Fred Eckerfield
(1896-1918)
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Private/Corporal Fred Eckerfield, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Bohemian
Sibling List
Fred Eckerfield
*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: 1/6/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 1/6/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3320 W. 56th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Ice Business - employed by James Eckerfield; requested exemption due to "mother & 3 children" to support
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date illegible; enlistment date 9/20/1917; rank recorded alternately as Private and Corporal on military records
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date illegible; enlistment date 9/20/1917; rank recorded alternately as Private and Corporal on military records
Service Number: 2108391
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action:
Death: October 5, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: October 5, 1918 at age 22; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: buried locally after death at French Military Cemetery, La Veueve, Marne, France; 5/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. via Antwerp, Belgium; 6/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/22/1921 to the care of Gallagher & Co. Undertakers; final burial 7/26/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Highland Hills, OH, Section 3 Lot 3 Tier 2 Grave 1 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: buried locally after death at French Military Cemetery, La Veueve, Marne, France; 5/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. via Antwerp, Belgium; 6/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/22/1921 to the care of Gallagher & Co. Undertakers; final burial 7/26/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Highland Hills, OH, Section 3 Lot 3 Tier 2 Grave 1 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Eckerfield, mother, 4225 Cyril Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Fred Eckerfield (1870-1930), born Ohio, occupation Butcher, buried West Park Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Zeleny Eckerfield (1874-1947), born Bohemia, had at least 7 children, buried West Park Cemetery; Siblings: see Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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