Frank Paul Kennedy

Birth: 4/17/1887, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2115 W. 45th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 30 at draft; married with one child at draft registration and claimed exemption due to dependents; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Teamster at draft registration; occupation Salesman of Baking Supplies at time of marriage

Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/2/1917; enlistment date not known; Private

Service Number: 2107646

Marriage: 1/17/1909 at age 21 married Augusta "Gustie" Deike (also spelled Dyke) (1887-1920), age 20. Their daughter, Helen Kennedy, was born in 1910. By 1920, when Helen was about age 10, both of her parents had died, her father in WWI and her mother of bronchitis at age 31. Daughter Helen Kennedy (1910-1988) married in 1927 at age 19, had at least one additional marriage and had 2 daughters. 

Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, MA aboard SS Bohemian

Action: 25 Co 7 Tng Bn to Nov 7/17; Co E 348 Inf to Jan 19/18; Hq Co 348 Inf to June 11/18; Cp Pike Ark Repl Draft 1 Dep Div to July 27/18; Co E 23 Inf to death. St. Mihiel; Defensive Sector. Pvt. AEF June 22/18 to death 

Death: September 13, 1918 at age 31; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt-Regnieville, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, FR, Plot B Row 2 Grave 10

Next of Kin: Augusta Kennedy, wife, 2115 W. 45th St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: John Kennedy, born Ohio; Mother: Margaret Farrell Kennedy (1865-?); no additional information found