Clarence William Burke

Death: September 14, 1918 at age 23 at Vignuelles, France; cause of death Died of Wounds

Burial: buried locally after death in Meuse, France; 6/10/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 1/30/1922 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 aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 3/29/1922; 4/11/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Galion, OH arriving Galion 4/14/1922 to the care of William H. Kunkel, uncle [mother's brother]; final burial 4/16/1922 at Fairview Cemetery, 1295 Fairview Ave., Galion, OH, Section 9 Lot 28 Grave 3 alongside his mother and extended family buried later

Next of Kin: Jennie B. Gleeson, mother, 2343 E. 77th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: No information found about Private Clarence William Burke's parents' presumed divorce, but his mother remarried in 1916 to Thomas Gleeson and subsequently returned to her birthplace of Galion, Ohio. Her large family appear to have been well-known public figures in Galion. Her father, Isaac Koller Kunkel, was the founder of Kunkel Carriage Works, builders of horse-drawn and later motorized funeral cars and ambulances.

Father: John F. Burke (1876-1927), born Ohio of Irish ancestry, married 1894, occupation Tinner, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Jennie Bell Kunkel Burke Gleeson (1879-1962), born the twin of a brother who died a year after birth in Galion, Ohio of Pennsylvania and Maryland ancestry, married 1894 and 1916, per 1910 Census she was the head of household living with 2 sons and listed her occupation as Artist, after second marriage appears to have returned to birthplace Galion, OH, buried Fairview Cemetery, Galion, OH alongside her son Private Clarence William Burke and multiple family members; Siblings: Florence Ellen Burke (1897-1899); Harry Jennings Burke (1901-1968)

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