Paul J. Luehrs
(1884-1918)
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Paul J. Luehrs
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Private/Cook Paul J. Luehrs, signature on WWI draft registration
Private/Cook Paul J. Luehrs, signature on WWI draft registration
A cook preparing food on a charcoal fire at the front, 1915
Gravestone, Private/Cook Paul J. Luehrs, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Gravestone, Private/Cook Paul J. Luehrs, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Widow Anna Urban Luehrs Eibel
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Paul J. Luehrs
Paul J. Luehrs
[No records were found for Paul J. Luchrs, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier Paul J. Luehrs, who died in WWI and whose profile is below. The surname was presumably misspelled on 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: 4/12/1883, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2232 W. 11th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; married [see marriage and children information below], Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupations included Paper Hanger at time of marriage in 1906 and Decorator as per 1910 Census
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 4/3/1917; rank Private/Cook
Service Number: 57357
Deployment: deployment record not found
Action:
Next of Kin: Julius Luehrs, father, 4977 [also recorded as 7977] Broadway St., Cleveland, OH
Death: November 4, 1918 [one week before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 35; cause of death Died of Disease: Bronchopneumonia
Burial: 11/5/1918 buried after death at American Cemetery, Mesves-sur-Loire, Nievre, France; 7/6/1922 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France, Block C Row 1 Grave 28
Additional Information: Wife and Children: on 9/26/1906 married at age 23 and employed as a Paper Hanger to Anna Urban (1886-1969), born Cleveland, OH, age 20. Offspring included Frederick Urban Luehrs (1907-1981) and Baby Boy Luehrs (1915-1915), who died of valvular insufficiency and was buried at Scranton Cemetery, Cleveland, OH. Son Frederick Urban Luehrs was buried at Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, OH. Widow Anna Urban Luehrs appears to have remarried someone with the surname Eibel. She was buried at Fairview Park Cemetery, Fairview Park, OH. Father: Julius H. Luehrs (1860-1927), born Charleston, South Carolina of ancestors from Heligoland [Germany], occupation per 1900 Census Engineer Stationary, occupation as recorded on his son's WWI Burial Card: Chief Engineer, "H.C.Radnor," Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co., Baltimore, Maryland, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Harriet Amelia "Hattie" Church Luehrs (1857-1915), born Elmira, New York, had at least 2 children, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Stella Luehrs Roberts Klein (1874-?), address recorded on her brother's WWI Burial Card: 5130 W. 26th St., Cleveland, OH
2232 W. 11th St., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
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