Steve Jackowski

Birth: 4/11/1893, Checiny, Powiat kielecki, Swietokrzyskie, Poland

Address: 6412 Gertrude St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; citizenship status alien; occupation Shipper at American Steel and Wire Company, Newburgh, OH [Founded in 1857, American Steel and Wire eventually became a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. It produced the first American-made telegraph wire, piano wire and continuous rod rolling mill, among other products. The Newburgh Works, where Private Steve Jackowski worked was one of their production facilities.]

Appearance: Height tall, Build stout, Eyes blue, Hair dark

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/20/1917; Private

Service Number: 1944949

Deployment: 6/6/1918 from New York aboard SS Margha

Action: Co F 331 Inf to Apr 26/18; 26 Co 7 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to May 10/18; Co L 331 Inf to July 4/18; Co F 332 Inf to July 6/18; Co L 331 Inf to July 18/18; Co E 325 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 6/18 to death. 

Death: October 12, 1918 at age 25 at Sommerance, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action; findagrave.com record states that his unit was operating west of Sommerance when he was killed in action

Burial: buried twice locally in France; final burial 9/27/1921 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France, Plot F Row 38 Grave 15

Next of Kin: Joe Dilesky, friend, 6412 Gertrude Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: No information found about family members. No definitive information found about his friend Joe Dilesky, due in part to multiple spellings of the surname.