Emil F. Faflik
(1898-1918)
(1898-1918)
USS H.R. Mallory
Private Emil F. Faflik's mother, Mary Zeman Faflik Rauen
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Private Emil F. Faflik's father, Joseph G. Faflik
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Sibling list with photos of some of Private Emil F. Faflik’s siblings
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Gravestone, Private Emil F. Faflik, Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Death notice from unknown publication
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Emil F. Faflik
*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.
Address: 3354 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found, which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; 1916 and 1917 City Directory show that his occupation was Butcher
Appearance: not known
Service Number: 92642
Deployment: 10/18/1917 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS H.R. Mallory
Action: Served with the famed Rainbow Division, a composite of National Guard divisions from 26 states, including Ohio, and the District of Columbia. It saw intensive action from late 1917 to 1918 and sustained heavy casualties.
Next of Kin: Miss Mildred Faflik, sister, 3354 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Joseph G. Faflik (1866-1902), born South Bohemia, Czechia, emigrated ~1874, married 1887, occupation Mail Carrier, died at age 35 of cardiac insufficiency, buried at Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Zemen Faflik Rauen (1871-1934), born South Bohemia, Czechia, emigrated ~1880, married 1887, had at least 8 children, remarried 1910 to Herman Rauen, a Tailor who was born in Germany and emigrated 1905, buried Saint Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left. Sibling list may be incomplete. Brother Alfred Faflik had a son who died in France in World War II.
Chateau-Thierry Monument, dedicated 1937, to honor the American and French WWI soldiers who died nearby
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3354 W. 30th St., Cleveland, OH, address given at WWI draft registration