Frank Korabek
(1890-1919)
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Ad for Royal Typewriter Co., which had branch offices in Cleveland, OH Photo Credit: ebay.com
Private First Class Frank Korabeck, signature on WWI draft registration
Private First Class Frank Korabeck, signature on WWI draft registration
USS Great Northern
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
10935 Grantwood Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Frank Korabek
[No information was found for Frank Karabeck, the name that was recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names. It was probably a misspelling of the name Frank Korabek, whose profile is below.]
*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: 12/29/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/29/1890, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 10935 Grantwood Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Salesman at Royal Typewriter Co., Cleveland, OH; per 1910 Census occupation Timekeeper at Electric Works at age 19; per 1917 City Directory occupation Salesman
Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes dark brown, Hair light brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private First Class
Service Number: 1945179
Deployment: 6/19/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS Great Northern
Action:
Death: 4/30/1919 at Base Hospital, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH at age 28; cause of death Bronchopneumonia [it appears that he served in France then died at Camp Sherman after returning to the U.S.]
Death: 4/30/1919 at Base Hospital, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH at age 28; cause of death Bronchopneumonia [it appears that he served in France then died at Camp Sherman after returning to the U.S.]
Burial: 5/13/1919 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 456 Section 21, alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 5/13/1919 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 456 Section 21, alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: J. E. Korabek, father, 10935 Grantwood Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: John E. Korabek (1866-1944), born Austria-Bohemia, emigrated ~1866, married 1886, occupations included Cigar Maker, Dry Goods Merchant, and Post Office Clerk, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Louise Hackathorn Korabek (1866-1937), born Ohio of German ancestry, married 1886, had at least 8 children, employed as Saleslady in Dry Goods Store, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Cora (1886-?); Charles (1889-1955), who served in WWI; George (1892-1982); Fred (1894-1970); Ruth (1896-?); Louise Margaret Korabek LaGanke (1898-1993). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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