Leonard Edwin Baetz
(1895-1918)
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Childhood photo of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz
Private Leonard Edwin Baetz, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Bohemian
Elizabeth Ann Selfe Soper, biological mother of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz
Gravestone, Private Leonard Edwin Baetz, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France
Leonard Edwin Baetz [birth surname Soper]
*No Plaque located
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 5/13/1895, Beaverton, Michigan
Birth: 5/13/1895, Beaverton, Michigan
Address: 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian, native-born citizen; occupation at draft registration Farmer at M. O. Ware in Mentor, OH; per Cleveland City Directories 1914-1917 occupations included Clerk and Salesman
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/18/1917; Private
Service Number: 2109143
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action:
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 at Fleville, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 at Fleville, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Fleville, Ardennes, France; 4/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 2/27/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France, Plot A Row 16 Grave 37
Burial: buried locally after death at Fleville, Ardennes, France; 4/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 2/27/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France, Plot A Row 16 Grave 37
Next of Kin: William Henry Baetz, [adoptive] father, 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH; WWI burial card lists father as "foster parent"
Next of Kin: William Henry Baetz, [adoptive] father, 789 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH; WWI burial card lists father as "foster parent"
Additional Information: Private Leonard Edwin Soper Baetz's biological mother died of pneumonia when he was 4 or 5 years old, leaving his biological father with 5 children. The 1900 Census shows him living with his uncle Edwin Selfe and his wife. The 1910 Census shows him living with adoptive parents [see below].
Biological Father: Thomas Cousens Soper (1852-1927), born Devon, England, occupation Blacksmith; Biological Mother: Elizabeth Ann Selfe Soper (1856-1900), born England, married Thomas Cousens Soper in 1884, died of Pneumonia; Adoptive Father: William Henry Baetz (1864-1938), born Waterloo, Ontario, Canada of German ancestry, occupation Dry Goods Merchant, buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Ontario, Canada; Adoptive Mother: Emma Weber Baetz (1863-1953), born Elmira, Ontario, Canada with ancestors dating to the early 1700's in Lancaster, PA, buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Ontario, Canada; Siblings: Clifford Soper (1885-1972), who was named as beneficiary on the WWI burial card and had a daughter born December 1918 and named Leona Elizabeth, presumably the namesake of Private Leonard Edwin Baetz who had died just 2 months before her birth; Florence Soper Bak (1886-1970); William Soper (1888-1982), who served in WWI and was honorably discharged; Robert Soper Bessay (1891-1979)
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