Frank Joseph Schidlowski

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 2/7/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 3001 Montclair Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation at draft registration Baker at Star Baking Co., Cleveland, OH [Star Bakery was located at 1519 Lakeview Rd. Cleveland, OH and was purchased by Hough Bakeries in 1941]; occupation 1910 at age 15 Laborer at Barrel Factory

Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair dark

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 3/25/1918; Private

Service Number: 2658355

Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Northumberland

Action: Co 2 Prov Inf Repl Regt to July 1/18; 8 Co 1 Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to July 15/18; 8 Co Cp Gordon Ga July Aut Repl Draft to Aug 13/18; 2 Co 1 Inf Tng Regt 1 Dep Div to Aug 21/18; Co H 58 Inf to Sept 19/18; Co M 58 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 22/18 to death. 

Death: October 4, 1918 [one week before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918] at Bethincourt, Lorraine, France at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried 10/7/1918 at American Cemetery, Bethincourt, France; 4/30/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 2/11/1922 remains disinterred and reburied for a final time at same Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Plot B Row 23 Grave 17 

Next of Kin: Mr. John J. Schidlowski, father, Sharff [may be Schaaf Rd.], Brooklyn Heights, Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Private Frank Joseph Schidlowski came from a large extended family. Grandparents on both sides had emigrated from Germany to the U.S., and there were many children. His maternal grandfather was also named Frank.

Father: John Jacob Schidlowski (1863-1933), born Germany-Poland, emigrated ~1893, occupations included Iron Ore Shoveler and Teamster at a Coal Yard, buried St. Mary Cemetery, 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH; Mother: Christine "Justine" Kruck Schidlowski (1862-1940), born Germany, in 1910 Census reported 10 children of whom 6 were living, applied for the U.S. WWI Mothers' and Widows' Gold Star Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave in France, at which time her address was 1474 Cook Ave., Cleveland, OH [not known whether she sailed], buried St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: John Jacob Schidlowski, Jr. (1887-1966); Albert H. "Henry" Schidlowski (1889-1949); Christine Schidlowski Werner (1890-1967); Margaret A. "Martha" Schidlowski Houston (1898-1967); Marie "Mary" Schidlowski Luzius (1893-1925), ?Fred Schidlowski (1900-1900); ?P. Schidlowski (1901-1901); ?Elizabeth Schidlowski (1902-1902). Sibling list may be incomplete.

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