Maurice K. Koppel
(1888-1919)
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Private Maurice K. Koppel, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Belgic
Gravestone, Private Maurice K. Koppel, Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH
Gatehouse, Mayfield [Jewish] Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH
11103 Ashbury Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Maurice K. Koppel
[The surname Kappel, which was recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, was a misspelling. The corrected surname is Koppel.]
*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: 8/29/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 8/29/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 11103 Ashbury Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; native-born Clevelander; occupation Insurance Agent in his father's insurance business; requested draft exemption on the stated grounds: "Father"
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 3490743
Deployment: 9/1/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Belgic
Action:
Death: March 23, 1919 at age 30; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Death: March 23, 1919 at age 30; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia
Burial: 3/24/1919 buried at Grand Cemetery, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/12/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Brest, France on 7/15/1920; 7/22/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Antigone arriving Hoboken 8/7/1920; 8/23/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 8/25/1920 to the care of Black & Wright Undertakers, 8605 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/26/1920 at Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, 2749 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, Lot 104 Section 5 Grave 1, alongside his family
Burial: 3/24/1919 buried at Grand Cemetery, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/12/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Brest, France on 7/15/1920; 7/22/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Antigone arriving Hoboken 8/7/1920; 8/23/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 8/25/1920 to the care of Black & Wright Undertakers, 8605 Carnegie Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 8/26/1920 at Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, 2749 Mayfield Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH, Lot 104 Section 5 Grave 1, alongside his family
Next of Kin: Herman Koppel, father, 11103 Ashbury Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Hermann Koppel (1853-1930), born Manheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, emigrated ~1873, married in Wisconsin in 1880, occupation Insurance Agent, buried Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH; Mother: Frances "Fanny" Baer Koppel (1854-1913), born Baden-Baden, Stadtkreis Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, emigrated ~1873, married in Wisconsin in 1880, buried Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH; Siblings: Sophia Koppel Pollak (1881-1934); Selma Koppel (1882-1908), who died at age 25 of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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