William Edward Kopczynski
(1892-1918)
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1911 Business Letter from Grant-Lees Machine Co., Cleveland, OH
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Private/Bugler William Edward Kopczynski, signature on WWI draft registration
USS Covington
Gravestone, Private/Bugler William Edward Kopczynski, St. Marys Cemetery, Cuyahoga Heights, OH
William Edward Kopczynski
*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: 4/2/1892 or 4/6/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 4/2/1892 or 4/6/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 6508 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist at Grant-Lees Machine Co., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917; Private/Bugler
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/4/1917; Private/Bugler
Service Number: 732560
Deployment: 4/9/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS Covington
Action:
Death: October 14, 1918 [less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 14, 1918 [less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/18/1918 buried after death at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 4/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the aforementioned cemetery; 7/7/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 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 Andrew Kopczynski, [father], 6508 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 9/19/1921 at St. Marys Cemetery, 4720 E. 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights, OH, Section A Lot 7 Row 4 Grave 0, alongside his parents who were buried nearby at later dates
Burial: 10/18/1918 buried after death at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 4/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the aforementioned cemetery; 7/7/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/18/1921; 8/6/1921 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 Andrew Kopczynski, [father], 6508 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 9/19/1921 at St. Marys Cemetery, 4720 E. 71st St., Cuyahoga Heights, OH, Section A Lot 7 Row 4 Grave 0, alongside his parents who were buried nearby at later dates
Next of Kin: Mrs. Kopczynski, mother, 6508 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Andrzej "Andrew" Kopczynski (1859-1940), born Poland, occupation in 1920 Laborer, buried St. Marys Cemetery, Cuyahoga Heights, OH; Mother: Marjanna "Mary Anna" Orzechowski (1865-1934), born Poland, buried St. Marys Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Joe; Cecelia Makarevich; Wencel; Sylvester (1897-1982) who served in WWI and was honorably discharged. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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