Elmer C. Yahnke
(1898-1918)
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Elmer C. Yahnke
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SS Susquehanna
Gravestone, Corporal Elmer C. Yahnke, Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Elmer C. Yahnke
*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: 2/14/1898, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 1080 E. 68th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information
Appearance: not known
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/8/1917; rank Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/8/1917; rank Corporal
Service Number: 1529836
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Susquehanna
Action: Co F 3 Inf ONG (Co F 148 Inf) to Oct 31/18. Pvt June 8/17; Pvt 1cl Sept 1/17; Corp June 1/18. Ypres-Lys Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 22/18 to death
Death: October 31, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 20; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 31, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 20; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 11/13/1918 buried at American Military Cemetery, Olsene, Belgium; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, West Flanders; 3/23/1921 remains disinterred in preparation for return to U.S.; 3/26/1921 remains arrived Antwerp, Belgium; 4/22/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey; 5/6/1921 remains arrived Hoboken, NJ; 5/12/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH to the care of Mr. Carl Yahnke, 878 E. 75th St., NE, Cleveland, OH with arrival 5/13/1921; 5/17/1921 final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 109, Section 3, Grave 2
Burial: 11/13/1918 buried at American Military Cemetery, Olsene, Belgium; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, West Flanders; 3/23/1921 remains disinterred in preparation for return to U.S.; 3/26/1921 remains arrived Antwerp, Belgium; 4/22/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, New Jersey; 5/6/1921 remains arrived Hoboken, NJ; 5/12/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH to the care of Mr. Carl Yahnke, 878 E. 75th St., NE, Cleveland, OH with arrival 5/13/1921; 5/17/1921 final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 109, Section 3, Grave 2
Next of Kin: Mr. Charles Yahnke, father, 1080 E. 68th St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mr. Charles Yahnke, father, 1080 E. 68th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: (second marriage) Charles [aka Carl) ]Yahnke (1873-1933), born Germany, emigrated 1888 or 1890, occupation Day Laborer in 1900 and Foreman Railroad in 1910; Mother: (second marriage) Carrie [aka Ernestine Huth Tasky] Yahnke (1869-?), born Germany, emigrated 1871 or 1872, at least 4 children of whom 2 were living; Step-sister: Edna Yahnke who was 6 years older than her brother, occupation Window Trimmer at a department store in 1910. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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