Samuel Fleharty Buckley
(1887-1918)
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SS Duca d'Aosta
Gravestone, Private/Private First Class/Corporal
Samuel Fleharty Buckley, Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
James Booth Buckley, father of Samuel Fleharty Buckley
Samuel Fleharty Buckley
*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: 11/8/1887, Central City, Kentucky
Birth: 11/8/1887, Central City, Kentucky
Address: 3202 St. Clair Ave. NE, Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born citizen
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/2/1917; rank Private/Private First Class/Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/2/1917; rank Private/Private First Class/Corporal
Service Number: 1538491
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Duca d'Aosta
Action:
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: 10/11/1918 buried locally in France; 3/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/30/1921; 5/3/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp 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 James Booth Buckley, father, 3423 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 5/29/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 3 Section 3 Tier 1 Grave 6 [birth year on gravestone incorrect]
Burial: 10/11/1918 buried locally in France; 3/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/30/1921; 5/3/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp 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 James Booth Buckley, father, 3423 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 5/29/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 3 Section 3 Tier 1 Grave 6 [birth year on gravestone incorrect]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Joseph Posante, sister, 3202 St. Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Joseph Posante, sister, 3202 St. Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private/Private First Class/Corporal Samuel Fleharty Buckley appears to have been the oldest child in his family.
Father: James Booth Buckley (1865-1928), born Kentucky, married 1886, occupations included Farmer, Assistant Keeper at City Work House, Construction Foreman, Fireman; Mother: Emily Emma Moreland Buckley (1860-1915), born Kentucky, did not live long enough to know of her son's death in WWI; Siblings: Eva May Buckley Posante [see photo] (1889-1951); Inez Buckley Upington (1891-1952); Hendrick (1897-?); ?John. Sibling list may be incomplete.
In 1930, sister Inez Buckley Upington, 10310 Olivet Ave., Cleveland, OH applied for a government-issued unmarked gravestone for her brother.
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