Liberty Row - *Broadwell, Earl Milton

Earl Milton Broadwell

(1892-1918)

Earl Milton Broadwell signature on WWI draft registration

RMS Carmania

East Technical High School 1919 Yearbook posthumous photograph of Earl Milton Broadwell

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Posthumous Dedication in the 1919 East Technical High School Yearbook to the students who died in WWI

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Gravestone, Marie Nemeth Broadwell and baby, wife and child of Private Earl Milton Broadwell, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Gravestone, Private Earl Milton Broadwell, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

10823 Olivet Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration

Earl Milton Broadwell

*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: 7/13/1892, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 702 E. 101st St., Cleveland, OH and 10823 Olivet Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Shipping Clerk at The Hale & Holmes Co., 426 Huron Rd., Cleveland, OH

Appearance: Height 5' 2 and 1/2", Weight 120 lbs., Eyes Brown, Hair Brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private

Service Number: 3488695

Marriage: On 9/30/1913, at age 21, Earl Milton Broadwell married Marie Nemeth, age 19. On March 15, 1918 Marie Nemeth Broadwell (1894-1918) died at age 23 at Glenville Hospital, one day after her baby died in childbirth. The baby's father, Private Earl Milton Broadwell, deployed to France four months later. Three months after deployment, he died of pneumonia. Husband, wife and baby were buried together at Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH.

Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York aboard RMS Carmania

Action:

Death: October 31, 1918 [11 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26 at Vichy, France; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia

Burial: 11/1/1918 buried locally in France; 3/11/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for shipment to the U.S. arriving Cherbourg, France 4/7/1921; 4/30/1921 remains shipped from Cherbourg to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 5/26/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 5/29/1921 to the care of R.S. Broadwell, father, 10823 Olivet St., Cleveland, OH; 6/1/1921 final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 340 Section 9 Grave 3 alongside his wife, baby, parents, and other family members

Additional Information: Private Earl Milton Broadwell's paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister.

Father: Rolla Sherman Broadwell (1869-1939), born Elyria, OH, married 1891, occupations included Salesman and Secretary Paint Co., buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Ann "Mollie" Bell Broadwell (1874-1963), born Greenville, PA, married 1891, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Howard Broadwell (1894-1974), who fought in WWI and was honorably discharged; Jeannett Lucy Broadwell (1896-1900); Ruth Broadwell Willhoit (1902-1990), who had a son Dr. (DDS) Earl Broadwell Willhoit (1923-2017) who was presumably the namesake of Private Earl Milton Broadwell and was also buried in Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

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