George J. Levis
(1892-1918)
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Private George J. Levis, signature on WWI draft registration
Private George J. Levis, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Anchises
Private George J. Levis, death notice
Private George J. Levis, death notice
Credit: findagrave.com
Credit: findagrave.com
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private George J. Levis, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private George J. Levis, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
George J. Levis
George J. Levis
[No records were found for George J. Lewis, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier George J. Levis who died in WWI, and whose profile is below.]
[No records were found for George J. Lewis, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier George J. Levis who died in WWI, and whose 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: 12/18/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 12/18/1892, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1943 W. 77th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Plumber for Peter McDormott at 4515 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; recorded on draft registration: "left thumb off at 1st joint"
Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair black
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: 2657233
Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Anchises
Action:
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25; cause of death Killed in Action in the Argonne Woods
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25; cause of death Killed in Action in the Argonne Woods
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Brieulles-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France; 6/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 7/21/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland on 9/23/1921 to the care of McGorray Bros. Undertakers, 3040 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 10/4/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 42 Lot 486 Grave 4 after a funeral at St. Philip Neri Church, 8215 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH [a former Catholic church that was closed as a parish in 2008]; in 1971 a cousin John J. Conomy, 3465 Woodridge Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH applied for a government-issued headstone for the grave of Private George J. Levis
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in Brieulles-sur-Meuse, Meuse, France; 6/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France; 7/21/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland on 9/23/1921 to the care of McGorray Bros. Undertakers, 3040 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial on 10/4/1921 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 42 Lot 486 Grave 4 after a funeral at St. Philip Neri Church, 8215 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH [a former Catholic church that was closed as a parish in 2008]; in 1971 a cousin John J. Conomy, 3465 Woodridge Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH applied for a government-issued headstone for the grave of Private George J. Levis
Next of Kin: Robert Levis, father, 1943 W. 77th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Robert J. Levis (1870-1932), born Ohio of Irish ancestry, occupations included Day Laborer, Laborer Machine Shop, and Watchman Shipyards; Mother: Anna Conomy Levis (1861-1921), born Ireland, emigrated ~1874, had 2 children; Siblings: Robert Levis (~1894-1944). Burial information for family members was not found.
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