Arthur Herbert Fielitz
(1895-1918)
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Private Arthur Herbert Fielitz, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Private Arthur Herbert Fielitz, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH
Saint John Lutheran Church, South Euclid, OH
Arthur Herbert Fielitz
*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: 11/5/1895, South Euclid, Ohio
Birth: 11/5/1895, South Euclid, Ohio
Address: 10605 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH and Dill Avenue, South Euclid, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Shipping Clerk at [illegible] Tool Co., Cleveland, OH
Marriage: On 11/10/1917, at age 22, Arthur Herbert Fielitz married Gladys M. Elgin (1896-1924), age 21, who was employed as a Hairdresser. They were married for 4 months and 1 week when Private Fielitz died at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH of Influenza. His widow remarried in 1920 to Webb Bernard Hayes with whom she had one son, born 1923, before dying suddenly on March 27, 1924 after goiter surgery. She is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Fremont, OH.
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/14/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/14/1917; Private
Service Number: 1963188
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: March 17, 1918 at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Empyema Myocarditis aka Influenza
Death: March 17, 1918 at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Empyema Myocarditis aka Influenza
Burial: 3/20/1918 at Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, 4386 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, OH, Section 1 Lot 11, alongside his parents who were buried later. Funeral was held the same day at St. John's Lutheran Church, South Euclid, OH
Burial: 3/20/1918 at Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, 4386 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, OH, Section 1 Lot 11, alongside his parents who were buried later. Funeral was held the same day at St. John's Lutheran Church, South Euclid, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. G. Fielitz, wife, 10605 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John L. Fielitz [born Johann Ludwig Friedrich Fielitz] (1850-1932), born Germany, emigrated ~1872, married 1876, occupation Truck Farmer, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Mother: Friedaricka "Ricke" Rehberg Fielitz (1857-1934), born Germany, emigrated ~1874, married 1876, had at least 12 children, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Siblings: may have included William Carl (born 1876); ?Lena; John (born 1879); Louis (born 1883); Rosa (born 1885); Marie or Mamie (born 1887); Edward William (born 1889); Tillie (born 1892); Bertha (born 1897); Rudolph (born 1898); ?Ausie. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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