William Clarke Slade
(1891-1918)
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William Clarke Slade
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Corporal William Clarke Slade, signature on WWI draft registration
Slade family gravestone, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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Shaw High School WWI Memorial at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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William Clarke Slade
*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: 5/26/1891, Euclid, Ohio
Birth: 5/26/1891, Euclid, Ohio
Address: Green Rd., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Civil Engineer at C.W. Courtney Engineering Co., 509 Leader News Building, Cleveland, OH [a general civil engineering firm founded 1903 by Clarence W. Courtney, still in existence as C. W. Courtney Company]; claimed draft exemption due to "have application for engineering office"
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/24/1918; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/24/1918; Corporal
Service Number: 2658544
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 22, 1918 [3 weeks prior to the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27 at Columbia Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina; cause of death Influenza and Pneumonia with contributory factors Pneumonia and Myocarditis after being under medical care from 10/7/1918 to 10/22/1918
Death: October 22, 1918 [3 weeks prior to the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27 at Columbia Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina; cause of death Influenza and Pneumonia with contributory factors Pneumonia and Myocarditis after being under medical care from 10/7/1918 to 10/22/1918
Burial: [Burial records yield conflicting information.] Burial noted as 10/25/1918 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., in Slade Vault [no grave photo or burial information on cemetery website]. Burial also noted as 11/19/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 52E 1/4 Section 3, alongside his parents and siblings. Per findagrave.com, his name was also inscribed on the cenotaph erected at Lake View Cemetery in memory of the Shaw High School students who died in WWI.
Burial: [Burial records yield conflicting information.] Burial noted as 10/25/1918 at East Cleveland Township Cemetery, 1621 E. 118th St., in Slade Vault [no grave photo or burial information on cemetery website]. Burial also noted as 11/19/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 52E 1/4 Section 3, alongside his parents and siblings. Per findagrave.com, his name was also inscribed on the cenotaph erected at Lake View Cemetery in memory of the Shaw High School students who died in WWI.
Next of Kin: W. H. Slade, father, Euclid, OH
Next of Kin: W. H. Slade, father, Euclid, OH
Additional Information: Parents suffered the deaths of three of their children before the age of 30. Father: William H. Slade (1854-1933), born Cleveland, OH, married 1881, occupation Farmer, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Sarah Sadie Hornbrook Slade (1861-1938), born Cleveland, OH, married 1881, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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