Steve Grzywacz
(1886-1918)
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Ad for Lake Erie Iron Co., Cleveland, OH
Private First Class Steve Grzywacz, signature on WWI draft registration
Private First Class Steve Grzywacz, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Susquehanna
Parents’ names and address on the WWI Burial Card on ancestry.com
Gravestone, Private First Class Steve Grzywacz, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium
Gravestone, Private First Class Steve Grzywacz, Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium
Steve Grzywacz
[There were no records found for a Cleveland soldier with the name Steve Gezywacs who died in WWI. The name was presumably misspelled on the List of Liberty Row Names. We did find records for a Steve Grzywacz, as profiled below.]
*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: 8/16/1886, Gruzka, Russia [see parents' exact address in Gruzka, Poland at left]
Birth: 8/16/1886, Gruzka, Russia [see parents' exact address in Gruzka, Poland at left]
Address: 8105 Medina Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 30 at draft; single; Caucasian; declarant for citizenship; occupation Roller at Lake Erie Iron Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair dark brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/3/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/3/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 1529585
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Susquehanna
Action: The 148th Infantry 37th Division was known as the "Buckeye Division.
Death: October 31, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 31, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/3/1918 buried at American Military Cemetery at Olsene, Belgium; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery at Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 6/16/1922 final burial at Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium, Block A Row 2 Grave 4
Burial: 11/3/1918 buried at American Military Cemetery at Olsene, Belgium; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery at Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 6/16/1922 final burial at Flanders Field American Cemetery, Waregem, Belgium, Block A Row 2 Grave 4
Next of Kin: Mary Pietrowski, sister, 8407 Szowaeski Ave. [aka Sowinski], Cleveland, OH [This address is located in an historic Polish neighborhood.]
Additional Information:
Roland Sabbe, a resident of Waregem, Belgium, has adopted the grave of Private First Class Steve Grzywacz. On findagrave.org he has written a short biographical profile that closely parallels the one here on Clevelandlibertyrow.com. He expressed interest in communicating with any descendants.
Parents: See parents' names and address at left. It appears that they did not emigrate. No additional information was found about them. Sister: Mary Pietrowski (1889-1967), born Poland, emigrated 1902, lived in Cleveland, OH, naturalized 1919, married to Walter Pietrowski (a laborer at a steel mill), and had several children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH. There may have been a brother named Joseph, but this could not be verified.
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