John Robert Danley
(1892-1918)
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Corporal John Robert Danley, signature on WWI draft registration
Corporal John Robert Danley
William Logue Danley, brother of Corporal John Robert Danley
Gravestone, Corporal John Robert Danley, Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH
John Robert Danley
[Corporal John Robert Danley was Lorain, Ohio's first WWI soldier to die in battle]
*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: 12/16/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/16/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address at time of draft registration: 1915 E. 86th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Printer
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes light blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1917; 6/14/1917; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1917; 6/14/1917; Corporal
Service Number: 121145
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action:
Death: June 14, 1918 at age 25 at Chateau-Thierry-Departement de L'Aisne, Picardie, France; cause of death Killed in Action [fought in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry (Jun 3-June 26, 1918)]
Death: June 14, 1918 at age 25 at Chateau-Thierry-Departement de L'Aisne, Picardie, France; cause of death Killed in Action [fought in the Battle of Chateau-Thierry (Jun 3-June 26, 1918)]
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery in Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/14/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/7/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/10/1921 to the care of Miss Daisy Danley [sister] and Wickens Funeral Co., Lorain, OH; final burial 9/14/1921 at Elmwood Cemetery, 640 N. Ridge Rd., Lorain, OH, Lot 1040 Grave 4821 alongside parents
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery in Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/14/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/7/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/10/1921 to the care of Miss Daisy Danley [sister] and Wickens Funeral Co., Lorain, OH; final burial 9/14/1921 at Elmwood Cemetery, 640 N. Ridge Rd., Lorain, OH, Lot 1040 Grave 4821 alongside parents
Next of Kin: Miss Daisy Danley, sister, 1835 Livingston Ave., Lorain, OH
Additional Information: Father: John Henry Danley (1850-1919), born Pennsylvania, occupation Moulder, died 7 months after his son Corporal John Robert Danley, buried Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH; Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Gearhart Danley (1852-1917), born Pennsylvania with ancestry dating to the 1700's in Pennsylvania, died 8 months before her son Corporal John Robert Danley, buried Elmwood Cemetery, Lorain, OH; Siblings: William Logue Danley (1873-1935); Daisy Zuella Danley (1880-1947); Elizabeth W. Danley (1882-1975); Infant Clara ((1887-1887); Infant Danley (1896-1896); ?Laura. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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