Phillip Gallagher
(1893 or 1895-1918)
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Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. building, built 1914 at 75 Public Square, Cleveland, OH
Private Phillip Gallagher, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Grampian
Gravestone, Private Phillip Gallagher, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Phillip 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: birthdate 6/21/1893 recorded on draft registration, birth year recorded on gravestone as 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: birthdate 6/21/1893 recorded on draft registration, birth year recorded on gravestone as 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 6105 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Gas Fitter at Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Cleveland, OH; per 1910 Census at age 16 occupation Clerk at Office
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 2657961
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Grampian
Action:
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: 10/4/1918 buried locally after death at Froidos, Chateau de Salvange, an area in the Meuse where there were field hospitals nearby and a burial site for American soldiers; 6/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/23/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. John Gallagher, mother, 6105 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH; 9/20/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 10 Lot 43B Grave 4, alongside parents and other family members
Burial: 10/4/1918 buried locally after death at Froidos, Chateau de Salvange, an area in the Meuse where there were field hospitals nearby and a burial site for American soldiers; 6/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 7/23/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. John Gallagher, mother, 6105 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH; 9/20/1921 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 10 Lot 43B Grave 4, alongside parents and other family members
Next of Kin: Mrs. John Gallagher, mother, 6105 Bridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John Gallagher (1855-1897), buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Bridget Cusick (1862-1937), born Ireland, emigrated ~1877, widowed in her 30's and had 7 children, of whom 5 predeceased her, including son Thomas who died in 1907 at age 25 in an industrial accident when an ore bucket crushed him, son Phillip who died in 1918 in WWI, and daughters Mary and Anna, ages 37 and 33, respectively, who died on the same day in 1919 of influenza; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete. Mother and some siblings buried at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH.
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