Joseph William Coffield
(1886-1918)
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SS Leviathan
Gravestone, Sergeant Joseph William Coffield, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Joseph William Coffield
*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: 3/27/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/27/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 8412 Medina Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: per 1916 Enlisted and Officer Muster Roll age 30, single, Caucasian, and occupation Machinist; 1910 occupation Electrician at Electric Railway; per 1917 Cleveland City Directory occupation Gardener; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: Height 5'10 and 1/2," Complexion ruddy, Eyes blue, Hair dark brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1916; 6/19/1916; Sergeant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1916; 6/19/1916; Sergeant
Service Number: 1518375
Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan
Action: [served in the famed Ohio National Guard 37th "Buckeye" Division]
Death: October 4, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32 at Cierges-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 4, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32 at Cierges-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/4/1918 buried in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/20/1921 remains disinterred for final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block A Row 46 Grave 5
Burial: 10/4/1918 buried in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/20/1921 remains disinterred for final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block A Row 46 Grave 5
Next of Kin: Mr. William Coffield, father, 8412 Medina Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Sergeant Joseph William Coffield appears to have been an only child.
Father: William Coffield (1850-1925), born Ireland, emigrated 1880 or 1882, occupation Paver of Streets and Roads, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: It appears that Anna McAleer Coffield (1856-1932), born Sandusky County, Ohio of Irish ancestry, may have been Sergeant Joseph William Coffield's step-mother based on Census records showing that she had no pregnancies or children. The birth record for this soldier shows his mother to be Rose Coffield. A death record for Rosy Coffield (1852-1899) showed she died at age 47 of heart failure and was to be buried at Calvary Cemetery, but no cemetery record was found. A Mrs. William Coffield [presumably Anna McAleer Coffield] requested passage on the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave in France, but it is not known if she sailed. Anna McAleer Coffield was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH.
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