Michael Joseph Brice

(1887-1918)

Michael Joseph Brice signature on WWI draft registration

SS Canopic

Gravestone, Private Michael Joseph Brice, Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Michael Joseph Brice

*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: 11/13/1887, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1328 Washington St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Springmaker at time of draft registration in 1917 and Dock Laborer per 1910 Census. [In 1917 a Springmaker would have been a skilled tradesperson who manufactured and repaired all kinds of springs.]

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown

Marriage: 12/20/1913, at age 26, married Amanda Kelly, age 17. Amanda Elizabeth Kelly Brice Bruch Fletcher (1897-1973) appears to have married two additional times after her first husband, Private Michael Joseph Brice, died in WWI. They had one son, Harold Leonard Brice (1915-1970).

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 5/31/1917; 5/24/1918; Private

Service Number: 2658308

Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Canopic

Action:

Death: September 14, 1918 at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 9/16/1918 buried locally in France; 5/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 2/1/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 2/13/1922; 3/19/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 3/29/1922; 4/11/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 4/14/1922 to the care of Mrs. Amanda Kelly Brice, wife, 3168 W. 115th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 4/18/1922 at Alger Cemetery, 16710 Bradgate Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 172 Section G Grave 1-N-L

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary C. Brice, mother, 2931 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: John Brice (1861-1916), born Ireland, emigrated ~1882, married 1884, occupation Day Laborer, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH, did not live long enough to know of his son Private Michael Joseph Brice's death in WWI; Mother: Mary Collins Brice (1865-1930), born Ireland, emigrated ~1883, married 1884, had at least 8 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Mary Brice Bowman (1885-1945); Bridget Brice (1889-?); Patrick Brice (1892-?); Katherine Brice (1894-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.

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