Felix Fischietto
(1895-1919)
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Private Felix Fischietto, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Nankin
Gravestone, Private Felix Fischietto, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Felix Fischietto
[The name Federico Fischietto was recorded on the immigration ship manifest. The surname Fischietto translates to whistle in English.]
*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: 8/25/1895 on gravestone and 8/25/1894 on some other records, San Chirico Nuovo, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Birth: 8/25/1895 on gravestone and 8/25/1894 on some other records, San Chirico Nuovo, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Address: 2488 E. 31st St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; emigrated 1903; declarant for citizenship; occupation self-employed Plumber at 2554 E. 22nd St. [noted in a city directory as Caldwell and Fischietto at that address]; 1910 city directory occupation Machinist at Iron Works
Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair black as noted on draft registration; on naturalization application Height 5' 2," Complexion dark, scar on back of head
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private
Service Number: 2427498
Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin
Action:
Death: January 6, 1919 at age 23; cause of death Cerebral Tumor [unknown whether this scar was related in any way to the scar on the back of his head noted on naturalization application]
Death: January 6, 1919 at age 23; cause of death Cerebral Tumor [unknown whether this scar was related in any way to the scar on the back of his head noted on naturalization application]
Burial: 1/8/1919 burial at Grand Cemetery American Plot, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/20/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Brest, France 7/26/1920; 8/21/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Princess Matoika arriving Hoboken 9/5/1920; 10/1/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/2/1920 to the care of Frank Fischietto, father, 2488 E. 31st St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, [grave location not noted on cemetery website], alongside parents who were buried later
Burial: 1/8/1919 burial at Grand Cemetery American Plot, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/20/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Brest, France 7/26/1920; 8/21/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Princess Matoika arriving Hoboken 9/5/1920; 10/1/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/2/1920 to the care of Frank Fischietto, father, 2488 E. 31st St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, [grave location not noted on cemetery website], alongside parents who were buried later
Next of Kin: Frank Fischietto, father, 2488 E. 31st St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Leonardo Francesco "Frank" Fischietto (1866-1939), born San Chirico Nuovo, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy, married 1891, emigrated 1900, occupation Laborer Fruit Industry, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Rose Cafarelli Fischietto (1872-1958), born Spinazzola, Puglia, Italy, married 1891, emigrated 1903, had at least 8 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Frances Fischietto Gundic Carducci (1910-1974); Paul (1916-2003); Michael; Mary; Millie; Rocchi; Teresa. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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