Theodore Chaptinski
(1892-1918)
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SS Princess Juliana
Postcard of Camp de la Valbonne, France
Sergeant Theodore Chaptinski's siblings
Sergeant Theodore Chaptinski's parents’ gravestone, St. Mary Cemetery at 71st St., Cleveland, OH
Theodore Chaptinski [also spelled Czapatynski]
*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: 11/9/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 11/9/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 6608 Fullerton Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration card found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; per 1910 U.S. Census occupation Laborer at a Steel Plant at age 17
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 2/3/1917; rank Sergeant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 2/3/1917; rank Sergeant
Service Number: 745337
Deployment: 7/6/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Princess Juliana
Action: He served in the Army Transportation Service which moved troops and supplies via railroad and other means. Was stationed at La Valbonne Military Camp for some of his service.
Death: November 3, 1918 [8 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25 at La Valbonne, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France; cause of death Pneumonia
Death: November 3, 1918 [8 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25 at La Valbonne, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France; cause of death Pneumonia
Burial: 11/6/1918 buried locally after death at Guillotiere Cemetery, Lyons, Rhone, France; 3/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Bordeaux 3/28/1921; 3/30/1921 remains shipped from Bordeauz to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921 aboard SS Wheaton; 6/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/10/1921 to the care of Joseph F. Golubski; final burial 6/13/1921 at St. Mary Cemetery, 4720 E. 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights, OH [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]; parents buried at same cemetery
Burial: 11/6/1918 buried locally after death at Guillotiere Cemetery, Lyons, Rhone, France; 3/17/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Bordeaux 3/28/1921; 3/30/1921 remains shipped from Bordeauz to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921 aboard SS Wheaton; 6/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/10/1921 to the care of Joseph F. Golubski; final burial 6/13/1921 at St. Mary Cemetery, 4720 E. 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights, OH [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]; parents buried at same cemetery
Next of Kin: Joseph Chaptinski, father, 6608 Fullerton Ave. and 4001 E. 64th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Jozef Joseph Czapatynski Chaptinski (1863-1946), born Poland-Germany, emigrated ~1892, occupation Laborer at Wire Mill, buried St. Mary Cemetery at 71st St., Cleveland, OH; Mother: Katarzyna "Katie" Jaszenska Czapatynski Chaptinski (1862-1940), born Poland-Germany, emigrated ~1892, per 1910 Census had born 11 children of whom 6 were surviving, buried St. Mary Cemetery at 71st St., Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
Washington Post, 4/29/1919, recording the death of Sergeant Theodore Chaptinski at the French Front
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