Robert Temple Coughlin
(1898-1917)
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The Luverne Journal, Luverne, Alabama 10/25/1917
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Alabama
10/21/1917
Gravestone, Private Robert Temple Coughlin, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, Alabama
10/23/1917
Robert Temple Coughlin
*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: 2/1/1898, Everett, Massachusetts
Birth: 2/1/1898, Everett, Massachusetts
Address: 1812 Hastings Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: Caucasian; native-born citizen; no draft registration found
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/6/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/6/1917; rank Private
Service Number: no service number found
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 20, 1917 at age 19 at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama; cause of death Accidental Gunshot Wound to the Chest and Abdomen
Death: October 20, 1917 at age 19 at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama; cause of death Accidental Gunshot Wound to the Chest and Abdomen
[See posthumous newspaper articles at left. The tribute poem at left was written by Kate Slaughter McKinney, who appears to have been a writer in Montgomery, Alabama, according to the 1920 Census. Her relationship to Private Robert Temple Coughlin or her motivation to write the poem are not known.]
[See posthumous newspaper articles at left. The tribute poem at left was written by Kate Slaughter McKinney, who appears to have been a writer in Montgomery, Alabama, according to the 1920 Census. Her relationship to Private Robert Temple Coughlin or her motivation to write the poem are not known.]
Burial: 10/23/1917 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 31 Section 21 alongside parents buried later
Burial: 10/23/1917 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 31 Section 21 alongside parents buried later
Next of Kin: Jerry T. Coughlin, father, 1812 Hastings Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Jeremiah "Jerry" T. Coughlin (1854-1921), born Portland, Maine, married 1896, occupations Fish Dealer and Shipping Clerk, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Ann Amelia "Mamie" Temple Coughlin (1857-1944), born New Brunswick, Canada, married previously, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Albert F. Coughlin (1899-?) and several stepsiblings
1812 Hastings Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
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