John Henry Harris
(1891-1918)
Embedded Files
Polsky’s Department Store, Akron, OH
Private John Henry Harris, signature on WWI draft registration
RMS Carmania
Glenville Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Glenville Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
John Henry Harris
*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: 10/29/1891, London, England
Birth: 10/29/1891, London, England
Address: 9114 Shipherd Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; declarant for citizenship; occupation Department Manager at The Polsky Co., Akron, OH [A. Polsky Co. was a four-story department store founded in 1885 as a dry goods store by Abraham Polsky and Sam Myers, beloved for its Christmas decorations, closed 1978, and now an office and classroom building on the campus of University of Akron]
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes grey, Hair brown as noted on draft registration; height 5'7" and scars on right hand as noted on Naturalization Petition
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 5/31/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 5/31/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 3488667
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard RMS Carmania
Action:
Death: October 4, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 4, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: red stamp on WWI Burial Card: "certified Jewish;" buried after death at American Cemetery at Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery; 7/27/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 8/29/1921; 9/20/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/8/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/8/1921 to the care of J. D. Deutsch Undertaker, 2401 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH and to A. S. Harris; final burial 10/9/1921 at Glenville Jewish Cemetery, 13016 Shaw Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 367 Section D Row 25 [no grave photo on cemetery website], presumably alongside his mother [see below]
Burial: red stamp on WWI Burial Card: "certified Jewish;" buried after death at American Cemetery at Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery; 7/27/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 8/29/1921; 9/20/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/8/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/8/1921 to the care of J. D. Deutsch Undertaker, 2401 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH and to A. S. Harris; final burial 10/9/1921 at Glenville Jewish Cemetery, 13016 Shaw Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 367 Section D Row 25 [no grave photo on cemetery website], presumably alongside his mother [see below]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Sidney Weise [sic- Weiss], sister, 1158 E. 102nd St., Suite 3, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: born in England, no additional information found; Mother: Rose Licker Harris (1865-1918), born England, died at age 52-53, buried Glenville Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland, OH in same section and row as Private John Henry Harris; Siblings: Hattie; Pauline (1888-1971); Raymond H. Harris (1893-1962); Minnie Harris Weiss (1898-1977)
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