Harry Charles Halberg
(1892-1918)
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Private Harry Charles Halberg, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Princess Juliana
Gravestone, Corporal/Private Harry Charles Halberg, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Harry Charles Halberg
[His name in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church baptism records in 1892 was Carl Fredrik Harry Hallberg. The family may have changed the surname from Hallberg to Halberg, as the latter spelling is most common in available records.]
*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: 5/15/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 5/15/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2608 Kingston Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Clerk at Ohio Desk Co., Cleveland, OH [founded in 1908 as Ohio Desk & Chair Co. and still in existence]
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/9/1918; Corporal/Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/9/1918; Corporal/Private
Service Number: 419815
Deployment: 7/6/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Princess Juliana
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Death: November 29, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Died of Disease Lobar Pneumonia
Death: November 29, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Died of Disease Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: buried locally after death at the American Cemetery at Chaumont (Haute-Marne), France [Chaumont was the site of the general headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in WWI commanded by General John J. Pershing]; 3/2/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/8/1921; 4/26/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 6/2/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/3/1921 to the care of Mr. Carl A. Halberg, father, 2608 Kingston Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH; final burial 6/6/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 18 Lot 211-0, alongside parents and brothers buried later
Burial: buried locally after death at the American Cemetery at Chaumont (Haute-Marne), France [Chaumont was the site of the general headquarters of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in WWI commanded by General John J. Pershing]; 3/2/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/8/1921; 4/26/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 6/2/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/3/1921 to the care of Mr. Carl A. Halberg, father, 2608 Kingston Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH; final burial 6/6/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 18 Lot 211-0, alongside parents and brothers buried later
Next of Kin: Mrs. Augusta Halberg, mother, 2608 Kingston Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH
Additional Information: Father: Charles A. "Carl" Halberg (1857-1935), born Sweden, emigrated ~1880, married 1888, occupations included Shearman [metalworker who operated large industrial shears] at an Ironworks and Machinist at a Hoisting Co., buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Augusta Thomson Halberg (1865-1925), born Morup, Falkenbergs kommun, Hallands Ian, Sweden, emigrated ~1882, married 1888, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Ervin Halberg (1894-1967); Sidney Halberg (1901-1994). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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