John Louis Gedeon
(1888-1918)
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Private First Class John Louis Gedeon, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Leviathan
Gravestone, Private First Class John Louis Gedeon, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
John Louis Gedeon
*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: 2/18/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/18/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3722 W. 47th Place, Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Mailman at U.S. Cleveland Post Office
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/3/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/3/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 794708
Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action:
Death: 10/14/1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: 10/14/1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 30; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 4/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/20/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/25/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 8/1/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA arriving Arlington 9/16/1921 to the care of Asa Irwin; final burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Section 18 Site 3334 [also noted as European section]
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Meuse, France; 4/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 6/20/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 6/25/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 8/1/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA arriving Arlington 9/16/1921 to the care of Asa Irwin; final burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Section 18 Site 3334 [also noted as European section]
Next of Kin: J. A. Gedeon, father, 3722 W. 47th Place, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John A. Gedeon (1864-1928), born Hungary, occupations Axmaker and Machinist at Tool Shop, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Teresa Ruhkrant Gedeon (1865-1943), born Hungary, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: George Gedeon (1890-1956); Andrew Gedeon (1893-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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