William Frank Elderson
(1898-1918)
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Private William Frank Elderson's
name was inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Picardie, France
name was inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Picardie, France
WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Medal
William Frank Elderson
*No Plaque located
*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: 5/31/1898, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 5/31/1898, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 9515 Fuller Ave., Cleveland, OH (mother's address)
Demographics: Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation in 1916 Machinist
Appearance: draft registration not found, which typically included information about appearance
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not found; enlistment date 12/22/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not found; enlistment date 12/22/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 304278
Deployment: record not located
Action: USMC Parris Island SC Dec 22/17; 139 Co Quantico Va Mch 3/18; France Mch 27/18; 49 Co 5 Regt Apr 15/18. Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Defensive Sector. AEF Mch 27/18 to death. Char exc. File no 105891.
Death: June 6, 1918 at age 20; cause of death Missing in Action
Death: June 6, 1918 at age 20; cause of death Missing in Action
Burial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France, Tablets of the Missing. [The chapel at the cemetery contains a wall with the names inscribed of 1,060 American soldiers who were missing in the area.]
Burial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France, Tablets of the Missing. [The chapel at the cemetery contains a wall with the names inscribed of 1,060 American soldiers who were missing in the area.]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Metzger, mother, 9515 Fuller Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Metzger, mother, 9515 Fuller Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: William Currie Elderson (1871-1910), divorced unknown date, died in Philadelphia at age 38 of acute nephritis, born Glasgow, Scotland, emigrated 1885, occupation Barber, buried Harvard Grove Cemetery, 6100 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Anna Georgens Elderson Metzger (1874-1943), born Ohio of German ancestry, divorced and remarried to Henry Metzger with whom she may have shared additional children and/or step-children, sailed to France in 1931 to visit her son's final resting place as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' program, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Mildred C. Elderson Leuenberger (1895-1962); Mabel Elizabeth Elderson Stout (1897-1987); Clarence Elderson (1904-1935) and several others. Sibling list incomplete.
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