James Kriz

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth:  7/29/1896, Cleveland, OH

Address: 1620 Spring Rd., SW, Cleveland, OH

Demographics: Caucasian; no additional information available due to draft registration not located

Appearance: draft registration (with its description of appearance) not located

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 8/28/1917; Private

Service Number: 2382876

Deployment: 4/16/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Calamares

Action: Co C 60 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF Apr 16/18 to death

Death: October 14, 1918 (less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918) at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in France after death; remains disinterred and reburied twice at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romange-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, with final burial on 10/28/1921 at Plot F Row 4 Grave 5

Next of Kin: Mrs. E. J. Klecak, sister, 4985 Meade Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Private James Kriz was the last-born child in his family. Father: (see attached bio) Joseph Kriz (1842-1921), born Austria-Bohemia, emigrated 1878 or 1884, occupations Carpenter and Janitor; Mother: Anna Kotalik Kriz (1853-1935), born Austria-Bohemia, emigrated 1878 or 1884; Siblings: (see attached list) Brother Joseph Frank Cross, Jr. (surname presumably changed from Kriz to Cross) had a son who died in WWII; Brother Emil John Cross, Sr. had a son Corporal James Alexander Cross (1922-1951) who was presumably named after his deceased brother Private James Kriz; Brother Anton Edward KrizP had a son named Bernard James Cross (1924-1998) who was also presumably a namesake of Private James Kriz.