Fred Glomb
(1891-1918)
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Ad for Cleveland-Akron Bag Co., Cleveland, OH
Photo Credit: ebay.com
RMS Carmania
Private Fred Glomb, signature on WWI draft registration
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Fred Glomb
*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: 11/5/1891, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 11/5/1891, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3198 E. 49th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machine [illegible] at Cleveland-Akron Bag Co., Cleveland, OH; requested exemption from draft in order to support wife and one child; per 1910 Census occupation Laborer in a shop
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/29/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/29/1918; Private
Service Number: 2435298
Marriage: on 6/2/1913 at age 21 and employed as a Punch Press Hand, married Helen Mann, age 18, about whom no additional information was found
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard RMS Carmania
Action:
Death: October 23, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice] at age 26 at Crepion, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action/Missing in Action. Per findagrave.org, "His unit was operating in Le Houppy Bois, west of Crepion, went [sic] he was killed in action."
Death: October 23, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice] at age 26 at Crepion, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action/Missing in Action. Per findagrave.org, "His unit was operating in Le Houppy Bois, west of Crepion, went [sic] he was killed in action."
Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing
Next of Kin: Helen Glomb, wife, 2237 Orange Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Carl Glomb (1860-1930), born Germany, emigrated ~1865, occupation Hod Carrier Laborer [highly physical work assisting bricklayers and masons with carrying heavy construction materials], buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Sophie Sofalowski Glomb (1869-1949), born Poland-Russia, emigrated ~1872, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside son John Glomb; Siblings: John Glomb (1881-1913); Marie Glomb Carr (1887-?); Edward Glomb (1889-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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