Thomas Michael Stanton 

*His name does not appear on the List of Liberty Row Names*

*No plaque located*

Birth: 6/1/1891, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1287 Winslow Ave., Cleveland, OH and 1515 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 27 at draft; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation at draft registration Laborer at Cleveland Stevedore Co., Cleveland, OH; occupation 1910 at age 18 Dock Laborer

Appearance: Height short, Build stout, Eyes grey, Hair red

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/24/1918; Private

Service Number: 2658504

Deployment: 7/21/1918 from New York aboard SS Canopic

Action: 3 Co 1 Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to July 11/18; 3 Co Cp Gordon Ga July Aut Repl Draft to Aug 13/18; unasgd 330 Inf to Sept 26/18; Hq Co 6 Inf to death. Pvt. Meuse-Argonne. AEF July 21/18 to death.

Death: February 4, 1919 at age 27; cause of death Lobar Pnemonia

Burial: buried locally after death in Grave No. 474, American and Allied Plot, Stadtisha, Friedhof Cemetery of Trier, (Treves), Germany; no records found regarding transport of body to U.S.; final burial 10/14/1920 at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 8 Lot 31 in a family burial plot alongside his parents and several siblings; gravestone inscription: "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE" 

Next of Kin: Mrs. Ellen Stanton, mother, 1287 Winslow Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Private Thomas Michael Stanton appears to have been the youngest of 6 sons in his family. His mother died on 9/26/1919, about 7 months after her son who died in WWI and about a year before his remains were repatriated to the U.S. for final burial.

Father: Michael Stanton (1858-1928), born Creevagh, Mayo, Ireland, emigrated 1871, occupation General Laborer, buried in Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Ellen McMahon Stanton (1862-1919), born County Wexford, Ireland, emigrated 1872, had at least 8 children of who whom 6 were living in 1910, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: John A. Stanton (1879-1939); William Joseph Stanton (1881-1941); Martin F. Stanton (1883-1939); James Stanton (1887-1915); Joseph A. Stanton (1889-1926)