Fred John Cohrs
(1889-1918)
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Private Fred John Cohrs, signature on WWI draft registration
RMS Carmania
Gravestone, Private Fred John Cohrs, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Fred John Cohrs
*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: 5/31/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 5/31/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2473 W. 10th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Pressman at Plain Dealer Publishing Co., Cleveland, OH; claimed exemption to support mother
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/29/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/29/1918; Private
Service Number: 2435263
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard
RMS Carmania
Action:
Death: October 24, 1918 [less than 3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29 at Flabas, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 24, 1918 [less than 3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29 at Flabas, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death at British-American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 5/19/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/13/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block H Row 12 Grave 1
Burial: buried after death at British-American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 5/19/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/13/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block H Row 12 Grave 1
Next of Kin: Mildred Louise Cohrs, sister, 1822 Mayview Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: George Cohrs (1864-1910), born Ohio of German ancestry, married 1888, occupation Horseshoer, died before his son enlisted and died in WWI, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Augusta Faske Cohrs (1866-Feb. 7, 1918), born Germany, married 1888, was a widow and head of household per 1910 Census, died when her son Private Fred John Cohrs was deployed in France --- just 8 months before he died in WWI, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: George Charles Cohrs (1892-1953; Edward Cohrs (1897-1989); Mildred Louise Cohrs Rezabeck (1902-1979). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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