Carl William Escover
(1892-1918)
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Private Carl William Escover, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Orca
Sibling list, Private Carl William Escover
Gravestone, Private Carl William Escover, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine
Private Carl William Escover’s niece (daughter of his brother George), Dorothy Carol Escover Fritz
Carl William Escover
*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: 5/21/1892, Zanesville, Ohio
Birth: 5/21/1892, Zanesville, Ohio
Address: 9400 Harvard St., 9411 Harvard St., 9411 Harvard Ave., 9415 Harvard Ave., and 9419 Cassius Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Pipe Fitter at East Ohio Gas Co., Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to mother and invalid brother to support; per 1910 Census occupation Laborer at Sheet Mill; per 1916 City Directory occupation Laborer
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Service Number: 2661112
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Orca
Action:
Death: October 7, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action at Cunel, Lorraine, France, also recorded as at Bois du Fays, southeast of Cunel. [During the Meuse-Argonne offensive in October, 1918, the wooded area of Bois du Fays was the site of intense enemy fire resulting in heavy casualties.]
Death: October 7, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action at Cunel, Lorraine, France, also recorded as at Bois du Fays, southeast of Cunel. [During the Meuse-Argonne offensive in October, 1918, the wooded area of Bois du Fays was the site of intense enemy fire resulting in heavy casualties.]
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 12/30/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in final resting spot at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot C Row 23 Grave 22
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 12/30/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in final resting spot at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot C Row 23 Grave 22
Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Escover, mother, 9411 Harvard St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Charles F. Escover (1861-1944), born Zanesville, OH of German ancestry, married 1887, occupations included Fireman at Iron Works and Laborer at Sheet Mill, buried Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, OH; Mother: Anna M. Ragor Escover (1861-1932), born Zanesville, OH, married 1887, buried Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left.
Mother requested to sail to Europe to visit her son Private Carl William Escover's grave as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage program, but record of the departure was not found.
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