Henry Francis Brabo, Jr.
(1895 -1918)
(1895 -1918)
Henry Francis Brabo, Jr., signature on WWI draft registration
SS Grampian
Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces third- highest military honor
Henry Francis Brabo, Jr.
*Corporal Henry Francis Brabo, Jr. was awarded the Silver Star. for valor in combat.
*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.
Address: 2106 W. 25th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Driver at Ranney Fish Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair dark
Service Number: 2657650
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York aboard SS Grampian
Action: Corporal Henry Francis Brabo, Jr. was awarded the Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces third-highest military decoration for valor in combat.
Additional Information: Corporal Henry Francis Brabo's parents divorced, and his mother remarried in 1912. Father: Henry Brabo (1868-1929), born New York of French and Canadian ancestry, occupations Ship Caulker and Ship Painter, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Stepfather: Frank A. Dowe (1885-1928); Mother: Ella G. White Dowe (1874-1958), born Canada of Canadian and English ancestry, emigrated ~1878, on 8/13/1930 applied for an unmarked, government-issued gravestone for her deceased son, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside her second husband, her daughter, and her deceased son Corporal Henry Francis Brabo, Jr.; Siblings: Sadie E. Brabo Rose (1892-1953)