John Duboyski
(1895-1918)
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SS Agamemnon
Photo of 166th Infantry Regiment officers in the Baccarat, France sector, where Private John Duboyski was initially buried
Private John Duboyski’s sister’s gravestone at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
John Duboyski
[Multiple and different spellings of this surname impeded the research.]
*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: 10/15/1895, Kassa, Austria-Hungary [present-day Kosice, Slovakia]
Birth: 10/15/1895, Kassa, Austria-Hungary [present-day Kosice, Slovakia]
Address: 14014 Woodland Ave., East Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: Caucasian; draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/26/1917; rank Private or Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/26/1917; rank Private or Private First Class
Service Number: 94888
Deployment: 10/31/1917 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Agamemnon
Action: [The 166th Infantry was part of the 42nd Infantry Division known as the "Rainbow Division," as it was comprised of one regiment from each state.]
Death: May 3, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Accidental Gunshot Wounds
Death: May 3, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Accidental Gunshot Wounds
Burial: 5/5/1918 buried at French Military Cemetery, Baccarat, France; 2/10/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at the same cemetery in Baccarat, France; 9/7/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 9/28/1921; 10/14/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 10/25/1921; 11/2/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 11/4/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Duboyski, ?mother, 2848 Kazen Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 11/7/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 246 Section 3 Grave 1 [no burial record on cemetery gravesite]
Burial: 5/5/1918 buried at French Military Cemetery, Baccarat, France; 2/10/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at the same cemetery in Baccarat, France; 9/7/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 9/28/1921; 10/14/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 10/25/1921; 11/2/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 11/4/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Duboyski, ?mother, 2848 Kazen Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 11/7/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 246 Section 3 Grave 1 [no burial record on cemetery gravesite]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Katie Kapacar [also spelled Kapcar] sister, 2074 W. 7th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Parents: No definitive information found, although mother may have been Mary Duboyski (see burial information above); Siblings: Katie Doboyski [spelled Dubovska on marriage record] Kapacar [also spelled Kapcar] (1882-1944); Anna Duboyski Kimak (1887-1948), 2357 E. 24th St., Cleveland, OH, listed as Private John Duboyski's beneficiary on his WWI burial card, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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