Joseph Raymond Gallagher
(1894-1918)
Embedded Files
Toolbox from The Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, OH Photo Credit
Private First Class Joseph Raymond Gallagher, signature on WWI draft registration
RMS Carmania
Gravestone, Private First Class Joseph Raymond Gallagher, St. Josephs (Wood) Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Joseph Raymond Gallagher
*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: 3/1/1894 or 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/1/1894 or 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3726 Bailey Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Dental Instrument Maker at Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, OH; claimed mother was solely dependent on him; per 1910 Census occupation Errand Boy at Printers at age 15. [The Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Co. was a prominent dental manufacturer located at 3307 Scranton Rd. that produced many dental instruments under the trademarked brand "Clev-Dent."]
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 1942896
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard RMS Carmania
Action:
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 or 24 in the Argonne Forest; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 23 or 24 in the Argonne Forest; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried in isolated grave after death in Fleville, Ardennes, France; 6/21/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 8/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 9/6/1921; 9/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/11/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/15/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Gallagher, mother, 3726 Bailey Ave., Cleveland, OH; 10/16/1921 final burial at St. Josephs (Wood) Cemetery, 7916 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 54W Grave 1 W.L.G 3, alongside parents; funeral held at St. Patrick's Church. [Grave monument has name DORSEY on it, but the name Joseph Gallagher is also inscribed on it.]
Burial: buried in isolated grave after death in Fleville, Ardennes, France; 6/21/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 8/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 9/6/1921; 9/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/11/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/15/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Gallagher, mother, 3726 Bailey Ave., Cleveland, OH; 10/16/1921 final burial at St. Josephs (Wood) Cemetery, 7916 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 54W Grave 1 W.L.G 3, alongside parents; funeral held at St. Patrick's Church. [Grave monument has name DORSEY on it, but the name Joseph Gallagher is also inscribed on it.]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Gallagher, mother, 3726 Bailey Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Michael J. Gallagher (1857-1905), born Ohio of Irish ancestry, occupation Machinist, buried St. Josephs (Wood) Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Ann Cummings (1859-1942), born Cleveland, OH of Irish ancestry, buried St. Josephs (Wood) Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
Private First Class Joseph Raymond Gallagher's father, Michael J. Gallagher
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