August Loschiavo
(1896-1918)
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Private August Loschiavo
Private August Loschiavo
Private August Loschiavo, signature on WWI draft registration
Private August Loschiavo, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Dante Alighieri
Gravestone, Private August Loschiavo, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private August Loschiavo, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Private August Loschiavo's father's obituary
Private August Loschiavo's father's obituary
Credit: ancestry.com
Credit: ancestry.com
Sibling List
August Loschiavo
August Loschiavo
*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: 2/26/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 2/26/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1213 Orange Ave., Cleveland, OH [located in the Haymarket area of what was known as Big Italy, where in 1900 the neighborhood was 93% Sicilian heritage and was the center of the city's produce markets]
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation self-employed Fruit Dealer at his home address; reported 4 sisters as dependents
Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair blonde
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private
Service Number: 2108252
Deployment: 5/10/1918 from Jersey City, New Jersey aboard SS Dante Alighieri
Action:
Death: Wounded in action slightly ~9/29/1918; died October 28, 1918 [~2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Death: Wounded in action slightly ~9/29/1918; died October 28, 1918 [~2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22; cause of death Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 10/30/1918 buried American Cemetery, Beaune, Cote-d'Or, France; 11/13/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Bordeaux, France 11/19/1920; 11/29/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 12/15/1920; 12/30/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 12/31/1920 to the care of Tony Loschiavo, father, 1213 Orange Ave., Cleveland on what must have been a very sad New Year's Eve; final burial [year of death in error on gravestone] at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, after a funeral service at St. Anthony's Church; buried alongside parents [St. Anthony's Church (1886-1961) served Italian immigrants in Cleveland's Haymarket area, merged with St. Bridget's in 1938, and later merged with St. Joseph's.]
Burial: 10/30/1918 buried American Cemetery, Beaune, Cote-d'Or, France; 11/13/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to US arriving Bordeaux, France 11/19/1920; 11/29/1920 remains shipped from Bordeaux to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 12/15/1920; 12/30/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 12/31/1920 to the care of Tony Loschiavo, father, 1213 Orange Ave., Cleveland on what must have been a very sad New Year's Eve; final burial [year of death in error on gravestone] at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, after a funeral service at St. Anthony's Church; buried alongside parents [St. Anthony's Church (1886-1961) served Italian immigrants in Cleveland's Haymarket area, merged with St. Bridget's in 1938, and later merged with St. Joseph's.]
Next of Kin: Tony Loschiavo, father, 1213 Orange Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Private Loschiavo shared a name with his paternal grandfather, who was Agostino "August" Loschiavo.
Father: Antonio "Tony" Loschiavo (1869-1957), born Termini Imerese, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, emigrated ~1894, occupation Fruit Dealer in his own business, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Giuseppa "Josephine" Pusateri [multiple spellings of Pusateri] (1875-1917), born Termini Imerese, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, emigrated ~1894, had at least 7 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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