Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander
(1894-1918)
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Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Neleus
Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander's name inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing, St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander
Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander
[The surname Kurlander is a Jewish and German habitational name of someone from Kurland [also spelled Courland], a region in western Latvia. The Kurlander family has deep roots in Cleveland, although the exact connection, if any, of Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander to others of the same surname is not known.]
[The surname Kurlander is a Jewish and German habitational name of someone from Kurland [also spelled Courland], a region in western Latvia. The Kurlander family has deep roots in Cleveland, although the exact connection, if any, of Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander to others of the same surname is not known.]
*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: 4/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 4/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 8311 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, OH on his military record; father's address listed as 964 Parkwood Dr., Cleveland, OH and later lived in Palestine [Israel]
Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; religion Jewish; native-born Clevelander; occupation Clerk at Guggenheim Co., Cleveland, OH; 1917 City Directory noted occupation as Bookkeeper
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes light, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/28/1918; Private
Service Number: 3487193
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Neleus
Action:
Death: September 13, 1918 at age 24; cause of death listed alternately as Died of Wounds, Killed in Action and Missing in Action
Death: September 13, 1918 at age 24; cause of death listed alternately as Died of Wounds, Killed in Action and Missing in Action
Burial: Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander's name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France. [284 American missing service members from WWI are inscribed there.]
Burial: Private Solomon "Soll" Harold Kurlander's name is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France. [284 American missing service members from WWI are inscribed there.]
Next of Kin: Nathan Kurlander, father, 964 Parkwood Dr., Cleveland, OH and later lived in Palestine [Israel]
Additional Information: Father: Nathan Kurlander [?1857-1934], born Russia-Poland, married ~1878, emigrated ~1888, occupation 1910 Retail Grocer, per death certificate emigrated to Palestine where he remarried after his wife's death and died in Tel-Aviv of heart disease at age 76, buried at Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Palestine, no burial information found on cemetery website; Mother: Bessie Bernardsky Kurlander (?1859-1931), born Russia-Poland, married ~1878, emigrated ~1891, per 1910 Census had 4 children of whom 3 were living, per death certificate emigrated to Palestine and died in Tel-Aviv of Cancer of the Bile Duct at age 75, buried at Mount of Olives Cemetery, Jerusalem, Palestine, no burial information found on cemetery website; Siblings: Louis Jacob Kurlander (1883-1966) who was buried at Ridge Road Cemetery, Brooklyn, OH; William E. Kurlander (1886-1962) who was buried at Mayfield Jewish Cemetery, Cleveland Heights, OH
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