John Stewart Allen
(1893-1918)
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SS Nevasa
Gravestone, Private John Stewart Allen, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Louis B. Allen, twin brother of Private John Stewart Allen, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Louis B. Allen, twin brother of Private John Stewart Allen, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
John Stewart Allen
*No Plaque located
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 9/26/1893, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 9/26/1893, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 15528 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Inspector at General Electric Co., Cleveland, OH [manufacturer of electrical appliances, established in Cleveland in1892]
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 3488857
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Nevasa
Action:
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25 after having sustained wounds on ~October 2, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: October 12, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25 after having sustained wounds on ~October 2, 1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: buried locally after death in Meuse, France; 6/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France;7/18/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Louis B. Allen, twin brother, 15908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH and Charles Melboure & Sons, Undertaker; final burial Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 18 Lot 238-0 alongside the grave of his twin brother Louis B. Allen buried years later
Burial: buried locally after death in Meuse, France; 6/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France;7/18/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Louis B. Allen, twin brother, 15908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH and Charles Melboure & Sons, Undertaker; final burial Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 18 Lot 238-0 alongside the grave of his twin brother Louis B. Allen buried years later
Next of Kin: Louise Witzell Stegman, aunt, 15908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Louise Witzell Stegman, aunt, 15908 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John E. Allen (1853-1916), born Ohio, occupation Traveling Salesman, remarried 1897 to Jessie Allen, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Emilie Witzell Allen (1859-1897), buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Melissa J. Allen (?); Louis B. Allen (1893-1959), twin brother of Private John Stewart Allen, served as a Private First Class in WWI, per 1920 Census he was listed as the adopted son of his aunt [biological mother's sister]Louise W. Stegman
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