Frank Barnett Donovan
(1892-1918)
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Private First Class Frank Barnett Donovan
Private First Class Frank Barnett Donovan, signature on WWI draft registration
Painting of Battle of Chateau-Thierry
Private First Class Frank Barnett Donovan" sister Florence Edna Donovan’s 1921 passport photograph
Private First Class Frank Barnett Donovan’s niece was the subject of the 1938 Frida Kahlo painting The Suicide of Dorothy Hale
Frank Barnett Donovan
*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: 12/10/1892, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Birth: 12/10/1892, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Address: 10833 Columbia Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Bricklayer at [illegible] Construction Co. at Cuyahoga Building, Cleveland, OH; claimed exemption from draft due to his mother being a dependent [father had died in 1916]
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 301689
Deployment: 2/27/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard ship "3"
Action:
Death: July 16, 1918 at age 25 at Chateau-Thierry, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: July 16, 1918 at age 25 at Chateau-Thierry, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, Plot A Row 6 Grave 53
Burial: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, Plot A Row 6 Grave 53
Next of Kin: Miss Edna Donovan, sister, 10833 Columbia Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Bartholomew "Bartley" Donovan (1848-1916), born Mercer County, Pennsylvania of Irish ancestry, married 1873, occupation per 1880 Census Bricklayer, occupation per 1910 Census Building Contractor, became a prominent builder of civic buildings in Pittsburgh, PA, buried St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA; Mother: Margaret Theresa McCarthy Donovan (1856-1938), born Hull, England of English and Irish ancestry, married 1873, had at least 11 children, buried St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA; Siblings: see sibling list at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
Private First Class Frank Barnett Donovan's niece, socialite and aspiring actress Dorothy Anderson Donovan Hale (1905-1938), the daughter of his brother James Patrick Donovan, was the subject of a 1938 Frida Kahlo painting: The Suicide of Dorothy Hale. See image of painting at left
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