William Raymond Doughty
(1894-1918)
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Ad for Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company, Canton, OH
Private William Raymond Doughty, signature on WWI draft registration
William Raymond Doughty
*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: 10/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 10/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Address at draft registration: 411 Arlington Ave., Canton, OH
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation employed at Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company, Canton, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build not recorded, Eyes brown, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/9/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/9/1917; Private
Service Number: 174518
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action:
Death: August 14, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Influenza
Death: August 14, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Influenza
Burial: 8/15/1918 buried locally after death in Gironde France; 9/12/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Bordeaux, France on 9/12/1920; 10/5/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Pocahontas arriving Hoboken 10/18/1920;11/9/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 11/10/1920 to the care of Frank R. Doughty, Euclid Station, Cleveland, OH and W.A. Munn; 11/13/1920 final burial at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 42 Section 73 Grave 2 SW Corner [no grave photo, and a notation on findagrave.com said that the grave was unmarked]
Burial: 8/15/1918 buried locally after death in Gironde France; 9/12/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Bordeaux, France on 9/12/1920; 10/5/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Pocahontas arriving Hoboken 10/18/1920;11/9/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 11/10/1920 to the care of Frank R. Doughty, Euclid Station, Cleveland, OH and W.A. Munn; 11/13/1920 final burial at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 42 Section 73 Grave 2 SW Corner [no grave photo, and a notation on findagrave.com said that the grave was unmarked]
Next of Kin: Mayme Doughty, mother, 2560 E. 84th St. and 2553 E. 84th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: The prevalence of the surname Doughty impeded the research.
Father: Francis Doughty (1872-1939), born St. Louis, Missouri, occupation Farmer; Mother: Mamie [aka Mayme] L. Repp Doughty (1875-1959), buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Ralph Doughty (1896-1927); Robert Francis (1900-1977), served in WWI and was buried at Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland OH. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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