Frank Bat

Frank Bat

[It is unclear why Private Frank Bat was memorialized on Liberty Row, as he was honorably discharged on 4/5/1919 and lived until 1939. It is also unclear why he was listed in the book Soldiers of the Great War as killed in action. ]

*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: 7/15/1895, Warsaw, Russia

Address: 1539 E. 34th St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; alien citizenship status; occupation Laborer at Willard Storage Battery Co., Cleveland, OH

Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/22/1917; Private

Service Number: 737174

Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan

Action: Private Frank Bat was honorably discharged on 4/5/1919 after having been wounded in action on 9/13/1918 and on 11/11/1918. 

Death: May 5, 1939

Burial: burial information not found

Next of Kin: Mike Chyzinski, friend, 1408 E. 25th St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Per the 1930 U.S. Census, Frank Bat, age 31, was living in the home of his sister's family at 1787 E. 33rd St., Cleveland, OH. It was noted that he had emigrated in 1914, was a naturalized citizen, was not married, and was employed as a Laborer at a Steel Mill.