Anthony Demetri
(1894-1918)
(1894-1918)
Ad for White Motor Car Co., Cleveland, OH
Sergeant Anthony Demetri, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Sergeant Anthony Demetri, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Anthony [aka Tony, Anton and Antonio] Demetri [aka Demetry]
*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.
Address: R.F.D. #2, Bedford, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Machinist at White Motor Car Co., Cleveland, OH [founded 1900 by Thomas H. White, manufacturers of cars, trucks, buses, tractors, bicycles, lathes, roller skates and sewing machines until 1980]; requested exemption from draft by "request of my employer"
Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Service Number: 1971423
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Next of Kin: F. Demetry, mother, Box 407, Henry St., Bedford, OH
Additional Information: Father: Gaetano "Guy" Demetri (1862-1944), born Genoa, Italy, emigrated ~1870, occupation Laborer, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Felicita "Frances" Schiappacasse Demetri (1864-1946), conflicting emigration dates, born Genoa, Italy, had at least 13 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: at least 12 siblings.
Gravestone, Sergeant Anthony Demetri, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH