care of Staas [spelling unclear] Bros. Undertakers, 2000 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; 6/13/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 1000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 47 Level 89 Row 89 Grave 4230, in a plot where his father James had already been buried in 1912 and where his mother Anna and brother Alfred would be buried in years to come.
Next of Kin: Anna Greene, mother, 1954 W. 20th St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Anna Greene, mother, 1954 W. 20th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: James "Jim" Francis Greene (1853-1912), born Windham County, Connecticut of Irish ancestry, occupations Major League Baseball player (1884-1889) and later a Tailor; Mother: Anna Engert Greene (1858-1928), born Hessen, Germany, emigrated 1863; Siblings: Anna Greene O'Hara (1892-1969), who named a son born in 1922 Francis "Frank" O'Hara (presumably the namesake of her deceased brother), had another son who died in WWII at age 20, and had a grandson named Francis O'Hara, Jr. who drowned in Lake Erie at age 13 (see newspaper clipping); other siblings include Alfred J. Greene (1895-1963); James Michael Greene (1898-1963); Catherine Greene May Van Meter (1901-1977)
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