Robert Leslie Brainard
(1896 or 1897-1918)
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Private Robert Leslie Brainard
Gravestone, Private Robert Leslie Brainard, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Brainard Family Headstone, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Brainard Family Headstone, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Robert Leslie Brainard [also spelled Brainerd]
*No plaque found
*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: 3/21/1897 [on gravestone], but 1896 on other records, Dunbridge, Ohio
Birth: 3/21/1897 [on gravestone], but 1896 on other records, Dunbridge, Ohio
Address: place of residence listed as Ashtabula, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found where additional demographic information would have been recorded; Caucasian; adoptive son of Russell and Nellie Brainard per 1910 U.S. Census; native-born citizen
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/7/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/7/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 118919
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action: U.S. Marine Corps
Death: June 13, 1918 at age 22 after being wounded in action 6/12/1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: June 13, 1918 at age 22 after being wounded in action 6/12/1918; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: 6/13/1918 buried locally in France; 8/2/1921 final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Brainard Family Plot, Lot 11 Section 25, Grave 9 [According to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Riverside Cemetery was created in 1876 out of what had been the 140-acre Brainard Farm (unclear if same family name as this soldier). The cemetery was intended for the west side "aristocracy," including the Brainards, Lamsons, Sessionses and Rhodeses.]
Burial: 6/13/1918 buried locally in France; 8/2/1921 final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Brainard Family Plot, Lot 11 Section 25, Grave 9 [According to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Riverside Cemetery was created in 1876 out of what had been the 140-acre Brainard Farm (unclear if same family name as this soldier). The cemetery was intended for the west side "aristocracy," including the Brainards, Lamsons, Sessionses and Rhodeses.]
Next of Kin: Miss Ollie Norris, step-sister, 10 Fern St., Ashtabula, OH
Next of Kin: Miss Ollie Norris, step-sister, 10 Fern St., Ashtabula, OH
Additional Information: Father or Step-father: Russell Brainard (1854-1931), born Ohio, married 1875, occupations Farmer and Contractor, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Nellie Blake Brainard (1857-1942), born Ohio, married 1875, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Step-sister: Olive "Ollie" Brainard Norris (1879-1951), may have also been adopted, married Benjamin Norris in 1900. No additional family information found.
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