Willard Ernest Holl
(1895-1918)
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Ad for Willard Storage Battery Co., Cleveland, OH Photo Credit
Private Willard Ernest Holl, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Khyber
Gravestone, Private Willard Ernest Holl, Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
Gravestone, Private Willard Ernest Holl, Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
1021 Galewood Drive, Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Willard Ernest Holl [known as "Willy" as a child]
[Surname on original List of Liberty Row Names was misspelled as Hall.]
*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: 7/20/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 7/20/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1021 Galewood Drive, Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Tool Maker at Willard Storage Battery Co., Cleveland, OH [founded 1896 by Theodore A .Willard, an early manufacturer of automobile batteries, Cleveland manufacturing plant closed in 1961]; on draft registration "ill health" was noted
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair light brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/18/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/18/1917; Private
Service Number: 726771
Deployment: 7/14/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Khyber
Action:
Death: October 24, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Pneumonia
Death: October 24, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Pneumonia
Burial: buried after death at New American Cemetery at L'Ouest d'Angers (Maine-et-Loire) [where there was at least one Army Base Hospital]; 12/2/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 12/9/1921; 12/28/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Crook arriving Hoboken 1/14/1922; 1/25/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 1/27/1922 to the care of Mr. Gustave J. Holl [father] at Union Depot, Cleveland, OH; final burial 1/30/1922 at Knollwood Cemetery, 1678 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Heights, OH, Lot 369 Section 17 alongside parents who were buried later. Funeral held at E. H. Edick's funeral parlor at 2957 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH
Burial: buried after death at New American Cemetery at L'Ouest d'Angers (Maine-et-Loire) [where there was at least one Army Base Hospital]; 12/2/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 12/9/1921; 12/28/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Crook arriving Hoboken 1/14/1922; 1/25/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 1/27/1922 to the care of Mr. Gustave J. Holl [father] at Union Depot, Cleveland, OH; final burial 1/30/1922 at Knollwood Cemetery, 1678 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Heights, OH, Lot 369 Section 17 alongside parents who were buried later. Funeral held at E. H. Edick's funeral parlor at 2957 W. 25th St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Gustave J. Holl, father, 1021 Galewood Drive, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Willard Ernest Holl appears to have been the youngest child in his family.
Father: Gustav John Holl (1862-1927), born Germany, emigrated ~1883, married 1884, occupations included Machinist, Master Mechanic, and Laborer, buried Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH; Mother: Anna Bertha Keller Holl (1861-1926), born Switzerland, married 1884, buried Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH; Siblings: Anne "Rosie" Holl Walsh Burnett (1888-1974) who had a son named Willard, presumably the namesake of Private Willard Ernest Holl; Edwin John Holl (1892-1966) who served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 2/21/1919
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