John J. Sadowski

 *No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque (see page 6 where it is indicated that a plaque is missing)*

Birth: 6/20/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 3934 E. 64th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist at Peerless Motor Car Co., Cleveland, OH [producers of the Peerless brand of high-quality luxury automobiles, located at 9400 Quincy Ave. in Cleveland from 1900-1931]; claimed mother as a dependent

Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917; Private

Service Number: 2110781

Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Boston, MA aboard SS Bohemian

Action: 28 Co 7 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Nov 9/17; Co L 348 Inf to June 11/18; Co H 23 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 22/18 to death

Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action/Killed in Action

Burial: 10/5/1918 buried locally in an isolated grave in France; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romange-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 6/29/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/3/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/7/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/9/1921 to the care of Mrs. Sarah Sadowski, mother, 3934 E. 64th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/10/1921 at St. Mary's Cemetery, 4720 E. 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights, OH, Lot 3 Section A Grave Tier 2, inscription in Polish on gravestone reads: "Eternal Rest"

Next of Kin: Mrs. Sarah Sadowski, mother, 3934 E. 64th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Information about parents and siblings inconclusive due to prevalence of the first and last names and confusion between a Veronica Sadowski and Sarah Sadowski who both married a Joseph Sadowski and both had a son named John Sadowski. Mother: presumably Sarah Sadowski (1878-1940)