Leonard Joseph Soucek

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth: 2/16/1894, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 4405 Martin Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Ammonia Fitter [tradesperson who works with piping systems that utilize ammonia] at [?T. E. Wright Co.], 1512 Prospect Ave., Cleveland, OH; other occupations recorded as Plumber and Machine Operator

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/20/1917; Sergeant

Service Number: 1944123

Deployment: 6/5/1918 from Montreal, Canada aboard SS Nankin

Action: Co C 331 Inf to July 13/18; 2 Corps Sch Chatillon France to Dec 11/18; Cas Co 331 Inf to death. Pvt Sept 20/17; Corp Oct 23/17; Sgt Nov 1/17. AEF June 5/18 to death. [He appears to have trained at the WWI Second Corps Aeronautial School in Chatillon-sur-Seine, France for the purpose of aerial combat and ground-air coordination.]

Death: March 5, 1919 at age 25; cause of death Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Burial: 3/6/1919 buried locally after death at American Cemetery at Savenay, Loire, France; 7/31/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Saint-Nazaire, France 7/31/1920; 8/31/20 remains shipped from Saint-Nazaire to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Sherman arriving Hoboken 9/11/1920; 9/22/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 9/24/1920 to the care of Joseph Soucek, father, 4405 Martin Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 41 Lot 154 Grave 2  

Next of Kin: Mrs. Nettie Soucek, mother, 4405 Martin Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Sergeant Leonard Joseph Soucek was the oldest child of 3 sons in his family. Both parents were buried alongside him at Calvary Cemetery.

Father: Joseph Soucek (1868-1940), born Bohemia (aka Austria and Czechoslovakia), emigrated 1881 or 1884, occupation Clothing Cutter at a Tailor Shop; Mother: Antonie "Nettie" Kriz Soucek (1872-1949), born Ohio of Bohemian ancestry, had 3 children; Siblings: Louis Soucek (~1895-1967), who served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 2/8/1919; Gordon William Soucek (1899-1978), who married on 6/28/1919 approximately 3 months after his brother's death and had a son [who would have been Sergeant Leonard Joseph Soucek's nephew] named Leonard Joseph (1920-1992) who served in the U.S. Army in WWII from 1944-1946