Charles (aka Charlie and Charley) Palermo 

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth: 8/25/1896, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1898 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; listed mother and father as dependents; occupation Assembling at Cleveland Metal Products, Cleveland, OH [founded 1910, previously Cleveland Foundry Co., became Perfection Stove Co. in 1921, during WWI contributed to the war effort by making tanks and armor plates for vehicles and aircraft, closed 1991]

Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown

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

Service Number: 794749

Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan

Action: Co C 322 MG Bn to Feb 21/18; Co B 15 MG Bn to death. Pvt. Defensive Sector. AEF Apr 24/18 to death. 

Death: August 18, 1918 at age 21; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 8/20/1918 buried locally in an American Cemetery in Vosges, France; 1/20/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 4/30/1921; 6/19/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard USAT Wheaton; 8/3/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 8/5/1921 to the care of Mrs. Mary Palermo, mother, 1898 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH; 8/8/1921 final burial at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Section 18 Lot 315 SubLot 0 Grave 2 alongside his parents and siblings  

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Palermo, mother, 1898 E. 123rd St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Gesualdo [spelled various ways] aka Joseph and Joe Palermo (1848-1917), born Campobasso, Molise, Italy, emigrated 1879, occupation Day Laborer, died a few months before his son Private Charles Palermo enlisted in WWI and died on his wife's birthday, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Maria aka Mary Trivosonno Palermo (1850-1931), born Campobasso, Molise, Italy, emigrated 1882, per 1900 Census had 8 children of whom 3 survived, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Jennie Palermo Vaccariello (1882-1944); Vicenzo Vincent Palermo (1884-1966), who had a grandson and a great grandson named Charles Palermo, presumably in memory of Private Charles Palermo who died in WWI.  

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