Edward Urbancic
(1894-1918)
Embedded Files
City of Erie Steamer Great Lakes Vintage 1917 postcard
Private Edward Urbancic, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Nagoya
Painting Sunday Morning at Cunel, by Harvey Dunn
Credit: National Museum of American History
Gravestone, Private Edward Urbancic, Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Edward Urbancic
[No Cleveland WWI soldier was found with the name "Ed Curbanoic." Recorded as such on the original list of Liberty Row names, it was most likely a misspelling. We did find records for Clevelander Edward Urbancic who died in WWI and is profiled below.]
*No Plaque located
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of 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: 8/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 8/10/1894, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2030 Halstead Ave., Lakewood, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Grading at W. Ware, Lakewood, OH
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair sandy
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/27/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/27/1918; Private
Service Number: 3487379
Deployment: 7/27/1918 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard SS Nagoya
Action:
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Cunel, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 14, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Cunel, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/29/1918 buried in isolated grave in Cunel, Meuse, France; 6/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 10/7/1921 final burial at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot H Row 24 Grave 39
Burial: 10/29/1918 buried in isolated grave in Cunel, Meuse, France; 6/12/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Lorraine, France; 10/7/1921 final burial at Meuse Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot H Row 24 Grave 39
Next of Kin: Frank E. Urbancic, father, 3115 Mountclair [sic-may be Montclair] Ave., Cleveland, OH and Steamer City of Erie, E. 9th St. Pier, Cleveland, OH. Per WWI Burial Card, beneficiary listed as Mr. Frank Edward Urbancic, brother, 621 S. 27th St., Philadelphia, PA
Next of Kin: Frank E. Urbancic, father, 3115 Mountclair [sic-may be Montclair] Ave., Cleveland, OH and Steamer City of Erie, E. 9th St. Pier, Cleveland, OH. Per WWI Burial Card, beneficiary listed as Mr. Frank Edward Urbancic, brother, 621 S. 27th St., Philadelphia, PA
Additional Information: Family information was scarce and difficult to verify. We sketched out a few possible details as follows.
Per the 1910 Census, there were three children Edward, Frank and Annie Urbancic living as "boarders" at a home at 1306 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH. At the time, Edward Urbancic was 15 years old and employed as a Laborer in a Factory.
Father: Frank E. [aka Franz and France] Urbancic (?1864-?1904), France Urbancic [not certain if this is his father] buried at Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: ?Ann Horvat Urbancic (?-1906), [not sure if this is his mother] born Austria, died of cancer at age 39, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Frank Urbancic (1893-?), Annie Urbancic, and possibly others.
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