Leroy H. Cook
(1892-1918)
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Ad for Willard Storage Battery, Cleveland, OH
Sergeant Leroy H. Cook signature on WWI draft registration
SS Honorata
Gravestone, Sergeant Leroy H. Cook, Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Leroy H. Cook
*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: 3/12/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/12/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address at draft registration: 13602 Aspinwall Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Oiler at Willard Storage Battery, Cleveland, OH [founded 1896 and by 1918 had contracts to supply batteries to 85% of the automobile factories in the U.S.]; previous service for 3 years as a Private in U.S. Army Ohio Engineers; when asked if he claimed an exemption from the draft, he replied, "yes. rejected."
Appearance: Height 5'4", Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Sergeant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Sergeant
Service Number: 2110371
Deployment: 8/26/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Honorata
Action:
Death: October 31, 1918 (less than 2 weeks prior to the Armistice on November 11, 1918) at age 26; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: October 31, 1918 (less than 2 weeks prior to the Armistice on November 11, 1918) at age 26; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 11/2/1918 at American Cemetery, Perigueux, Dordogne, France; 10/1/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U. S. arriving Bordeaux, France 10/4/1920; 11/29/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 12/15/1920; 12/18/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 12/21/1920 to the care of Oscar H. Cook, father, and Custodian Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; final burial 12/23/1920 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 258 Section 1 Grave 7 and buried at the same gravesite of his parents and at least 2 siblings
Burial: 11/2/1918 at American Cemetery, Perigueux, Dordogne, France; 10/1/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U. S. arriving Bordeaux, France 10/4/1920; 11/29/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 12/15/1920; 12/18/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 12/21/1920 to the care of Oscar H. Cook, father, and Custodian Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; final burial 12/23/1920 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 258 Section 1 Grave 7 and buried at the same gravesite of his parents and at least 2 siblings
Next of Kin: Oscar H. Cook, father, 679 E. 128th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Oscar Henry Cook ((1858-1928), born New York City, first marriage 1880, first wife died 1907, remarried by 1910, occupations Teamster per 1900 Census and Proprietor of a Boarding House per 1910 Census located at 401 E. Main St., Bedford, OH with at least 8 male boarders at that time, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Harriet "Hattie" M. Green Cook (1857-1907), born New York, first wife of Oscar Cook, married 1880, buried Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Step-mother: Alice Cook; Siblings: Cornelia "Connie" Cook (1881-1890); Leetha Cook Potter (1884-1920); Charles Cook (1885-?); Edna Cook (1887-June, 1918) who died 4 months before her brother Sergeant Leroy H. Cook; Lilly Cook (1890-1891); Elsie Cook (1895-?). There were also Step-Siblings. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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