Emil Hugo Forsberg
(1893-1918)
(1893-1918)
Private Emil Hugo Forsberg, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Carpathia
Gravestone, Private Emil Hugo Forsberg, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Emil Hugo Forsberg
*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.
Address: 8018 Crumb Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Painter at George Herrow Co., Cleveland, OH; per 1910 Census at age 16 occupation Grocery Driver; claimed draft exemption due to "Ruptured" [no further description]
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light
Service Number: 2478774
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Carpathia
Action:
Next of Kin: Gust [Gustave] Forsberg, father, 8018 Crumb Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Gustaf aka Gustave and Gustav Forsberg (1865-1920), born Sweden, emigrated ~1891, occupations House Painter and Paper Hanger, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; did not live to see his son Private Emil Hugo Forsberg return home for final burial; Mother: Marie T. Forsberg (1857-1941), born Sweden, emigrated ~1892, had at least 6 children, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Alfred Forsberg (1886-?); Ellen Forsberg Johnson (1887-1966); Emma Forsberg (1888-?); Elsie M. Forsberg Fink (1896-1933). Sibling list may be incomplete.