Charles "Charley" Korthals
(1886-1919)
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Private Charles Korthals, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Port Dennison
Gravestone, Private Charles Korthals and his mother, Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
2523 Hamilton Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration [this may be a more recent structure at this address]
Charles "Charley" Korthals
*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: 8/5/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 8/5/1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2523 Hamilton Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 30 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation City Laborer; claimed his mother as his sole dependent; previous occupation in 1910 and 1913 Iron Moulder
Appearance: Height 5'9," Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/8/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/8/1917; Private
Service Number: 1946863
Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Port Dennison
Action:
Death: January 7, 1919 at Le Mans, France at age 32; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: January 7, 1919 at Le Mans, France at age 32; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 1/8/1919 buried locally after death in Le Mans Cemetery, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/20/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Brest, France 7/26/1920; 8/21/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Princess Matoika arriving Hoboken 9/5/1920; 9/29/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/30/1920 to the care of Mrs. Julia Korthals, mother, at Union Depot and to H. Buchambach [sic-Beckenback] & Sons, Undertakers; final burial on 10/4/1920 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., Cleveland, OH, Section 9 Lot 119 Grave A, alongside his parents, after a military funeral from the home of John Korthals, brother, 913 Ida St., Cleveland, OH
Burial: 1/8/1919 buried locally after death in Le Mans Cemetery, Le Mans, Sarthe, France; 7/20/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to the U.S. arriving Brest, France 7/26/1920; 8/21/1920 remains shipped from Brest to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Princess Matoika arriving Hoboken 9/5/1920; 9/29/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/30/1920 to the care of Mrs. Julia Korthals, mother, at Union Depot and to H. Buchambach [sic-Beckenback] & Sons, Undertakers; final burial on 10/4/1920 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., Cleveland, OH, Section 9 Lot 119 Grave A, alongside his parents, after a military funeral from the home of John Korthals, brother, 913 Ida St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Julia Korthals, mother, 913 Ida St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Johann Julius "John" Korthals Sr. (1855-11/24/1917), born Germany, emigrated ~1883, occupation Iron Smelter, buried East Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Julia Wendt Korthals (1858-1925), born Germany, emigrated ~1883, had 13 children of whom only 3 were living at the time of the 1910 Census, and only 1 of those 3 [John] lived after her death, buried East Cleveland Township Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings noted in the 1900 and 1910 Censuses: Emil Gustav Korthals (1884-1/31/1917); John Korthals (1884-1978)
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