George Kilder Lyon

Birth: 10/24/1893, Chester, Pennsylvania

Address: 5836 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation Wire Weaver at Lindsay Wire Weaving Co., Cleveland, OH [1903-1978, one of the country's leading manufacturers of paper mill wire cloth for use in the paper industry]; native-born citizen

Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/1917; Private

Service Number: 194465

Deployment: 4/23/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard USS Mercury

Action: Co D 331 Inf Nov 12/17 to Mch 28/18; Cp Sherman Repl Draft to May 14/18; Co H 163 Inf to May 24/18; Co A 16 Inf to July 18/18; Pvt. Montdidier-Noyon; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. AEF Apr 23/18 to death. Cited in GO 1, 1 Div dated Jan 1/20

Death: July 18, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, France; 2/21/1921 remains disinterred in preparation for transport to the U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium 4/1/1921; 4/22/1921 remains shipped to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Somme arriving Hoboken 5/6/1921; 5/12/1921 remains shipped to Cleveland, OH to the care of John Blake Lyons, father, 5836 Broadway, Cleveland, OH; remains received 5/13/1921 by "Mrs. G. Lyons;" final burial 5/16/1921 at Highland Park Cemetery, 21400 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland, OH, Section 1 Lot 306 Grave 1, alongside several family members

Next of Kin: John B. Lyon, father, 5836 Broadway, Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: very little information found for this family

Father: John Blake Lyon (1860-1935), born Scotland; Mother: Maryann Lyon (1862-1932), born Scotland; Siblings: John B. Lyon (1887-1960); James Lyon (1890-1960). Sibling list may be incomplete.

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