Joe Lipoma
(~1896-1918)
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SS Leviathan
Ohio Bridge Monument, Eine (Oudenaarde), Belgium
Gravestone, Private Joe Lipoma, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Gravestone, Private Joe Lipoma, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Joe Lipoma
Joe Lipoma
*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: birthdate not found; birthplace Alemina [Palermo, Sicily], Italy. [Per military records, Joe Lipoma enlisted at age 21, which would have meant he died at age 22 and was born ~1896.]
Birth: birthdate not found; birthplace Alemina [Palermo, Sicily], Italy. [Per military records, Joe Lipoma enlisted at age 21, which would have meant he died at age 22 and was born ~1896.]
Address: 2524 E. 25th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; single; Caucasian; citizenship status and occupation unknown.
[It is possible but could not be confirmed that Clevelander Private Joe Lipoma was Giuseppe Lipoma, a 17-year-old passenger arriving at Ellis Island on 4/4/1914, marital status single. Giuseppe Lipoma was a laborer from Sicily traveling on a ship with multiple other laborers from Sicily with the stated destination of Chicago, Illinois. His father was recorded as Pasquale Lipoma from Alemina, Italy, which matches information noted elsewhere on this page. Source: ancestry.com]
Appearance: appearance unknown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 5/30/1917; rank Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 5/30/1917; rank Private
Service Number: 1518963
Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action: [Company H, 145th Infantry Regiment served as part of the 37th Infantry Division aka "Buckeye Division," comprised mostly of Ohio National Guard troops. In 1929, the State of Ohio completed construction of the Ohio Bridge (Ohiobrug) Monument at Oudenaarde, Belgium, as a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Scheldt and the heroism of the "Buckeye" soldiers, who fought and died crossing the Scheldt River. The bridge was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in 1954-1955. See photo on the left and article below elsewhere on this page.]
Death: November 5, 1918 [six days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age ~22; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 5, 1918 [six days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age ~22; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in the Commune of Eyne [now part of Oudenaarde], East Flanders, Belgium; 6/10/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 3/12/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 3/19/1921; 4/22/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme ariving Hoboken 5/6/1921; 6/20/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, arriving Arlington 6/21/1921 to the care of D.R. Wolverton; final burial 6/23/1921 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Grave #2179 European Section
Burial: buried after death in an isolated grave in the Commune of Eyne [now part of Oudenaarde], East Flanders, Belgium; 6/10/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 3/12/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 3/19/1921; 4/22/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme ariving Hoboken 5/6/1921; 6/20/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, arriving Arlington 6/21/1921 to the care of D.R. Wolverton; final burial 6/23/1921 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Grave #2179 European Section
Next of Kin: Frank Ippolito, cousin, 3422 W. 50th St., Cleveland, OH [see additional information below]
Additional Information: Father and Beneficiary: Mr. Pasquali [sic] Lipoma, 17 Rouk St., Alimena, Palermo, Italy; Mother and Siblings: no information found; Cousin: It is possible but could not be confirmed that the cousin who was listed as Private Joe Lipoma's next of kin was Clevelander Frank Francesco Ippolito [aka Eppolito] (1880-1955), born Palermo, Sicily, Italy, who was convicted of shooting his common law wife around 1930 and was beaten to death in prison in Allen County, OH.
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