Morris Feld
(1891-1918)
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Private/Corporal Morris Feld, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Bohemian
Gravestone, Private/Corporal Morris Feld, Lansing Avenue Cemetery [a historic Jewish burial ground], Cleveland, OH
Morris [aka Moritz] Feld
Hebrew Name: Moshe ben Chaim Lipa
*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: 9/12/1891, Botsani, Romania [a town in NE Romania in northern Moldavia and, until the late 1800s, the second largest and most important Jewish community in Moldavia; an anti-semitic Romanian peasant revolt occurred there in 1907]
Birth: 9/12/1891, Botsani, Romania [a town in NE Romania in northern Moldavia and, until the late 1800s, the second largest and most important Jewish community in Moldavia; an anti-semitic Romanian peasant revolt occurred there in 1907]
Address: 6201 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; Jewish; emigrated 1911; 1913 declarant for citizenship; occupation at draft registration Insurance Agent at Prudential Insurance Co., 627 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH; per 1913 Naturalization Declaration form, occupation Clerk
Appearance: Height 5' 5," Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; Private/Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; Private/Corporal
Service Number: 2105189
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian
Action:
Death: September 12, 1918 [his birthday] at age 27; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: September 12, 1918 [his birthday] at age 27; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: The WWI burial card was stamped in red with the words "Certified Jewish." On 9/14/1918 buried locally after death at "(Sebastopol American) Bruley (M-et-M) (Toul);" 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 5/4/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/15/1921 to the care of Louis Feld, father, 948 E. 105th St., and Harry Feld, brother; final burial Lansing Avenue Cemetery [a historic Jewish burial ground], 5716 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH, Section 2 Row 5 Tier 4 Grave 4
Burial: The WWI burial card was stamped in red with the words "Certified Jewish." On 9/14/1918 buried locally after death at "(Sebastopol American) Bruley (M-et-M) (Toul);" 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 5/4/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/15/1921 to the care of Louis Feld, father, 948 E. 105th St., and Harry Feld, brother; final burial Lansing Avenue Cemetery [a historic Jewish burial ground], 5716 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH, Section 2 Row 5 Tier 4 Grave 4
Next of Kin: Louis Feld, father, 948 E. 105th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Lipa aka Louis Feld (1865-1958), born Romania, emigrated 1911, possible burial at Ridge Rd. Cemetery, Cleveland, OH, but no burial information found on website; Mother: Krentza aka Katie Smylovitz Feld (1870-1938), born Romania, emigrated 1912, had at least 6 children, possible burial at Ridge Rd. Cemetery, Cleveland, OH, but no burial information found on website; Siblings: Harry Feld (1893-1974), who also served in WWI and whose occupation was Actor followed by Manager of Feld's Floor Covering Co.; Samuel Feld (1895-1982); Joseph Feld (1898-1989; Alex Ely Feld (1905-1980); Dorothy Feld Lapine (1909-1983). All the children were born in Romania. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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