Clare Kent Eggleston
(1891-1918)
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Ad for Baker R. and L. Co., Cleveland, OH
Private First Class Clare Kent Eggleston, signature on WWI draft registration
USS Powhatan
Gravestone, Private First Class Clare Kent Eggleston, Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, OH
Parents’ gravestone with Private First Class Clare Kent Eggleston’s name inscribed
Clare Kent Eggleston
*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: 8/3/1891, Geauga Lake, Ohio
Birth: 8/3/1891, Geauga Lake, Ohio
Address: 1845 E. 63rd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Battery Maker at R.&L. Co. at 71st and Euclid, Cleveland, OH [prominent manufacturer of premium electric vehicles]; occupation per 1910 Census Farm Laborer at Home Farm; occupation per 1915 City Directory Electrician
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not visible on registration card; enlistment date 7/1/1917; rank Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not visible on registration card; enlistment date 7/1/1917; rank Private First Class
Service Number: 1140044
Deployment: 3/22/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS Powhatan
Action:
Death: July 25 or July 26, 1918 at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: July 25 or July 26, 1918 at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 7/27/1918 buried locally after death at Aisne, France; 7/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/16/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 8/31/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/3/1921 to the care of George Eggleston, Aurora, OH; final burial Aurora Cemetery, SR 43, Aurora, OH, Section C Lot 3H Space 4 alongside his parents
Burial: 7/27/1918 buried locally after death at Aisne, France; 7/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/16/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 8/31/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/3/1921 to the care of George Eggleston, Aurora, OH; final burial Aurora Cemetery, SR 43, Aurora, OH, Section C Lot 3H Space 4 alongside his parents
Next of Kin: George Eggleston, father, RFD 33, Aurora, OH
Additional Information: Private First Class Clare Kent Eggleston had a twin brother.
Father: George M. Eggleston (1853-1940), born Ohio, married 1877, remarried 1917,occupation Dairy Farmer, buried Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, OH; Mother: Flora L. Hunt Eggleston (1854-1910), born Russell Township, Ohio, married 1877, buried Aurora Cemetery, Aurora, OH; Siblings: Lewis Burke "Lewie" Eggleston (1880-1938); A. Lynn Eggleston (1885-1952); Claude Hunt Eggleston (1891-1954), twin brother of Private First Class Clare Kent Eggleston.
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