Joseph Kocab
(1886-1918)
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Gravestone, Private Joseph Kocab, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
3532 Trowbridge Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Newspaper clipping posted on findagrave.org about the tragic death of Private Joseph Kocab’s father
Sibling List
Joseph Kocab
*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: 3/4/1884, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/4/1884, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3532 Trowbridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; marital status not known; native-born Clevelander; occupation 1900 Census Butcher; occupation 1910 Census Electrician
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/2/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/2/1917; Private
Service Number: 301588
Deployment: 2/17/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard "Ship 32"
Action:
Death: October 25, 1918 [17 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 34; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 25, 1918 [17 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 34; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave at Commune of Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 12/6/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for a final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block C Row 32 Grave 34
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave at Commune of Exermont, Ardennes, France; 6/9/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 12/6/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for a final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block C Row 32 Grave 34
Next of Kin: Clara Kocab Hrabak, sister, 3532 Trowbridge Ave., Cleveland, OH. Sister was also listed on WWI burial card as beneficiary.
Additional Information: Research was impeded by the prevalence of the name Joseph Kocab. His father died when Joseph Kocab was a teenager, and his mother died before he was age 30 and before he served in WWI.
Father: Josef Kocab (1854-1897), born Bohemia, married 1874, occupation Laborer, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary [aka Marie] Broz [aka Bros] (1853-1913], born Czechia, emigrated ~1870, married 1874, had at least 8 children, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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