Richard H. Kocklaun
(1889-1918)
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Richard Henry (Heinrich) Kocklaun
Richard Henry (Heinrich) Kocklaun
Photo Credit: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Diamond Glass Co., Cleveland, OH
SS Corsican
SS Corsican
Richard H. Kocklaun gravestone,
Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH
2188 Fulton Rd., Cleveland, OH, address given at WWI draft registration
Richard Henry (Heinrich) Kocklaun
Richard Henry (Heinrich) Kocklaun
*No plaque found*
*No plaque found*
*The list of Liberty Row names shows that this soldier's plaque was placed at "North Park Blvd. Cont'd (Right) (Roxboro Rd., Cont'd)."
Birth: 10/18/1889, Cleveland, OH
Birth: 10/18/1889, Cleveland, OH
Address: 2188 Fulton Rd., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Salesman Diamond Glass Co., Cleveland, OH; natural born citizen; he was the eighth-born child of 9 in his family; his father died when Richard was about 5 years old
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date 9/20/1917; rank Private to Private First Class
Service Number: 1951160
Deployment: 6/11/1918 from New York aboard SS Corsican
Deployment: 6/11/1918 from New York aboard SS Corsican
Action: Co B 331 Inf Sept 21/18 to Feb 9/18; Co C 324 MG Bn to July 29/18; MG Co 125 Inf to death; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne. AEF June 26/18 to death
Death: October 11, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action in the Argonne forest
Death: October 11, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action in the Argonne forest
Burial: 10/18/1918 buried locally in France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 7/25/1921 remains disinterred and shipped on 8/12/1921 to Antwerp, Belgium; 9/1/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the ship Castigny arriving Hoboken on 9/13/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving on 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH; funeral held Monday 9/26/1921 at Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 196 Section G-P.3 Grave 4, alongside several family members
Burial: 10/18/1918 buried locally in France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 7/25/1921 remains disinterred and shipped on 8/12/1921 to Antwerp, Belgium; 9/1/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the ship Castigny arriving Hoboken on 9/13/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving on 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH; funeral held Monday 9/26/1921 at Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 196 Section G-P.3 Grave 4, alongside several family members
Next of Kin: Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Clamor Heinrich Kocklaun (1848-1904), born Germany, immigrated 1875, occupation Bricklayer; Mother: Louise H. Luekens Kocklaun (1857-1932), born Ohio of German ancestry, 9 children; Siblings: Lydia Maria Kocklaun (1878-1880); Maria Louise Kocklaun (1879-1932); August Frederick Kocklaun (1882-1954); Ludwig Heinrich Friedrich "Louis" Kocklaun (1884-1892); William Ernst Kocklaun (1886-1947); Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Kocklaun (1892-1894); Rudolph John Henry "Rudy" Kocklaun (1895-1964), who also served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 6/28/1919; Conradine Anne Kocklaun Davis (1900-1995)
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