Elmer Boege
(1896-1918)
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Signature, Private Elmer Boege, on draft registration card
SS Bohemian
Gravestone, Private Elmer Boege, Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Elmer Boege
*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: 2/1/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/1/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1423 E. 43rd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Teamster at [illegible] Sand & Gravel Co., 12369 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH. On draft registration, it was noted, "troubled with goitre [sic]."
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair fair
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private
Service Number: 2107860
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action:
Death: November 4, 1918 [one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 4, 1918 [one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/11/1918 buried locally Ardennes, France; 3/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Letanne, France; 1/19/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Calais, France 2/10/1921; 2/27/1921 remains shipped from Calais to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 3/14/1921; 3/31/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 4/1/1921 to the care of William F. Boege, father; final burial on 4/4/1921 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 59 Lot 1 Grave 21
Burial: 11/11/1918 buried locally Ardennes, France; 3/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Letanne, France; 1/19/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Calais, France 2/10/1921; 2/27/1921 remains shipped from Calais to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 3/14/1921; 3/31/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 4/1/1921 to the care of William F. Boege, father; final burial on 4/4/1921 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 59 Lot 1 Grave 21
Next of Kin: William F. Boege, father, 1270 E. 58th St., Cleveland, OH and 1423 E. 43rd St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: William F. Boege, father, 1270 E. 58th St., Cleveland, OH and 1423 E. 43rd St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Wilhelm Fredrich Karl "William" Boege (1869-1932), born Germany, emigrated 1881, married 1890, occupation Nail Maker, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Marie L. "Mary" Bendine Boege, (1870-1928), born Germany, emigrated 1881, had at least 6 children die within the first year of each of their life, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Siblings: see list of siblings below
Brother Lawrence Boege had a son named Lawrence Elmer Boege, Jr. (1940-1944), presumably the namesake of Private Elmer Boege.
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