Richard Henry (Heinrich) Kocklaun

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth: 10/18/1889, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2188 Fulton Rd., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Salesman Diamond Glass Co., Cleveland, OH; natural born citizen; he was the eighth-born child of 9 in his family; his father died when Richard was about 5 years old

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date 9/20/1917; rank Private to Private First Class

Service Number: 1951160

Deployment: 6/11/1918 from New York aboard SS Corsican

Action: Co B 331 Inf Sept 21/18 to Feb 9/18; Co C 324 MG Bn to July 29/18; MG Co 125 Inf to death; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne. AEF June 26/18 to death 

Death: October 11, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action in the Argonne forest

Burial: 10/18/1918 buried locally in France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 7/25/1921 remains disinterred and shipped on 8/12/1921 to Antwerp, Belgium; 9/1/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the ship Castigny arriving Hoboken on 9/13/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving on 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH; funeral held Monday 9/26/1921 at Trinity Lutheran Church, W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 196 Section G-P.3 Grave 4, alongside several family members

Next of Kin: Mrs. Louise Kocklaun, mother, 1218 Warren Rd., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Clamor Heinrich Kocklaun (1848-1904), born Germany, immigrated 1875, occupation Bricklayer; Mother: Louise H. Luekens Kocklaun (1857-1932), born Ohio of German ancestry, 9 children; Siblings: Lydia Maria Kocklaun (1878-1880); Maria Louise Kocklaun (1879-1932); August Frederick Kocklaun (1882-1954); Ludwig Heinrich Friedrich "Louis" Kocklaun (1884-1892); William Ernst Kocklaun (1886-1947); Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Kocklaun (1892-1894); Rudolph John Henry "Rudy" Kocklaun (1895-1964), who also served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 6/28/1919; Conradine Anne Kocklaun Davis (1900-1995)