Henry R. Schak 

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 11/27/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 13902 Castalia Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: draft registration not found; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation 1910 at age 14 Laborer at Grocery Store; occupation 1916 Machinist

Appearance: draft registration not found; see photo at left; no other description available

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 4/19/1917; Private

Service Number: 124958

Marriage: 9/6/1916 at age 20 married Bertha Perry (1894-1964). In 1920, Bertha Perry Schak, a widow, was working as an Operator at a Telephone Company and living with her mother and siblings. In 1927, she remarried to George C. Boenig. There were no known children.

Deployment: 8/7/1917 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Lenape

Action: Btry F 5 FA to death. Pvt Apr 19/17; Corp Feb 28/18; Pvt Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Defensive Sector. AEF Aug 7/17 to death. 

Death: September 22, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Bronchopneumonia  

Burial: 9/26/1918 buried in an American Cemetery at "Toul, M-et-M;" WWI burial card information incomplete; information not found on repatriation of his remains to the U.S.; final burial on 5/31/1921 at Knollwood Cemetery, 1678 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Height, OH, Lot 358 Section 17 [no gravestone photo on findagrave.com]; date of death on gravestone apparently erroneously recorded as 10/19/1918; burial church was The Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (location not found) 

Next of Kin: Fred Schak, father, 13902 Castalia Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Frederick Schak (1868-?), born Germany, emigrated ~1888, occupations included Farm Laborer, Millwright, Gardener, Machinist at Battery Factory, and Night Watchman at Machine Works; Mother: Augusta Spies Schak (1875-1936), born Russia-Poland, emigrated 1891, burial Knollwood Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside her son Private Henry R. Schak; Siblings: Edward A. Schak, who served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 4/10/1919; Anna Schak Anderson; Carl Matthew Schak (1905-?). Sibling information incomplete due to inability to locate definitive records.