Joseph Alphonse Neubauer

Joseph Alphonse Neubauer 

(correct surname appears to be Neubauer, but it is also spelled Newbauer)

Birth: 12/7/1893, Cleveland, OH

Address: 3477 W. 98th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Tinner at JM & LA Osborne Co., (founded 1859, manufacturer of plate and sheet metal products) Cleveland, OH; also worked as Typewriter Repairer and "painter picture card"; natural-born citizen 

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date 9/20/1917; rank Private First Class 

Service Number: 734535

Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken NJ aboard SS Leviathan

Action: National Army; Co A 337 Infantry to 19 Feb 1918; Co A 11 Infantry to 14 Oct 1918; Private 20 Sept 1917; Private first class 16 June 1918; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector; American Expeditionary Forces 24 Apr 1918 to 14 Oct 1918

Death: October 14, 1918 at age 23; cause of death "Hostile, Killed in Action"

Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France; Plot B Row 22 Grave 36

Next of Kin: Mr. J. Newbauer, father, 3477 W. 98th St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Joseph's mother died when he was in his early teens; claimed exemption from service for physical disability listed as "part of 3 fingers missing;" Father: John Neubauer (1853-1931), born Germany, emigrated 1882, occupation Day Laborer and Railroad Baggage Porter; Mother: Rosa Schultz Neubauer (1859-1906), born Germany, emigrated 1882; Grandmother Kate Neubauer lived in family home; 6 Siblings: John, Andrew, Mary, Lizzie, Kate, George; Requiem of High Mass held at St. Ignatius Church, Cleveland, OH on 11/17/1918 at 8 pm, "friends invited"