Anton Kosciuszko [surname misspelled on 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: 6/10/1894, Saginaw, Michigan

Address: 8415 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; requested exemption from draft as per "request of employer;" also reported a brother and sister under the age of 17 as dependents; occupation Machinist at White Automobile Co., E. 79th St., Cleveland, OH [White Motor Co., commonly known as White, was founded in 1900 by Thomas H. White and was a manufacturer of American cars, trucks, buses, agricultural tractors, and other machines from 1900 to 1980.]

Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes black, Hair black

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private

Service Number: 3489634

Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York aboard SS Canopic

Action: 24 Co 2 Inf Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to July 1/18; 10 Co 1 Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to July 13/18; 2 Co July Aut Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to ---; 6 Co 1 Inf Tng Regt AEF to Aug 20/18; Co G 59 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 21/18 to death

Death: October 4, 1918 [7 days before Armistice Day November 11, 1918] at age 24; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in France; 5/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 10/27/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in final location at Meuse-American American Cemetery, Plot F Row 5 Grave 9 

Next of Kin: Mrs. Josephine Kosciuszko, mother, 8415 Sowinski Ave., Cleveland, OH and later 1332 E. 86th St., Cleveland, OH  

Additional Information: Father: Jan "John" Kosciuszko (1858-1942), born Poland (Germany), emigrated ~1890, occupation Day Laborer Automobile Industry; Mother: Jozefina "Josephine" Kopancik Kosciuszko (1860-1945), born Poland-Germany, emigrated ~1892, 11 children of whom 8 survived; Siblings: Mary Kusciuszko Pudlock (1884-1979); Stanislaus (Stanley) (1884-?); Henry ((1899-?); Frances Kosciuszko Niskey (1897-1990); Leo (1899-?); Rose Kosciuszko Bertt (1903-1988); Thaddeus or Theodore (1907-?), Private U.S. Army World War II. Both parents were buried at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH. Mother sailed to Europe on 5/17/1933 to visit her son's grave, as part of the U.S. WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage program subsidized by the U.S. government. Sibling list may be incomplete.   

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