John Richard Garrett
(1897-1918)
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Camp Grant, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Camp Grant, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH
John Richard Garrett
*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: 9/2/1897, Syracuse, New York
Birth: 9/2/1897, Syracuse, New York
Address: Father's addresses: 580 Woodland Ave. and 7500 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic inoformation; Caucasian; native-born citizen; as per the 1900 and 1910 Censuses, he was living in Syracuse, NY
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 2/12/1918; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 2/12/1918; rank Private
Service Number: 1159105
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: December 10, 1918 at age 21 at Camp Grant, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: December 10, 1918 at age 21 at Camp Grant, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
[Camp Grant was one of the largest military training facilities in the U.S. during WWI. The 1918 Influenza epidemic infected as many as 12,000 soldiers there, with greater than 1,000 deaths.]
[Camp Grant was one of the largest military training facilities in the U.S. during WWI. The 1918 Influenza epidemic infected as many as 12,000 soldiers there, with greater than 1,000 deaths.]
Burial: 12/14/1918 at Knollwood Cemetery, 1678 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Heights, OH, Section 41 [also noted as Section 42] Lot 301 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 12/14/1918 at Knollwood Cemetery, 1678 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield Heights, OH, Section 41 [also noted as Section 42] Lot 301 [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Alvin J. Garrett, father, 580 Woodland Ave. and 7500 Linwood, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Alvin Jackson Garrett (1857 or 1858-1928), born New York, may have been married twice, occupations Paper Merchant and Salesman, buried Knollwood Cemetery, Mayfield Heights, OH; Mother: Matilda Mackley Garrett (1873-?), born New York of English and Irish ancestry; Siblings: Margaret Garrett; Leora V. Garrett Craig Filkins (1901-1964). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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