Joseph "Joe"Cermak
(1885-1919)
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Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Joseph "Joe" Cermak
*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: 3/10/1885, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/10/1885, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 9522 Beacon Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained demographic information; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 1/15/1915; rank Supply Sergeant [a crucial role in WWI consisting of logistical support to ensure soldiers had all necessary equipment and food]
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 1/15/1915; rank Supply Sergeant [a crucial role in WWI consisting of logistical support to ensure soldiers had all necessary equipment and food]
Service Number: 106543
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action: The U.S. 3rd Infantry Division was nicknamed "Rock of the Marne" for holding the line in July 1918 and preventing the Germans from entering Paris.
Death: February 24, 1919 at age 29; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: February 24, 1919 at age 29; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: buried locally after death in Dernbach, Germany; 5/27/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/6/1920; 6/6/1920 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Mercury arriving Hoboken 6/30/1920; 7/22/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/24/1920 to the care of W. J. Cermak, Union Depot, Cleveland, OH; 7/26/1920 final burial at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 87 Tier 2 Grave 167 [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]
Burial: buried locally after death in Dernbach, Germany; 5/27/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/6/1920; 6/6/1920 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Mercury arriving Hoboken 6/30/1920; 7/22/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/24/1920 to the care of W. J. Cermak, Union Depot, Cleveland, OH; 7/26/1920 final burial at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 87 Tier 2 Grave 167 [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Furek, sister, 103rd St. and Mrs. Sarah Cermak, mother, 6301 Union Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: ?W. J. Cermak as indicted above in burial section? No information found for W. J. Cermak; Mother: Sarah Cermak; Siblings: Mary Furek. Sibling list may be incomplete. No additonal family information found.
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