Joseph J. Kuhar Jr.
(1893-1918)
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SS Honorata
Gravestone, Private First Class Joseph J. Kuhar Jr., Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private First Class Joseph J. Kuhar Jr., Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Joseph J. Kuhar Jr.
Joseph J. Kuhar Jr.
[Research was impeded by the prevalence of the name Joseph Kuhar in Cleveland, OH.]
[Research was impeded by the prevalence of the name Joseph Kuhar in Cleveland, OH.]
*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: 8/20/1893, Cleveland, Ohio [birth year also noted as 1897 and 1898, but 1893 was inscribed on his gravestone]
Birth: 8/20/1893, Cleveland, Ohio [birth year also noted as 1897 and 1898, but 1893 was inscribed on his gravestone]
Address: 6617 Schaefer Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/4/1917; rank Private First Class
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 5/4/1917; rank Private First Class
Service Number: 565763
Deployment: 5/19/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Honorata
Action:
Death: October 31, 1918 [11 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 31, 1918 [11 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/2/1918 buried at American Cemetery at Cunel, Meuse, France; 4/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 6/24/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 7/3/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/3/1921 to the care of Anton Grdina, Undertaker, 1053 E. 62nd St., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/5/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 456 Section 38 Grave 3, alongside his parents; inscription in Slovenian on gravestone "Naj Pociva U Miru," which translates to "May They Rest in Peace"
Burial: 11/2/1918 buried at American Cemetery at Cunel, Meuse, France; 4/18/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 6/24/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 7/3/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/3/1921 to the care of Anton Grdina, Undertaker, 1053 E. 62nd St., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/5/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 456 Section 38 Grave 3, alongside his parents; inscription in Slovenian on gravestone "Naj Pociva U Miru," which translates to "May They Rest in Peace"
Next of Kin: Joseph J. Kuhar, father, 6617 Schaefer Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: The following information may contain inaccuracies due to the prevalence of the name Joseph Kuhar in Cleveland, OH around the time period of WWI.
Father: Joseph J. Kuhar Sr. (1858-1936), born Austria-Slovenia, emigrated ~1893, married 1894, occupation Machinist Wire Mill, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Marija [aka Mary] Gal Kuhar (1869-1913), born Austria-Slovenia, emigrated ~1893, married 1894, per 1910 Census had 6 children with 4 surviving, buried Calvary Cemetery; Siblings: may be Mary, Rose and Sophia. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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