Joseph Hendricks Jr.

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

 Birth: 10/31/1886, Youngstown, Ohio

Address: 1952 W. 50th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: draft registration cards for this soldier's name had information that conflicted with information on his military service records; impossible to determine which draft registration was linked to this soldier

Appearance: draft registration card, with its description of appearance, not found

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/8/1917; 9/18/1917; Corporal

Service Number: 2110460

Deployment: 5/10/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Lenape

Action: 25 Co 7 Tng Bn to Nov 7/17; Co K 348 Inf to Apr 14/18; Co L 39 Inf to death. Pvt; Corp July 10/18. Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF May 10/18 to death

Death: September 30, 1918 (~6 weeks before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918) at age 31 at Nantillois, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France; 12/9/1921 disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Plot A Row 43 Grave 35

Next of Kin:  Mrs. Mary Hendricks, mother, 2140 W. 76th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Joseph Hendricks, Sr.; Mother: Mary Hendricks; no additional definitive information found about family members

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