Joseph Frank Kotlyn
(1889-1918)
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Private Joseph Frank Kotlyn, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Joseph Frank Kotlyn, signature on WWI draft registration
USS America
Gravestone, Private Joseph Frank Kotlyn, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private Joseph Frank Kotlyn, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Joseph Frank Kotlyn
Joseph Frank Kotlyn
*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: 3/8/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 3/8/1889, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 4710 Barkwell, Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Teamster not employed at time of draft registration; per 1910 Census occupation Bartender at Saloon at age 20; per 1916 City Directory occupation Driver; in 1910 Census, three sisters were Laborers at a Woolen Mill at ages 14, 16, and 18
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/5/1917; Private
Service Number: 2109966
Deployment: 5/8/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard USS America
Action:
Death: June 16, 1918 [just over one month after deployment] at age 29; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Death: June 16, 1918 [just over one month after deployment] at age 29; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Burial: 6/17/1918 at Sebastopol-Fme-American Cemetery, Bruley, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Toul, France [Sebastopol was the location of US Army Evacuation Hospital #1 during WWI, and "Sebastopol Fme" or "Farm" was a temporary WWI battlefield burial site.]; 5/24/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meuse-et-Moselle, France; 5/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken on 7/2/1921; 8/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland on 8/5/1921 to the care of Thomas Kotlyn at Union Depot and Edward Nosek, Undertaker; final burial 8/9/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 11 Lot 333 Grave 2, alongside his parents who were buried later
Burial: 6/17/1918 at Sebastopol-Fme-American Cemetery, Bruley, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Toul, France [Sebastopol was the location of US Army Evacuation Hospital #1 during WWI, and "Sebastopol Fme" or "Farm" was a temporary WWI battlefield burial site.]; 5/24/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meuse-et-Moselle, France; 5/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 5/20/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken on 7/2/1921; 8/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland on 8/5/1921 to the care of Thomas Kotlyn at Union Depot and Edward Nosek, Undertaker; final burial 8/9/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 11 Lot 333 Grave 2, alongside his parents who were buried later
Next of Kin: Rose Kotlyn, mother, 4710 Barkwell, Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: This family suffered the deaths of 3 sons between 1918-1922. Father: Thomas Kotlyn (1856-1924), born Austria-Bohemia [Czech Republic today], emigrated ~1882, occupations included Mason, Laborer Odd Jobs, Millman, Helper Brick Layer, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Rosalie Velek Kotlyn (1860-1942), born Austria-Bohemia [Czech Republic today], emigrated ~1880, had at least 8 children per 1910 Census of whom were living at that time, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Thomas Kotlyn (1883-1918) who was a Custom Tailor; John Kotlyn (1885-1922) who was a Conductor; Anna Kotlyn Lapp (1891-?); Rose Kotlyn (1893-?); Mary Kotlyn (1895-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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