Harold "Harry" Joseph Stoiber

Harold "Harry" Joseph Stoiber

Birth: 1/16/1891, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: In 1917, 2405 E. 55th St., Cleveland, OH, living with wife; in 1918, address listed as 8208 Korman Ave., Cleveland, OH, where his wife was living with her married sister's family

Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Machinist at Cleveland Automatic Machine Company, E. 65th and Central Ave., Cleveland, OH; claimed exemption due to "weak eyes"

Appearance: Height tall; Build slender; Eyes brown; Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/29/1918; Private

Service Number: 2432672

Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York aboard SS Carmania

Action: 12 Co 3 Tng Bu 158 Dep Brig to May 4/18; 329 Inf to---; 83 Div 2 Dep to July 29/19; Co I 102 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 12/18 to death.  

Death: October 23, 1918 [less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally in France; remains disinterred and reburied on 10/22/1921 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France; Plot F Row 12 Grave 21

Next of Kin: Mary Stoiber, wife, 8208 Korman Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Michael H. (?-1908), born Ohio of German ancestry, occupation Machinist; Mother: Sarah "Sallie" Belle Muldowney (1874-1925), born Ohio of Irish ancestry, in 1920 occupation Keeper of Rooming House apparently after the death of her husband; Siblings of deceased soldier were Fred Joseph Stoiber (1892-1947), Albert Stoiber (1902-1948), and Annabel Stoiber (1909-?); on 4/17/1923 Widow of deceased soldier Joseph H. Stoiber, Mary Ann Gray Stoiber (1896-1977), age 27, remarried Frank Hackathorn, age 39, a divorcee and plumber, and had 3 daughters with second husband; Widow died in 1977 at age 81 and was buried at Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, OH