John Gimitrovitz
(1890-1918)
Embedded Files
Planer Machine
Private/Mechanic John Gimitrovitz, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Grampian
Gravestone, Private/Mechanic John Gimitrovitz, Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
John Gimitrovitz
[The surname Gimitrovitz may be a misspelling or a name change from Dymitrorvicz, his mother's last name as recorded on her marriage certificate at the time of her second marriage. Multiple and differing spellings of surnames impeded the research for this soldier and family.]
*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: 7/27/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 7/27/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2023 W. 17th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Planer Hand [skilled machinist who operated metalworking planer machines] at National Carbon Co., Cleveland, OH [founded 1881, a major U.S. manufacturer of batteries and lighting products, later acquired by Union Carbide]
Appearance: 5'9" tall, medium build, gray eyes, brown hair
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private/Mechanic
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private/Mechanic
Service Number: 2658035
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Grampian
Action:
Death: October 15, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28 at Landres-et-Saint-Georges, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: October 15, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 28 at Landres-et-Saint-Georges, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block G Row 18 Grave 24
Burial: Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block G Row 18 Grave 24
Next of Kin: Blazey Krystecki, stepfather, 2023 W. 17th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Stepfather: Blazey [aka Blasias] Krystecki (~1867-?), born Russia-Poland, emigrated ~1890, per 1916 Cleveland City Directory occupation Laborer, per 1920 Census marital status single; Mother: Antonina Dymitrorvicz nee ?Smokowks (?-1916), for whom there is a marriage record on ancestry.com showing her marriage to Blasias Krystecki on 2/13/1899 in Cuyahoga County, OH. Her death record on ancestry.com shows the date of death as 5/30/1916.
On 7/10/1916 a Joseph Dymitrowicz married Julia Lupiniecka in Cuyahoga County, OH. It is not known if he was related to Private John Gimitrovitz. No additonal family information was found.
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