Orla Thomas Heintz
(1892-1918)
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Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH
First Lieutenant Orla Thomas Heintz, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Northumberland
Gravestone, First Lieutenant Orla Thomas Heintz, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
1184 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Orla Thomas Heintz
*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: 3/13/1892, Canton, Ohio
Birth: 3/13/1892, Canton, Ohio
Address: 1184 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Self-Employed Real Estate Agent; per 1912 City Directory employed at Blackboard Co. at 680 Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/27/1917; First Lieutenant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/27/1917; First Lieutenant
Service Number: no service number found
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Northumberland
Action:
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26 at Argonne Meuse, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26 at Argonne Meuse, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/12/1918 buried in an isolated grave at Commune of Nantillois, Meuse, France; 5/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/7/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 9/9/1921 to the care of M.J. Heintz [father], 1184 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH; final burial 9/12/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 4 Lot 126-0 in the Heintz family plot alongside parents and siblings buried later
Burial: 10/12/1918 buried in an isolated grave at Commune of Nantillois, Meuse, France; 5/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/7/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 9/9/1921 to the care of M.J. Heintz [father], 1184 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH; final burial 9/12/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 4 Lot 126-0 in the Heintz family plot alongside parents and siblings buried later
Next of Kin: Bertha M. Gibson, mother, 1184 Warren Rd., Lakewood, OH
Additional Information: Father Michael J. Heintz and his 3 sons all seem to have worked at the Cleveland Fireproof Construction Company at 680 Rockefeller Building, Cleveland, OH.
Father: Michael J. Heintz (1862-1928), born Germany, occupations included Contractor, Manager Fireproof Construction Co., General Contractor, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Bertha M. Gibson Heintz (1870-1925), born Stark County, OH, had at least 4 children, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: James Clyde Heintz (1889-1952), Secretary-Treasurer of Cleveland Fireproof Construction Co.; Vera Heintz Schaffner (1894-1968); Robert G. Heintz (1898-1966), who served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 11/18/18.
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