Joseph J. Duffek
(1890-1918)
Embedded Files
Ferro Machine and Foundry Co., Cleveland, OH
Private Joseph J. Duffek, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Mount Vernon
Gravestone, Private Joseph J. Duffek, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Cleveland, OH
Joseph J. Duffek
*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: 2/11/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/11/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 4336 Broadway, Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Coremaker [a person who makes cores for foundry molds] at Ferro Machine and Foundry Co., Hubbard and 66th Sts., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/7/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/7/1917; Private
Service Number: 731968
Deployment: 4/19/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Mount Vernon
Action:
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 9/15/1918 buried at Vieville-en-Haye in the St. Mihiel sector where severe fighting occurred, particularly during the Allied offensive on 9/12/1918, the day Private Joseph J. Duffek was killed in action; 4/28/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 8/3/1922 final burial at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France, Block D Row 12 Grave 31. A requiem mass was held at Our Lady of the Lourdes Church at 54th St. and Hamm Ave., Cleveland, OH.
Burial: 9/15/1918 buried at Vieville-en-Haye in the St. Mihiel sector where severe fighting occurred, particularly during the Allied offensive on 9/12/1918, the day Private Joseph J. Duffek was killed in action; 4/28/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 8/3/1922 final burial at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France, Block D Row 12 Grave 31. A requiem mass was held at Our Lady of the Lourdes Church at 54th St. and Hamm Ave., Cleveland, OH.
Next of Kin: Joseph L. Masek, stepfather, 4336 Broadway, Cleveland, OH and Miss M. Duffek, 4223 Pos [?sic] Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: [Research impeded by the prevalence of the surnames of this family.]
Father: Joseph Duffek (?-1902), born Bohemia, occupation Rolling Mill Worker; Stepfather: Joseph L. Masek (1857-1945), born Czechia, married Anna Duffek 1906, occupation Tailor in his own store; Mother: Anna "Annie" Horack Duffek Masek (birth and death dates not found), per 1880 Census occupation Paper Mill Worker, remarried Joseph L. Masek in 1906; Siblings: Charles Duffek (?-1948) and a sister as noted above under next of kin. Information on siblings was hard to find. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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