Harry Louis Gaetano
(1891 or 1893-1918)
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Private Harry Louis Gaetano, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Leviathan
Gravestone, Private Harry Louis Gaetano, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Harry Louis Gaetano [first name may have been Bartolo in childhood, surname also spelled Gaetino]
*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: 4/6/1891 on draft registration; birth year 1893 on findagrave.com; birthplace Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birth: 4/6/1891 on draft registration; birth year 1893 on findagrave.com; birthplace Buenos Aires, Argentina
Address: 2619 Central Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; naturalized citizen; occupation Laborer at National Screw & Tack Co., Central and E. 65th St., Cleveland, OH; disability question on draft registration answered as "Ruptured," with no further explanation; emigrated to America via Ellis Island, NY in 1900 at age 9 with his family from Argentina; the family was presumably part of the large wave of Italians who emigrated to Argentina in the middle to late 1800's
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/9/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/9/1917; Private
Service Number: 735964
Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action:
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 27 [only two months before his father's death]; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 27 [only two months before his father's death]; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Commune of Vieville-en-Haye, Meuse, France; 6/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 4/21/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/5/1921; 5/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 6/6/1921; 6/22/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/24/1921 to the care of S. A. Conti, Undertakers, 2110 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, OH; 6/27/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 563 Section 42 Grave 3 alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Commune of Vieville-en-Haye, Meuse, France; 6/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 4/21/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 5/5/1921; 5/23/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 6/6/1921; 6/22/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/24/1921 to the care of S. A. Conti, Undertakers, 2110 Murray Hill Rd., Cleveland, OH; 6/27/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 563 Section 42 Grave 3 alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Gaetino, mother, 2619 Central Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Harry Gaetano died only two months before his father. His mother outlived her husband and three of her children; one daughter died a day after her newborn baby.
Father: Sisto Gaetano (1852-1918), born Alife, Caserta, Campania, Italy, married 1884 in Italy, emigrated to Argentina and later to Cleveland, OH, occupation Laborer, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Maria or Mary Annunziata or Nunziata Grimaldi Gaetano (1864-1937), born Alife, Caserta, Campania, Italy, married 1884 in Italy, emigrated to Argentina and later to Cleveland, OH, had at least 5 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Amelia Gaetano Crocco (1888-1931); Angelina "Anna" Gaetano Prinzo (1893-1922); Louis Joseph Gaetano (1898-1943); Fermin Gaetano (1894-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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