Charles Ray Bechtol
(1880-1918)
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Signature from Canada Attestation papers
Commemoration on Bellacourt Military Cemetery website, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Gravestone, Private Charles Ray Bechtol, Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Commemorated on Page 366 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Charles Ray Bechtol
*No plaque found
*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: 6/28/1880, Bryan, Ohio
Birth: 6/28/1880, Bryan, Ohio
Address: 10609 Fairmount Ave., Cleveland, OH; 119 Pender St., W. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 19 Vine St., Ashtabula, OH [the latter address that of his parents]
Demographics: native-born citizen; occupations included Stenographer at an Iron Works in 1910 in Cleveland, OH and Manager at Multigraph Sales Co. in 1914. The Bechtol family also lived in Kansas for a period of time, based on U.S. Census information.
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/22/1917 completed Attestation for service in Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF); rank Private; had previously served in the Ohio National Guard
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/22/1917 completed Attestation for service in Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF); rank Private; had previously served in the Ohio National Guard
Service Number: 525310
Deployment: deployment information not found
Action: Canadian Infantry, 29th Battalion (British Columbia Regiment)
Death: June 25, 1918 at age 38 near Neuville-Vitasse, France; cause of death Killed in Action. Per the Canada War Graves Registers: "This soldier was on duty in the front line trenches when he was killed by an enemy shell which made a direct hit on the trench."
Death: June 25, 1918 at age 38 near Neuville-Vitasse, France; cause of death Killed in Action. Per the Canada War Graves Registers: "This soldier was on duty in the front line trenches when he was killed by an enemy shell which made a direct hit on the trench."
Burial: Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Plot 3 Row A Grave 1 [no grave photo found]
Burial: Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, Plot 3 Row A Grave 1 [no grave photo found]
Next of Kin: Isaac Henry Bechtol, father, 19 Vine St., Ashtabula, OH
Next of Kin: Isaac Henry Bechtol, father, 19 Vine St., Ashtabula, OH
Additional Information: Around 35,000 Americans served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during WWI, and approximately 2,700 died. Some were recruited by the CEF, and others volunteered for various reasons including a sense of loyalty to the Allied cause, desire to preserve democracy, or financial reasons.
Father: Isaac Henry Bechtol (1855-1935), born Ohio, occupation Piano Salesman; Mother: Alice C. Fulton Bechtol (1856-1935), born Ohio, occupations Dressmaker and Housewife; Siblings: Joseph Bechtol (1883-?); Earnest Bechtol ( 1887-?); Mary Bechtol (1892-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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