Robert Martin Blaney
(1889-1918)
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SS Mercury
Signature on draft registration card, Robert Martin Blaney
Gravestone, Private Robert Martin Blaney, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Robert Martin Blaney
*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: 8/10/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 8/10/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2407 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist per 1910 Census, occupation at draft registration Press Feeder at Ohio Box Board Co. at 1390 E. 30th St., Cleveland, OH; at draft registration stated "I was rejected for 5th Regiment account sight June [illegible]."
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes Grey, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/20/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/20/1917; Private
Service Number: 1944161
Deployment: 4/23/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Mercury
Action:
Death: October 6, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29 at Fleville, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 6, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29 at Fleville, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 10/29/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot E Row 23 Grave 34
Burial: buried locally after death at American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardennes, France; 10/29/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot E Row 23 Grave 34
Next of Kin: Magdalena Blaney, mother, 1618 E. 39th St., Cleveland, OH or 1598 E. 38th St., Cleveland, OH or 2407 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Magdalena Blaney, mother, 1618 E. 39th St., Cleveland, OH or 1598 E. 38th St., Cleveland, OH or 2407 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Robert Martin Blaney was an only child. Father: Charles H. Blaney (1854-1913), born Ohio of Irish ancestry, occupation Machine Moulder, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Magdalena "Lena" Shaffer Blaney (1863-?). No additional information was found about Private Robert Martin Blaney's mother.
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