Harold George Kennedy
(1895-1918)
Embedded Files
Private Harold George Kennedy, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Canopic
Gravestone, Private Harold George Kennedy, Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Sibling List
Harold George Kennedy
*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: 8/23/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 8/23/1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2583 E. 128th St., Shaker Heights Village, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Carpenter at Tate & Wigston, Cleveland, OH [The Tate and Wigston Company was a homebuilding and general contracting firm in business during the 1910's to 1920's that was involved in high-quality home construction in suburban Cleveland, including the early development of Shaker Heights, OH.]
Appearance: Height short, Build slight, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/24/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/24/1918; Private
Service Number: 2658476
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Canopic
Action:
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on Novemeber 11, 1918] at age 23 at Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 10, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on Novemeber 11, 1918] at age 23 at Champagne-Ardenne, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at American Cemetery at Septsarges, Meuse, France; 5/21/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 7/19/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/16/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy, mother, 1935 E. 101st. St., Cleveland, OH and H.H. Zirhiu [?sic] Undertakers; final burial 9/21/1921 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 79 Section 90 Grave 1-EC after a military service at the cemetery; buried alongside parents who were buried later
Burial: buried locally after death at American Cemetery at Septsarges, Meuse, France; 5/21/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 7/19/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/16/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy, mother, 1935 E. 101st. St., Cleveland, OH and H.H. Zirhiu [?sic] Undertakers; final burial 9/21/1921 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 79 Section 90 Grave 1-EC after a military service at the cemetery; buried alongside parents who were buried later
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy, mother, 1935 E. 101st St., Cleveland, OH and 2583 E. 128th St., Shaker Heights Village, OH
Additional Information: Father: David Kennedy (1852-1936), born Belfast, Ireland, emigrated ~1890, occupations included Night Watchman, Watchman at Ironworks, and Laborer at Electric Light Co., buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary Ann Whittle Kennedy (1856-1935), born England, emigrated ~1890, had at least 8 children, buried Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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