George Smith

George Smith

*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: 8/9/1891, Louisville, Kentucky

Address: 5827 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 

Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; natural born citizen; occupation Block Tester at Ferro Machine and Foundry Company, E. 66th St. and Hubbard Ave., Cleveland, OH [founded 1900 as manufacturers of automotive and marine engines and products]

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 10/2/1917; Private

Service Number: 2109280

Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, MA  aboard SS Bohemian 

Action: 29 Co 8 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Nov 10/17; Co E 348 Inf to June 11/18; Cp Pike Ark June Aut Repl Draft to June 18/18; Co I 49 Inf to Sept 11/18; Co D 109 Inf to death. Pvt. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 18/18 to death.

Death: October 6, 1918 [~5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in Romagne, France; remains disinterred 6/16/1921 and shipped to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny with arrival 8/1/1921; final burial 9/8/1921 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, Grave #2532, Eu Sec

Next of Kin: Miss D. Stuart, aunt, 1214 Addison Rd., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: In the 1910 and 1920 Censuses, Daisy L. Stuart, aunt (1868-1932), was the head of household for several nephews and nieces, who may have been siblings of George Smith. No information found on parents.

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