Jan "John" Dziemback
(1890-1918)
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Private Jan "John" Dziemback, signature on WWI draft registration
HMAT Nevasa
Gravestone, Private Jan "John" Dziemback, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private Jan “John” Dziemback’s sister, Aniela (Angela) Dziemback Wanicka
Jan "John" Dziemback
*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: 7/3/1890, Poland-Russia; [birth year on draft registration 1890; birth year on gravestone 1892]
Birth: 7/3/1890, Poland-Russia; [birth year on draft registration 1890; birth year on gravestone 1892]
Address: 4141 E. 57th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; citizenship status alien; occupation Rigger at American [illegible]; per 1915 City Directory occupation Laborer
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date not found; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date not found; rank Private
Service Number: 2429287
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard HNAT Nevasa
Action:
Death: October 27, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action. [His WWI Burial Card records the date of death as 10/21/1918.]
Death: October 27, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action. [His WWI Burial Card records the date of death as 10/21/1918.]
Burial: buried locally after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/11/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/24/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/3/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 10/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 10/4/1921 to the care of Mrs. Ludwika Dunajski, sister, 7308 Covert Ave., Cleveland, OH and to H.P. Dziszkoroski, Undertaker; final burial 10/8/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 488 Section 3 Grave 4. The Polish word "Brat" on his gravestone means "Brother." The Polish words "Wieczny Odpoczynek" on his gravestone mean "Eternal Rest."
Burial: buried locally after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/11/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/24/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/3/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 10/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 10/4/1921 to the care of Mrs. Ludwika Dunajski, sister, 7308 Covert Ave., Cleveland, OH and to H.P. Dziszkoroski, Undertaker; final burial 10/8/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 488 Section 3 Grave 4. The Polish word "Brat" on his gravestone means "Brother." The Polish words "Wieczny Odpoczynek" on his gravestone mean "Eternal Rest."
Next of Kin: Mrs. Ludwika "Louise" Dziemback Dunajski, sister, 4706 E. 67th St., Cleveland, OH [spelling of name taken from her gravestone, as spellings elsewhere varied widely]
Additional Information: Research was impeded by the multiple differing spellings of first and last names of Private Jan "John" Dziemback and his family.
Father: Sczepan (Stephen) Dziemback (1850-?), born Borkowo, Poland; Mother: Mary Czacherski/Czkerska Dziemback (1850-?), born Borkowo, Poland; Siblings: Ludwika "Louise" Dziemback Dunajski (1875-1949); Aniela (Angela) Dziemback Wanicka (1881-1920), who died of an adherent placenta at age 38 a few days after the birth of her 11th child; ?Mary Ann; ?Josephine. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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