Anthony J. Bentley
(1893-1918)
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Signature of Private First Class Anton J. Bentlejewski (served under the name Anthony J. Bentley)
Signature of Private First Class Anton J. Bentlejewski (served under the name Anthony J. Bentley)
SS Aquitania
Gravestone, Private First Class Anthony J. Bentley, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Ile-de-France, France
Anthony J. Bentley [original name Anton J. Bentlejewski]
*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: 1/28/1893, Tyler, Pennsylvania
Birth: 1/28/1893, Tyler, Pennsylvania
Address: 1011 Kenmore Blvd., Kenmore, Ohio at time of draft registration
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Motorman at [illegible] in Akron, OH; requested exemption due to support of his mother and father; in 1910 at age 17 occupation Blacksmith Helper
Appearance: Height 5'10", Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/4/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/4/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 1950077
Deployment: 6/8/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Aquitania
Action: [The 332nd Infantry Regiment was composed of Ohioans and many Clevelanders ages 21-31 who were drafted into the Army and saw action in Italy.]
Death: 9/15/1918 at age 25; cause of death Died of Wounds Incurred by an Accidental Trench Mortar Explosion [The incident occurred on 9/13/1918 during a drill at Valleggio, Italy and killed 7 men and wounded ~40 others.] An eye-witness account can be read here
Death: 9/15/1918 at age 25; cause of death Died of Wounds Incurred by an Accidental Trench Mortar Explosion [The incident occurred on 9/13/1918 during a drill at Valleggio, Italy and killed 7 men and wounded ~40 others.] An eye-witness account can be read here
Burial: 9/16/1918 buried in American Plot, Municipal Cemetery of Villafranca, Verona, Italy; 8/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the cemetery at Campo Santo, Genoa, Italy; 10/13/1921; remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Ile-de-France, France, Block A Row 17 Grave 9
Burial: 9/16/1918 buried in American Plot, Municipal Cemetery of Villafranca, Verona, Italy; 8/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the cemetery at Campo Santo, Genoa, Italy; 10/13/1921; remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place at Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, Ile-de-France, France, Block A Row 17 Grave 9
Next of Kin: Mrs. Josephine Bentley [aka Bentlejewski], mother, 3597 E. 65th St., SE, Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Josephine Bentley [aka Bentlejewski], mother, 3597 E. 65th St., SE, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Frank [aka Franciozak] Bentlejewski [aka Bentley] (?-1921), born Russia-Poland, emigrated ~1888, occupations Laborer at Foundry and Firer at Chemical Works, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH [no grave photo]; Mother: Josephine Bentlejewski [aka Bentley], (?-1941), born Russia-Poland or Germany-Poland, emigrated ~1889, applied for travel with WWI Mothers' Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave but evidence of sailing not found, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH [no grave photo]; Siblings: Adam Bentlejewski; Regina Bentlejewski who in 1940 was the head of the school at St. Hedwig's Parish Convent of Franciscan Sisters in Toledo, OH; Leon Bentlejewski. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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