Joe Fragapane
(1895-1918)
Embedded Files
1911 photo of the Ohio Bell Telephone Co., built by famed Cleveland architect Charles Schweinfurth in 1894 and demolished in 1928
Private Joe Fragapane, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Port Dennison
Gravestone, Private Joe Fragapane, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Joe Fragapane
*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: 12/27/1895, Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Birth: 12/27/1895, Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Address: 2543 E. 40th St. and 2335 Orange St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; citizenship status alien; occupation Laborer at Bell Telephone Co., Cleveland, OH; claimed draft exemption due to dependent mother and father
Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/7/1917; 4/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/7/1917; 4/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 2431298
Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Port Dennison
Action:
Death: November 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29; cause of death Died of Wounds; per WWI burial card beneficiary was Basilio Fragapane, father, Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Death: November 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 29; cause of death Died of Wounds; per WWI burial card beneficiary was Basilio Fragapane, father, Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy
Burial: buried after death at French Military Cemetery, Verdun-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France; remains disinterred and reburied on 12/8/1921 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; Plot C Row 31 Grave 30
Burial: buried after death at French Military Cemetery, Verdun-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France; remains disinterred and reburied on 12/8/1921 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; Plot C Row 31 Grave 30
Next of Kin: Nick [Nicola] Fragapane, cousin, 2335 Orange St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Basilio Fragapane, Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Private Joe Fragapane's cousin Nicola Fragapane (1885-1955) was born in Alcara li Fusi, Messina, Sicily, Italy and emigrated to Cleveland, OH ~1902. Occupations included Laborer at Foundry and Foreman at NYC Railroad. He married in 1911 and had several children.
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