Leo Donald Gagen
(1894-1918)
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Private Leo Donald Gagen, signature on WWI draft registration
HMT Nevasa
Gravestone, Private Leo Donald Gagen, Meuse-Argonne Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Leo Donald Gagen
*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: 2/27/1894, Sandusky, Ohio
Birth: 2/27/1894, Sandusky, Ohio
Address: 1708 Detroit Ave. and 639 E. 124th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Grocery Clerk not employed at time of draft registration; requested exemption from draft due to mother being a dependent; noted to have "weak eyes," although it was also noted, "no glasses"
Appearance: Height medium, Weight medium, Eyes blue, Hair dark brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 3489041
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard HMT Nevasa
Action:
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Fleville, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Fleville, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Exermont, Ardennes, France; 2/19/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; 11/8/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot G Row 22 Grave 29
Burial: buried locally after death at Exermont, Ardennes, France; 2/19/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; 11/8/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot G Row 22 Grave 29
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Timothy [sic-Timony] Gagen, mother, 1708 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Lawrence Gagen (1851-1916), born Ireland; married 1888, occupations Day Laborer and Clerk at Western Union Telegraph Co., did not live to know of his son's death in WWI, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Timony Gagen (1860-1932), born Ireland, had at least 6 children of whom several died in childhood, requested passage on the WWI Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave, but it is not known if she sailed, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Lawrence Emmett Gagen (1889-1945); Joseph Gagen (1891-1891); Mary Esther Gagen O'Sullivan (1892-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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