Leonard Edwin Baetz
(1895-1918)
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Childhood photo of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz
Biological mother of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz
SS Bohemian
Gravestone, Private Leonard Edwin Baetz, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France
Leonard Edwin Baetz [birth surname Soper]
*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: 5/13/1895, Beaverton, Michigan
Birth: 5/13/1895, Beaverton, Michigan
Address: 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian, native-born citizen; occupation at draft registration Farmer at M. O. Ware in Mentor, OH; per Cleveland City Directories 1914-1917 occupations included Clerk and Salesman
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Service Number: 2109143
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action:
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 at Fleville, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 at Fleville, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Fleville, Ardennes, France; 4/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 2/27/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France, Plot A Row 16 Grave 37
Burial: buried locally after death at Fleville, Ardennes, France; 4/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 2/27/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France, Plot A Row 16 Grave 37
Next of Kin: William Henry Baetz, [adoptive] father, 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH; WWI burial card lists father as "foster parent"
Next of Kin: William Henry Baetz, [adoptive] father, 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH; WWI burial card lists father as "foster parent"
Additional Information: Private Leonard Edwin Soper Baetz's biological mother died of pneumonia when he was 4 or 5 years old, leaving his biological father with 5 children. The 1900 Census shows him living with his uncle Edwin Selfe and his wife. The 1910 Census shows him living with adoptive parents [see below].
Biological Father: Thomas Cousens Soper (1852-1927), born Devon, England, occupation Blacksmith; Biological Mother: Elizabeth Ann Selfe Soper (1856-1900), born England, married Thomas Cousens Soper in 1884, died of Pneumonia; Adoptive Father: William Henry Baetz (1864-1938), born Waterloo, Ontario, Canada of German ancestry, occupation Dry Goods Merchant, buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Ontario, Canada; Adoptive Mother: Emma Weber Baetz (1863-1953), born Elmira, Ontario, Canada with ancestors dating to the early 1700's in Lancaster, PA, buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Ontario, Canada; Siblings: Clifford Soper (1885-1972), who was named as beneficiary on the WWI burial card and had a daughter born December 1918 and named Leona Elizabeth, presumably the namesake of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz who had died just 2 months before her birth; Florence Soper Bak (1886-1970); William Soper (1888-1982), who served in WWI and was honorably discharged; Robert Soper Bessay (1891-1979)
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