John M. Fitzgerald
(1893-1918)
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Ad for Standard Parts Co., Cleveland, OH
Private John M. Fitzgerald, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Mount Vernon
Gravestone, Private John M. Fitzgerald, St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Cleveland, OH
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Cleveland, OH
John M. Fitzgerald
*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: 12/7/1893, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/7/1893, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 4527 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Teamster employed by George Whelding at Standard Parts Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/7/1917; Private/Wagoner
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/7/1917; Private/Wagoner
Service Number: 731973
Deployment: 4/19/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Mount Vernon
Action:
Death: September 6, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action; military mass held on 10/16/1918 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3602 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Death: September 6, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action; military mass held on 10/16/1918 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3602 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Burial: 9/17/1918 buried at Sebastopol American Cemetery, Bruley (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Toul, France; 6/4/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 7/7/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France, Block C Row 19 Grave 12
Burial: 9/17/1918 buried at Sebastopol American Cemetery, Bruley (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Toul, France; 6/4/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 7/7/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at final resting place at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France, Block C Row 19 Grave 12
Next of Kin: Mrs. M. J. [Margaret] McCarty [misspelled in some records as McVarty], aunt, 4527 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Research was impeded by the prevalence of the surnames Fitzgerald and McCarty and by the frequent use of many similar first names. Father was Patrick, Mother was Mary nee Kearns who had died by the time her son Private John M. Fitzgerald died in WWI, and Siblings were Edmund, James, Lillian, and Anna. Family information above recorded in the Cleveland Necrology File. Family information is incomplete.
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