Walter D. Bennett
(1896-1919)
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SS Grampian
Gravestone, Private Walter D. Bennett, Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH
Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH
Walter D. Bennett
*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: 2/12/1896, Leipsic, Ohio
Birth: 2/12/1896, Leipsic, Ohio
Address: 2131 E. 18th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation [illegible on draft registration, but included words Metal and Heat]
Appearance: Height tall, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 3/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 3/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 2657828
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Grampian
Action:
Death: January 29, 1919 in Koblenz, Germany at age 22; cause of death Fractured Cervical Vertebra [a large AEF evacuation hospital complex was based in Koblenz in WWI and included orthopedic services]
Death: January 29, 1919 in Koblenz, Germany at age 22; cause of death Fractured Cervical Vertebra [a large AEF evacuation hospital complex was based in Koblenz in WWI and included orthopedic services]
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, 640 N. Ridge Rd., Lorain, OH, Lot 950 Grave 4558 [no information found on transfer of body from Europe to U.S.]
Burial: Elmwood Cemetery, 640 N. Ridge Rd., Lorain, OH, Lot 950 Grave 4558 [no information found on transfer of body from Europe to U.S.]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Eva Goble Bennett, mother, 2131 E. 18th St., Cleveland, OH [mother's name Eva Goble is recorded differently here than in all other records]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Eva Goble Bennett, mother, 2131 E. 18th St., Cleveland, OH [mother's name Eva Goble is recorded differently here than in all other records]
Additional Information: Private Walter D. Bennett appears to have been an only child. Father: Gilbert G. Bennett (1866-1930), born Ohio, occupation House Painter, buried Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH alongside wife and son; Mother: Louise Mary Bennett (1872-1935), born Gilboa, OH to many generations of Ohioans, occupation in 1920 Keeper of a Rooming House, buried Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH alongside husband and son.
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