George Faehnrich
(1889-1918)
Embedded Files
Private George Faehnrich, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Diomed
St. Michael's Church, Cleveland, OH
St. Michael's Church, Cleveland, OH
Akron Beacon Journal, June 18, 1919
Credit: findagrave.com
Gravestone, Private George Faehnrich, Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Credit: ancestry.com
George Faehnrich
Private George Faehnrich was the older of two brothers who served and died in World War I. [See Michael Faehnrich.] The brothers registered for the draft and enlisted on the same day as each other, both trained at Camp Gordon, Georgia, deployed to Europe one day apart, and were killed in France 22 days apart. Their remains were sent home six months apart, first Michael and then his older brother George. They share a gravestone.
*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: 6/28/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 6/28/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2265 W. 10th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Checker at Mercantile Warehouse, Canal Rd., Cleveland, OH; per 1910 Census occupation Painter [may be Pointer] at Bolt Co.; per 1912 City Directory occupation Machinist
Appearance: Height 5'11," Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/23/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/23/1918; Private
Service Number: 2657470
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Diomed
Action:
Death: September 26, 1918 [also noted as 10/3/1918] at age 29 in the Argonne Forest; cause of death Killed in Action, also noted as Wounded in Action
Death: September 26, 1918 [also noted as 10/3/1918] at age 29 in the Argonne Forest; cause of death Killed in Action, also noted as Wounded in Action
Burial: 10/3/1918 buried locally in Commune Cuisy [also noted as French cemetery at Favry, Meuse]; 12/13/1920 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/28/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S arriving Antwerp, Belgium 9/6/1921; 9/20/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH to the care of Martin Faehnrich, 2265 W. 10th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Saint Mary Cemetery at W. 41st St. and Clark, Cleveland, OH, Section D Lot Main S Grave 24, alongside his brother Private Michael Faehnrich and other family members. Funeral was held at St. Michael's Church at the corner of Scranton and Clark Ave.; per the death notice archived in the Cleveland Public Library Necrology File, "Overseas veterans will officiate."
Burial: 10/3/1918 buried locally in Commune Cuisy [also noted as French cemetery at Favry, Meuse]; 12/13/1920 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/28/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S arriving Antwerp, Belgium 9/6/1921; 9/20/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH to the care of Martin Faehnrich, 2265 W. 10th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Saint Mary Cemetery at W. 41st St. and Clark, Cleveland, OH, Section D Lot Main S Grave 24, alongside his brother Private Michael Faehnrich and other family members. Funeral was held at St. Michael's Church at the corner of Scranton and Clark Ave.; per the death notice archived in the Cleveland Public Library Necrology File, "Overseas veterans will officiate."
Next of Kin: Amelia Stamm Faehnrich, mother, 2265 W. 10th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information:
Father: Martin Faehnrich (1845-1931), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, occupation Carpenter (Houses), buried Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Emelia "Emma" Stamm Faehnrich (1851-1939), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, had at least 9 children, buried Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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