Lewis Frances Hall
(1896-1918)
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SS Leviathan
Insignia 37th Infantry Division
Gravestone, Corporal Lewis Frances Hall, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Son’s gravestone
Credit: findagrave.org
Lewis Frances Hall
[Some surnames are spelled Hall, others are spelled Hill.]
*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: 5/9/1896, New Waterford, Ohio
Birth: 5/9/1896, New Waterford, Ohio
Address: 3453 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; married; Caucasian
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 12/30/1915 at age 19; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 12/30/1915 at age 19; Corporal
Marriage: On 4/2/1917, at age 21 and employed as "Operator," he married Minnie Elizabeth Schultz, age 21, in Cuyahoga County, OH.
Service Number: 1519388
Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action: served in the Ohio National Guard 37th "Buckeye" Division
Death: September 26, 1918 at age 22 at Montfaucon-d'Argonne, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 26, 1918 at age 22 at Montfaucon-d'Argonne, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 9/28/1918 buried locally after death at American Cemetery at Malancourt, Meuse, France; 6/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/1/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Plot F Row 36 Grave 28
Burial: 9/28/1918 buried locally after death at American Cemetery at Malancourt, Meuse, France; 6/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 10/1/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Plot F Row 36 Grave 28
Next of Kin: John A. Nestroy, 8419 Hoffman Ave., Cleveland, OH, about whom no additional information was found, and Mrs. Minnie E. Hill, wife, 3103 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Wife: Minnie Elizabeth Schultz Hill Kennedy (1896-1975), born Ohio, remarried at age 24 on 1/20/1920 to Charles R. Kennedy, who was age 31, a divorced Railroader, and had served in WWI; Son: Alvin Hill Kennedy (1918-2000) was born on 4/15/1918, two months before his father Corporal Lewis Frances Hall deployed to Europe. He married and had several children, one of whom was noted to be "Louis" in the 1950 Census, presumably the namesake of Alvin Hill Kennedy's father Corporal Lewis Frances Hall; Father: William Henry Hill (1866-1937), married 1886, occupation Laborer, remarried 1914 and had another child, buried Achor Valley Cemetery, Achor, OH; Mother: Elizabeth Louisa May Hill (1867-1903), born Darlington, Pennsylvania, married 1886, buried Glenview Cemetery, East Palestine, OH; Siblings: Edson Henry Hill (1891-1969). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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