Frederick Anton Gilles
(1894-1918)
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Private Frederick "Fred" Anton Gilles, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Private Frederick "Fred" Anton Gilles, Fairview Park Cemetery, Fairview Park, OH
Sibling List
Private Frederick "Fred" Anton Gilles' parents
Photo Credit: ancestry.com
Frederick "Fred" Anton Gilles
*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: 9/22/1894, Fairview Village, Ohio [a small farming community, now the city of Farview Park, OH], also noted to have been born in Rocky River, OH
Birth: 9/22/1894, Fairview Village, Ohio [a small farming community, now the city of Farview Park, OH], also noted to have been born in Rocky River, OH
Address: R.F.D.1 Rocky River, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Grocer at Gilles Grocery in Fairview Village
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/23/1918; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/23/1918; rank Private
Service Number: 3904510
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 1, 1918 at age 24 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky; cause of death Toxemia and Influenza [More than 10,000 soldiers were hospitalized at Camp Zachary Taylor with the 1918 Influenza virus, and more than 1,500 died.]
Death: October 1, 1918 at age 24 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky; cause of death Toxemia and Influenza [More than 10,000 soldiers were hospitalized at Camp Zachary Taylor with the 1918 Influenza virus, and more than 1,500 died.]
Burial: Fairview Park Cemetery, 19469 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, OH, Section A Lot 17 Grave 3 or 2-S-L, alongside his parents buried later
Burial: Fairview Park Cemetery, 19469 Lorain Rd., Fairview Park, OH, Section A Lot 17 Grave 3 or 2-S-L, alongside his parents buried later
Next of Kin: Mrs. M. Gilles, mother, R.F.D.1 Rocky River, OH
Additional Information: Father: Nicklaus "Nick" Gilles (1869-1951), born Germany, emigrated ~1881, married 1893, numerous occupations including Farm Superintendent, Merchant General Store, Grocery Salesman, Treasurer of Fairview Village for 20+ years, Car Builder and Inspector, Machine Operator, Chief School Custodian at Gilles-Sweet Elementary School in Fairview Village [school named in honor of the family], buried Fairview Park Cemetery, Fairview Park, OH; Mother: Mary C. Frobieter Gilles (1874-1946), born Essen, Germany, emigrated ~1882, married 1893; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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