Joseph Comer
(1890-1918)
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Private Joseph Comer, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Private Joseph Comer, St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France
Joseph Comer
*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: 1/23/1890, Connersville, Pennsylvania [may be Connellsville, PA, a town 36 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, PA, a coal mining area once known as the "Coke capital of the world"
Birth: 1/23/1890, Connersville, Pennsylvania [may be Connellsville, PA, a town 36 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, PA, a coal mining area once known as the "Coke capital of the world"
Address: 3058 W. 15th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 28 at draft; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Fitter's Helper at Sterling Spring Co. at Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 3486288
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action:
Death: November 6, 1918 [less than one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: November 6, 1918 [less than one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: 11/6/1918 buried locally in Toulouse, France; 7/27/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France, Plot C Row 24 Grave 34
Burial: 11/6/1918 buried locally in Toulouse, France; 7/27/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France, Plot C Row 24 Grave 34
Next of Kin: Auguste Lueder Tresch, friend, 3058 W. 15th St., Cleveland, OH. Their relationship is unknown, but Auguste Lueder Tresch (1863-1935) lived at the same address as Private Joseph Comer, was married and had children. One son appears to have served in WWI.
Additional Information: According to his WWI Burial Card, Private Joseph Comer's beneficiary was his father, Mr. Joe Choma, 79 Orchard St., Box 57, Hollidays Cove, West Virginia. No additional information was found.
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