John Joseph Connelly
(1895-1918)
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Ad for Columbia Axle Co, Cleveland, OH
Private John Joseph Connelly, signature on WWI draft registration
USS Covington
Gravestone, Private John Joseph Connelly
Death Notice, Private John Joseph Connelly
Order of Battle WWI
Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage Pin
John Joseph Connelly
*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: 6/10/1895 [also recorded as 3/19/1883], McKeesport or Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Birth: 6/10/1895 [also recorded as 3/19/1883], McKeesport or Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Address: 819 E. 72nd St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Machinist at Columbia Axel Co, E. 72nd St., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/8/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/8/1917; Private
Service Number: 732734
Deployment: 4/9/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard USS Covington
Action:
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried in an isolated grave after death at Remenauville, France [a village that was completely destroyed in WWI and never rebuilt]; 5/2/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France; 8/1/1922 remains disinterred and buried at final resting place at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France, Plot D Row 2 Grave 18
Burial: buried in an isolated grave after death at Remenauville, France [a village that was completely destroyed in WWI and never rebuilt]; 5/2/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France; 8/1/1922 remains disinterred and buried at final resting place at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Lorraine, France, Plot D Row 2 Grave 18
Next of Kin: Thomas J. Connelly, brother, 707 Talbott Ave., Braddock, PA and 2337 Woodstock Ave., Swissvale, PA
Additional Information: Conflicting information on ancestry.com regarding birthdate and place of birth. This soldier was apparently reared in Pennsylvania and moved with his father to Cleveland, OH in 1917. Private John Joseph Connelly completed the draft registration in Ohio. His gravestone notes his home state as Pennsylvania.
Father: John Connelly (aka Conley) (1867-?), born England, emigrated ~1890, occupation Day Laborer, a widower in 1900 Census, first wife unknown; Step-mother: Mrs. Bridget Connelly, 1712 Braddock Ave., Swissvale, PA. Per Private John Joseph Connelly's WWI burial card, his step-mother traveled to France on 7/26/1933 aboard the SS Roosevelt to visit her step-son's grave as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage. A death notice recorded his survivors as one sister, two brothers and his father.
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