Edmund Walter Jeroski

Birth: 7/7/1895, Cleveland, OH

Address: 6829 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, OH, located in the Slavic Village neighborhood

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Electrician at American Steel and Wire Company, Cleveland, OH (founded 1857 as a manufacturer of various types of wire and wire products and became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Company in 1901); natural born citizen

Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair blond

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date 7/21/1918; rank Private

Service Number: 4125504

Deployment: 9/18/1918 from Newport News, VA, ship name not found

Action: Co C 3 Regt FA Repl Draft to death. Pvt. AEF Sept 18/18 to death. 

Death: November 3, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Pneumonia (presumably a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic)

Burial: no records found regarding place of death, burial in Europe, or return of remains to U.S.; burial 8/4/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH

Next of Kin: Mrs. Francis (or Frances) Jeroski, mother, 6829 Claasen Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Leo Jeroski (1873-?), born Germany, immigrated 1886, occupation Electrician at steel mill; Mother: Francis (or Frances) Lomkosky (or Lomkofsky) Jeroski, born Germany; Siblings: Celia (or Cecelia) Jeroski Von Thun (1901-?); Helen Jeroski Hurley (who named a son Edmund, presumably after her late brother), (~1902-?); Gertrude Jeroski Gable (~1904-?)