John Cielaskiewicz
(1897-1918)
(1897-1918)
SS Megantic
Gravestone, Private John Cielaskiewicz, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France
Mother’s name and location recorded on WWI burial card
6301 Hosmer Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
John Cielaskiewicz
*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.
Address: 6301 Hosmer Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; citizenhip not known; occupation per 1910 Cleveland City Directory was Laborer
Appearance: not known
Service Number: 560710
Deployment: 5/3/1918 from New York, New York aboard SS Megantic
Action:
Next of Kin: Mr. John Simanski, friend, 6301 Hosmer Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Regarding this soldier's reported next of kin, friend Mr. John Simanski: per the 1910 Cleveland City Directory, as many as 13 males with the surname Simanski were living on Gertrude, Hosmer, Fullerton and other nearby streets, all of whom were employed as Laborers. A John Szymanski is buried at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH.
Mother: Private John Cielaskiewicz's WWI burial card recorded the name and location of his mother in Russia [see left]. No additional information was found about her or any other family members.