Thomas Herbert Kennedy
(1895-1918)

SS George Washington

The Tablets of the Missing at Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France

Private First Class Thomas Herbert Kennedy's name inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing

1073 E. 146th St., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration

Thomas Herbert 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: 12/28/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1073 E. 146th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; native-born Clevelander

Appearance: not known

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/5/1917; rank Private First Class

Service Number: 158070

Deployment: 12/4/1917 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS George Washington

Action:

Death: March 30, 1918 at age 22 at Lamotte-Warfusee, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; cause of death Killed in Action [Missing in Action]

Burial: His name was inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France

Next of Kin: Elizabeth Kennedy, mother, 14316 Idarose Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Research was impeded by the prevalence of the surname Kennedy.

Father: Thomas Kennedy (1858-?), born Ohio, occupation in 1900 and 1910 Printer; Mother: Elizabeth Kennedy (1862-?), born Ireland, emigrated ~1874, had at least 9 children; Siblings: Robert (1878-?); Edward (1880-?); Mary (1882-?); Charles (1884-?); Stella (1890-?); James (1893-?); Harry (1900-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.

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