Edward Bolkowski
(1897 or 1898-1918)
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SS Canada
Gravestone, Private Edward Bolkowski, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Edward Bolkowski
*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: 9/3/1898 [also listed as 11/18/1897], Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 9/3/1898 [also listed as 11/18/1897], Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 6809 Clement Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 9/2/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 9/2/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 107209
Deployment: Christmas Eve 12/24/1917 from Portland, Maine aboard SS Canada
Action:
Death: November 4, 1918 [one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 4, 1918 [one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/5/1918 buried locally Ardennes, France; 3/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied Sedan American Cemetery, Letanne, Ardennes, France; 1/11/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in a new grave at same Sedan American Cemetery; 11/3/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot F Row 4 Grave 32
Burial: 11/5/1918 buried locally Ardennes, France; 3/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied Sedan American Cemetery, Letanne, Ardennes, France; 1/11/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in a new grave at same Sedan American Cemetery; 11/3/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot F Row 4 Grave 32
Next of Kin: Frank Bolkowski, father, 3675 E. 61st St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Frank Bolkowski, father, 3675 E. 61st St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Edward Bolkowski's mother died when he was a young teenager; she did not live to know of her son's death in World War I.
Father: Frank Bolkowski (1865-1947), born Poland-Russia, emigrated ~1887, married 1890, occupations Laborer at a Tin Mill and Trucker at the Docks, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Wisnieski Bolkowski (1870-1912), born Poland, emigrated ~1878, married 1890, died at age 41, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Leo Bolkowski (1893-1964); Bertha Bolkowski Koster (1894-1962); Joseph Frank Bolkowski (1896-1973); Ben Bolkowski (1902-1985). Entire family, except Private Edward Bolkowski, was buried at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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