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
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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