John Anthony Horan
(1886-1918)
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John Anthony Horan
Location of the Plaque 2026
Private John Anthony Horan, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Nankin
Gravestone, Private John Anthony Horan, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
John Anthony Horan
*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: 6/13/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 6/13/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 4511 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 30 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Time Clerk at American Express Co. at E. 26th St., Cleveland, OH; 1910 Census occupation Timekeeper at Foundry; 1915 City Directory occupation Clerk
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/21/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/21/1917; Private
Service Number: 1944389
Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin
Action:
Death: October 25, 1918 [~3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32; cause of death Wounded in Action and Died of Wounds
Death: October 25, 1918 [~3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32; cause of death Wounded in Action and Died of Wounds
Burial: 10/27/1918 at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France; 3/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/17/1921; 6/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland arriving 7/22/1921 to the care of Mrs. Catherine Horan, 4511 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/25/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 979 Section 9 Grave 2, after a military funeral at St. Patrick's Church. Buried alongside his parents.
Burial: 10/27/1918 at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France; 3/30/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/17/1921; 6/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland arriving 7/22/1921 to the care of Mrs. Catherine Horan, 4511 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 7/25/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 979 Section 9 Grave 2, after a military funeral at St. Patrick's Church. Buried alongside his parents.
Next of Kin: Mrs. Catherine Horan, mother, 4511 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: The Horan family suffered the deaths of father Patrick in 1915, sister Mary in 1916, brother Raymond in 1918 and brother Private John Anthony Horan in 1918.
Father: Patrick Horan (1853-1915), born Ireland, emigrated ~1866, occupation Machinist, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Catherine Kane Horan (1864-1932), born Ireland, emigrated ~1873, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
4511 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
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