Joseph B. Jaffa
(1896-1918)
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Private Joseph B. Jaffa, signature on WWI draft registration
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
Brother Jack Isadore Jaffa
Photo Credit: ancestry.com
Possible gravestone of father
Lansing Avenue Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List 1910 U.S. Census
Joseph B. Jaffa
*Name listed as P. J. Jaffa on the Liberty Row List of Names
*Hebrew name Joseph ben Meir Zemach
*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: 9/10/1896, Detroit, Michigan
Birth: 9/10/1896, Detroit, Michigan
Address: 2940 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; religion Jewish; occupation Lincoln High School, Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH [no job description reported]; per 1910 Census at age 13 occupation Newboy
Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes dark, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Service Number: 3861624
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 1, 1918 [less than one month after enlisting] at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: October 1, 1918 [less than one month after enlisting] at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 10/1/1918 [the same day he died as is customary in the Jewish tradition] at Lansing Avenue [Jewish] Cemetery, 5716 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Row 7 Section 2 Tier 6 Grave 3 [no grave listing or photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 10/1/1918 [the same day he died as is customary in the Jewish tradition] at Lansing Avenue [Jewish] Cemetery, 5716 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Row 7 Section 2 Tier 6 Grave 3 [no grave listing or photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Sarah Z. Jaffa, mother, 8806 Harkness Rd., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Mair [aka Meyer] ben Chaim C. Jaffa (?-?1935), born Riga, Russia, emigrated ~1891, occupations Cigar Maker and Manager Tobacco Factory, burial place may be Lansing Avenue [Jewish] Cemetery, Cleveland, where a gravestone exists for Meyer Jaffe, but this is not definitively the grave of Private Joseph B. Jaffa's father; Mother: Sarah Zelda bat Zalman Kaufman Jaffa ((~1865-1940), born Russia-Lithuania, emigrated ~1891, had at least 10 children, burial Lansing Avenue [Jewish] Cemetery, Cleveland, OH ; Siblings: See sibling list at left, which may be incomplete. Brothers Frank Jaffa, Mose Jaffa, and Samuel Jaffa served in WWI briefly and were honorably discharged. Brother Mose Jaffa became an Attorney. Brother Jack Isadore Jaffa (1904-1984) became a Medical Doctor. Brother Frank Ralph Jaffa (1891-1970) named a son Bernard Joseph Jaffa (1923-1960), presumably after Private Joseph B. [?Bernard] Jaffa.
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