Albert Diamond
(1897-1918)
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RMS Carmania
Jewish Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, OH
Gatepost at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Sergeant Albert Diamond, Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Esther Muffson Diamond, mother of Sergeant Albert Diamond, Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Albert [aka Abraham] Diamond
*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: 7/10/1897, New York
Birth: 7/10/1897, New York
Address: not known
Demographics: Caucasian; Jewish; no draft registration found
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date not known; rank Sergeant or Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date not known; rank Sergeant or Corporal
Service Number: 40766
Deployment: 9/18/1917 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard RMS Carmania
Action: Co M 9th Infantry, which fought in the Battle of Belleau Wood from June 1-26, 1918, during which time Sergeant/Corporal Albert Diamond was killed. No additional military information found.
Death: June 24, 1918 at age 20; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: June 24, 1918 at age 20; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the American Cemetery at 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; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. E. Diamond [mother], 619 E. 113th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, 3740 Ridge Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 6 Row 5 Grave 8 alongside his mother buried later. [The cemetery name means "a kindness of truth" and was founded in 1902 for indigent people of the Jewish faith.]
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the American Cemetery at 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; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. E. Diamond [mother], 619 E. 113th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, 3740 Ridge Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 6 Row 5 Grave 8 alongside his mother buried later. [The cemetery name means "a kindness of truth" and was founded in 1902 for indigent people of the Jewish faith.]
Next of Kin: Miss Minnie Diamond, sister, c/o Dr. S. Peiser, 5000 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, which was the location of the Jewish Orphan Asylum.
Additional Information: According to the 1910 Census, Albert [name recorded as Abraham at that time, which was his Hebrew name as it appears in Hebrew on his gravestone] Diamond, age 13, and his sister Minnie Diamond, age 11, were "inmates" of the Jewish Orphan Asylum at 5000 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH at the corner of Woodland Ave. and Sawtell (later E. 51st St.). The facility was founded in 1868 by B'nai B'rith, the Jewish service organization, and provided care to approximately 400 orphaned and/or impoverished children, many of Eastern European ancestry. Rabbi Simon Peiser was the assistant superintendent between 1913-1919. Siblings Albert and Minnie were born in New York and were of Russian ancestry.
Father: Isaac Diamond, married 1896 but no additional information found; Mother: Esther Muffson Diamond (1871-1936), a widow in 1910, employed as a nurse, and living as a boarder at a home on E. 29th St. in Cleveland, buried at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Minnie Diamond Blumenstock (1899-1977), at age 20 in 1920 living with her mother and working as a stenographer, married at age 20 on 11/28/1920 to Clifford Blumenstock, appears to have had no children, buried Mayfield Cemetery, Cleveland, OH. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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