Alex Jackson
(1898-1918)
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SS Metagama
Alex Jackson [name on 1900 Census was Alexander]
[name recorded as A. Jackson on the List of Liberty Row Names]
*No plaque located*
*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: September, 1898, New York
Birth: September, 1898, New York
Address: 3742 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; religion Jewish; native-born citizen; 1900 Census shows the family living at 88 Christie St., Manhattan, New York
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 7/24/1916 at Rifle Range, Colorado; rank Private [During WWI, the State Rifle Range in Golden, CO was the primary training facility for the Colorado National Guard, of which Private Alex Jackson was a member.]
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 7/24/1916 at Rifle Range, Colorado; rank Private [During WWI, the State Rifle Range in Golden, CO was the primary training facility for the Colorado National Guard, of which Private Alex Jackson was a member.]
Service Number: 1627579
Deployment: 6/23/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Metagama
Action:
Death: July 28, 1918 at age 19 just over one month after deployment; cause of death Killed in Action; WWI burial card was stamped in red: "certified Jewish"
Death: July 28, 1918 at age 19 just over one month after deployment; cause of death Killed in Action; WWI burial card was stamped in red: "certified Jewish"
Burial: 8/6/1918 at American Cemetery at Cierges, Aisne, France; 6/11/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery at Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France; 4/22/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/18/1922 [sic]; 4/23/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 5/4/1922; 5/9/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 5/10/1922 to the care of J.D. Deutsch [undertaker], 2404 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial the same day on 5/10/1922 at Bet Olam Cemetery, 25796 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH [no grave location or grave photo on cemetery website]. [The Hebrew words Bet Olam translate to "the house of eternity" in English. The Bet Olam cemetery was founded in 1910 by the Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation (now Park Synagogue).]
Burial: 8/6/1918 at American Cemetery at Cierges, Aisne, France; 6/11/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery at Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, France; 4/22/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/18/1922 [sic]; 4/23/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 5/4/1922; 5/9/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 5/10/1922 to the care of J.D. Deutsch [undertaker], 2404 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH; final burial the same day on 5/10/1922 at Bet Olam Cemetery, 25796 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH [no grave location or grave photo on cemetery website]. [The Hebrew words Bet Olam translate to "the house of eternity" in English. The Bet Olam cemetery was founded in 1910 by the Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo Congregation (now Park Synagogue).]
Next of Kin: Marcus Jackson, father, 3742 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Marcus [aka Morris] Jackson (1869-1937), born Vilnaliai, Taurage District Municipality, Taurage, Lithuania, emigrated ~1884, married 1897, occupations included Salesman in 1900, Salesman Clothing Store 1910, Laborer City Streets 1930, buried Bet Olam Cemetery, Beachwood, OH; Mother: Ida Cranston Jackson (1874-?), born Russia Poland, emigrated ~1890, buried Bet Olam Cemetery, Beachwood, OH, although there are two Ida Jackson's buried at the cemetery with very little other identifying information; Siblings: Herman [aka Hyman] Herbert Jackson (1905-1983), born Ohio and employed as an Attorney in General Practice per the 1930 Census, married and had at least 2 sons, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mildred [aka Minnie] Jackson; ?Earl. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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