Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr.
(1888-1918)
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Corporal Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr., signature on WWI draft registration
SS Megantic
Gravestone, Corporal Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr., Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling list
Martin Foley Fitzharris Jr.
*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: 4/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 4/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 17841 Lorain Ave., and Kamms P. O., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Cable Splicer at Cleveland Telephone Co., Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to employment at telephone company
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/27/1918; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/27/1918; Corporal
Service Number: 2478531
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Megantic
Action:
Death: December 26, 1918 [after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 and one day after Christmas] at age 30; cause of death Meningitis [a common communicable disease in the crowded conditions of military life, with very high mortality rates]
Death: December 26, 1918 [after the Armistice of November 11, 1918 and one day after Christmas] at age 30; cause of death Meningitis [a common communicable disease in the crowded conditions of military life, with very high mortality rates]
Burial: 12/29/1918 American plot at Briey, France; 4/30/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 5/3/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/29/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/30/1921 to the care of Adolph Nunn, Undertaker, Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/2/1921 at Alger Cemetery, 16710 Bradgate, Cleveland, OH, Section E Lot 12, following a funeral the same day at the family residence. He was laid to rest alongside his parents.
Burial: 12/29/1918 American plot at Briey, France; 4/30/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France; 5/3/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 7/2/1921; 7/29/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/30/1921 to the care of Adolph Nunn, Undertaker, Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/2/1921 at Alger Cemetery, 16710 Bradgate, Cleveland, OH, Section E Lot 12, following a funeral the same day at the family residence. He was laid to rest alongside his parents.
Next of Kin: Martin Fitzharris, father, 17841 Lorain Ave. and Kamms P. O., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Martin Fitzharris Sr. (1861-1922), born Cleveland, OH, occupation Merchant, remarried 1918 following the death of his first wife, buried Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Catherine M. Caldwell Fitzharris (1863-1916), born Wilmcote, Warwickshire, England, had at least 5 children, buried Alger Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See sibling list at left. Brother John served in WWI and was honorably discharged. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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