John Kruschinsky
(1888-1918)
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Private John Kruschinsky, signature on WWI draft registration
Private John Kruschinsky, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Neleus
John Kruschinsky
John Kruschinsky
[J. Kruschinsky was the name recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names. Our research revealed a Cleveland soldier named John Kruschinsky who died in WWI, and his profile is below.]
[J. Kruschinsky was the name recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names. Our research revealed a Cleveland soldier named John Kruschinsky who died in WWI, and his 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: 9/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 9/9/1888, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3117 W. 33rd St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Handyman Cuyahoga County; claimed parents as dependents
Appearance: Height tall, Build stout, Eyes gray, Hair sandy
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 2657691
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Neleus
Action:
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 30 [3 days after his 30th birthday]; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action [also recorded as Killed in Action]
Death: September 12, 1918 at age 30 [3 days after his 30th birthday]; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action [also recorded as Killed in Action]
Burial: 9/13/1918 buried after death at Sebastopol American Cemetery, Bruley, Meuse-et-Moselle, Toul, France; 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 2/1/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 2/13/1922; 3/19/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 3/29/1922; 4/11/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 4/14/1922 to the care of Joseph Kruschinsky, 3615 Trent St., Cleveland, OH; final burial St. Mary's Cemetery, 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Section 2 Row 2 SoA3 Grave 70 after a funeral at St. Michael Church at Scranton and Clark, nearby his mother who died on January 1, 1922 [and thus did not live to see her son's remains return home] and his father who was buried there in 1944 [no grave photos on cemetery website]
Burial: 9/13/1918 buried after death at Sebastopol American Cemetery, Bruley, Meuse-et-Moselle, Toul, France; 6/5/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France; 2/1/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 2/13/1922; 3/19/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cambrai arriving Hoboken 3/29/1922; 4/11/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 4/14/1922 to the care of Joseph Kruschinsky, 3615 Trent St., Cleveland, OH; final burial St. Mary's Cemetery, 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Section 2 Row 2 SoA3 Grave 70 after a funeral at St. Michael Church at Scranton and Clark, nearby his mother who died on January 1, 1922 [and thus did not live to see her son's remains return home] and his father who was buried there in 1944 [no grave photos on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Joseph Kruschinsky, father, 3615 Trent St., Cleveland, OH and later 3136 W. 40th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Joseph Kruschinsky (1852-1944), born Germany, emigrated ~1887, occupations included Day Laborer and Laborer Woolen Mills, buried St. Mary's Cemetery, Cleveland OH; Mother: Helen Engler Kruschinsky (1855-1922), born Germany, emigrated ~1887, 1900 Census noted 9 pregnancies with 4 surviving children, died 1/1/1922 a few months before her son's remains were returned home from WWI for final burial, buried St. Mary's Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Joseph (1883-?); Frank (1894-?), Anna Brand (1886-1956). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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