Leonard S. Sweet
(1888-1918)
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Leonard S. Sweet
Leonard S. Sweet
Photo Credit: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
A Cleveland Fare Box
USS Plattsburgh
Leonard S. Sweet
Leonard S. Sweet
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
Birth: 10/22/1888, Buffalo, New York
Birth: 10/22/1888, Buffalo, New York
Address: 841 E. 73rd St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 28 at draft registration; single at draft registration [see marriage below]; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Assembler at Cleveland Fare Box Co., 5318 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to "subject to malaria."
Appearance: description of appearance missing from draft registration
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date missing from draft registration; enlistment 4/26/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date missing from draft registration; enlistment 4/26/1918; Private
Service Number: 2482906
Marriage: 4/25/1918 at age 29 married Hattie F. Lamparyk (1890-1946], age 28, a Milliner; 1930 Census shows her living as a widow with her parents and working as a Sales Lady at a Department Store; she may have remarried [listed in Cleveland Necrology File as Hattie Frances Brady]; June 1937 Social Security Application lists her name as Hattie F. Sweet
Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, New York aboard USS Plattsburgh
Action: 36 Co 9 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to May 2/18; Co I 330 Inf to Aug 1/18; Co I 16 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF Jun 12/18 to death. Cited in GO 11 Div dated Jan 1/20.
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at Exermont, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France at age 29; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at Exermont, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France at age 29; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
Burial: memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
Next of Kin: Mrs. Leonard Sweet, wife, 4138 Woodbridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Mrs. Leonard Sweet, wife, 4138 Woodbridge Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Ralph R. Sweet; Mother: Susan Fischer Sweet
No additional information found.
Private Leonard S. Sweet's name inscribed on the
Private Leonard S. Sweet's name inscribed on the
Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
Tablets of the Missing at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France
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