Frederick "Fred" Ekelmann
(1892-1918)
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Gravestone, Private Frederick "Fred" Ekelmann, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Picardie, France
Frederick "Fred" Ekelmann
*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: 3/4/1892 (on gravestone) and 3/9/1892 (on draft registration), Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/4/1892 (on gravestone) and 3/9/1892 (on draft registration), Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 5903 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Laborer at Wire Mill at American Steel & Wire Co. at Newburgh Township near Cleveland [a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corp. with one of its production sites in Newburgh Township]
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/15/1917; 10/4/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/15/1917; 10/4/1917; Private
Service Number: 2110953
Deployment: 5/7/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS City of Brisean [sic - presumably City of Brisbane]
Action:
Death: July 18, 1918 at age 26 at Aisne, Arrondissement de Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg, Belgium; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: July 18, 1918 at age 26 at Aisne, Arrondissement de Marche-en-Famenne, Luxembourg, Belgium; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Aisne, France; disinterred and reburied twice at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Picardie, France before final burial there on 10/17/1922 in Plot A Row 1 Grave 67
Burial: buried locally after death at Aisne, France; disinterred and reburied twice at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, Picardie, France before final burial there on 10/17/1922 in Plot A Row 1 Grave 67
Next of Kin: Gus Ekelmann, father, 5903 Harvard Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Gustav "Gus" Ekelmann (1858-1937), born Germany, emigrated ~1889, occupation Laborer at Wire Mill, buried Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Dorothea "Dora" Bendig Ekelmann (1854-1919), born Germany, emigrated ~1889, buried Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Ann Ekelmann George (1889-1982), twin sister of Marie Dorothea; Marie Dorothea Ekelmann Skarl (1889-1967), twin sister of Ann; Theresa J. Ekelmann (1894-1974), who had a son named Harold Frederick (1920-1987), presumably named after her brother Private Frederick "Fred" Ekelmann; Bruno G.E. Ekelmann (1896-1917). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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