James Uxa

James Uxa 

Birth:  May 1895? in Kameny, Uyezd, Bohemia/Czech Republic

Address: unknown

Demographics: draft registration card not found, so some demographic information not available; age at draft registration unknown; probably single; Caucasian; occupation unknown; citizenship status unknown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: Draft date unknown; Enlisted at Ft. Logan, Colorado May 4 1917; Army Private

Service Number: 105583

Deployment: 6/14/1917 from New York aboard USS Saratoga

Action: 1st Division, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion; also recorded as: Co H 16 Infantry--; Co B 2 Machine Gun Battalion to death. Private Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector; American Expeditionary Forces 14 June 1917 to death. Killed in Action 20 July 1918. 

Death: July 20, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Serious Casualty/Killed in Action

Burial: Disinterred and reburied twice in France; final burial on 8/1/1922 at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France; Plot D Row 37 Grave 35 (no photo available)

Next of Kin: Joe Uxa, brother, 6903 Salem Ave, Cleveland, OH (see brother's gravestone below)

Additional Information: Sibling: brother Joesph Uxa (1885-1960) was buried at Elmhurst Park Cemetery, 32787 Detroit Rd., Avon, OH; per James Uxa's WWI burial card, military compensation would be paid to his Mother, Marie Uxa, in Czechoslovakia; burial card stated no known father or wife