Ferdinand Nandia Zele
(1896-1919)
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Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele
Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele
Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele, signature on WWI draft registration
Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele, signature on WWI draft registration
Marine Flying Field, Miami, FL
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Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele
Gravestone, Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Zele family grave monument, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Ferdinand Nandia Zele
Ferdinand Nandia Zele
*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: 5/30/1896, Libah, Austria
Birth: 5/30/1896, Libah, Austria
Address: 6502 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; emigrated with what appeared to be his aunt in 1903 at age 7 via Ellis Island with final destination his father's address in Collinwood, Cleveland, OH; ship manifest showed his immigration ethnicity/nationality as Slovenian; naturalized citizen at time of draft registration; occupation Chauffeur employed by father; per 1916 city directory occupation Aviator
Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair black
Enlisted date and/or rank: 6/5/1917; 7/9/1917; Corporal
Enlisted date and/or rank: 6/5/1917; 7/9/1917; Corporal
Deployment: records do not show deployment
Deployment: records do not show deployment
Action:
Death: February 15, 1919 at age 22 at the Marine Flying Field, Miami, Florida; cause of death Died of Wounds sustained in an airplane accident. [The Marine Flying Field in Miami, FL was used for training marine aviators for combat in France.]
Death: February 15, 1919 at age 22 at the Marine Flying Field, Miami, Florida; cause of death Died of Wounds sustained in an airplane accident. [The Marine Flying Field in Miami, FL was used for training marine aviators for combat in France.]
Buried: 2/24/1919 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 742 Section 9 Grave 9, alongside parents
Buried: 2/24/1919 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 742 Section 9 Grave 9, alongside parents
Next of Kin: Joseph Zele, father, 6502 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Joseph Zele, father, 6502 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: The Zele family suffered the additional loss of son Henry who died on 10/18/1918 at age eight, only four months before their son Corporal Ferdinand Nandia Zele died. Father: Joseph J. Zele (1867-1953), born Austria, emigrated ~1901, married second wife Theresa Rosie Levstik in 1905, occupations Carpenter, Merchant in Retail Hardware, and Embalmer and Funeral Director at family business Zele Funeral Home and Memorial Chapel, 6106 St. Clair Ave. and later at 452 E. 152nd St., Cleveland, OH, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: not known; Stepmother: Theresa Rosie Levstik Zele (1884-1947), born Austria, emigrated 1905, married 1905, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List below. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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