Herbert Joseph Goodman
(1892-1918)
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Herbert Joseph Goodman, 1910 yearbook photo Central High School, Cleveland, OH
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Private Herbert Joseph Goodman, signature on WWI draft registration
HMAT Nevasa
Gravestone, Private Herbert Joseph Goodman, Mayfield Cemetery (Jewish), Cleveland Heights, OH
1936 Shaker High School yearbook photo of nephew and namesake Herbert J. Goodman (1919-1944)
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Obituary for nephew and namesake Herbert J. Goodman (1919-1944)
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Herbert Joseph Goodman
*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: 7/23/1892, Pocahontas, Virginia [Hungarian, Eastern European, and German Jewish immigrants settled in Pocahontas, Virginia in the late 1800s and worked as merchants, shopkeepers, and saloon owners in the midst of the booming Appalachian coal and timber industries. When the boom declined, members of the small Jewish community moved to other population centers.]
Birth: 7/23/1892, Pocahontas, Virginia [Hungarian, Eastern European, and German Jewish immigrants settled in Pocahontas, Virginia in the late 1800s and worked as merchants, shopkeepers, and saloon owners in the midst of the booming Appalachian coal and timber industries. When the boom declined, members of the small Jewish community moved to other population centers.]
Address: address at draft registration Catlettsburg, Kentucky; later addresses included 2404 E. 55th St. and 2057 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; native-born citizen; occupation at draft registration Manager of Goodman Mail Order Liquor House in Catlettsburg, Kentucky; attended Central High School, Cleveland, OH where he played varsity basketball, baseball and was the captain of the football team
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1917; enlistment date not found; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/4/1917; enlistment date not found; rank Private
Service Number: 3103033
Deployment: 9/1/1918 from New York aboard HMAT Nevasa
Action: Co E 27th Engineers [Private Herbert Joseph Goodman died at Langres, France, where an Engineer School trained U.S. Army engineers. No additional information was found about his service.]
Death: October 11, 1918 [5 weeks after deployment and one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26 at Langres, Departement de la Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Died of Disease Lobar Pneumonia
Death: October 11, 1918 [5 weeks after deployment and one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26 at Langres, Departement de la Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Died of Disease Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: WWI Burial Card was stamped in red with the words "Certifiably Jewish." On 10/15/1918 burial at American Cemetery, Langres, Haute-Marne, France; 3/15/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/8/1921; 4/26/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 6/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/11/1921 to the care of Mr. Adolph Goodman at Euclid Ave. and 55th St. Pennsylvania Depot and to 1898 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Mayfield Cemetery (Jewish), 2749 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, Lot 276 Section 8 Grave 5, alongside his parents and other family members buried later
Burial: WWI Burial Card was stamped in red with the words "Certifiably Jewish." On 10/15/1918 burial at American Cemetery, Langres, Haute-Marne, France; 3/15/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/8/1921; 4/26/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 5/18/1921; 6/9/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 6/11/1921 to the care of Mr. Adolph Goodman at Euclid Ave. and 55th St. Pennsylvania Depot and to 1898 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, OH; final burial Mayfield Cemetery (Jewish), 2749 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, Lot 276 Section 8 Grave 5, alongside his parents and other family members buried later
Next of Kin: Mr. Adolph Goodman, father, P.O. Box #508, Williamson, Virginia
Additional Information: The Goodman family emigrated in the 1880s and lived in Virginia, possibly Kentucky, Cleveland, Ohio, and Williamson, West Virginia. Father: Adolph Goodman (1861-1947), born Austria Hungary, emigrated 1880s, occupations included Liquor Business in 1900, Real Estate Coal Lands in 1910, Real Estate in 1920, and Bank President in Williamson, WVA in 1930, buried Mayfield Cemetery (Jewish), Cleveland Heights, OH; Mother: Rose Rouss Goodman (1866-1936), born Austria Hungary, emigrated 1880s, had 8 children, buried Mayfield Cemetery (Jewish), Cleveland, Heights, OH; Siblings: Louis Goodman (1888-?); Julius Goodman (1890-1969) who had a son named Herbert J. Goodman, presumably the namesake of Private Herbert Joseph Goodman and who died after a long illness at age 25 [see obituary at left]; Rae Goodman Beitman (1895-1989); Sidney Goodman (1898-?); Walter Goodman (1900-?); Jerome R. Goodman (1901-1978); Sylvan Goodman. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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