Edward Weinberg

Hebrew Name: Yitzhak ben Zvi Hersh

Birth: 4/14/1894, New York, NY

Address: 2205 E. 78th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: no draft registration found for this information

Appearance: no draft registration found for this information

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 6/3/1915; Private

Service Number: no service number

Deployment: presumably died prior to deployment overseas

Action: USMC Indianhead Md Apr 6/17; Quantico Va Oct 3/17; Parris Island SC Nav Pris Nov 9/17; Quantico Va June 12/18. File no 70415. [Naval Prison mentioned above may refer to 2 incidents recorded in the USMC Muster Roll of September 1917, in which an Edward Weinberg was confined and recommended for trial for being asleep on watch and for neglect of duty for leaving a telephone box without being relieved.]    

Death: August 8, 1918 at Quantico, Virginia at age 24; cause of death Drowning. The Free Lance-Star newspaper in Fredericksburg, VA reported an "accident or emergency incident" around the time of the death [date unspecified]. [The newspaper article was linked to the name Edward Weinberg on ancestry.com.] 

Burial: Lansing Avenue Cemetery, 5716 Lansing Ave. [entrance on 3933 E. 57th St.], Cleveland, OH, Row 3 Section 3 (West), Grave 5

Next of Kin: Mr. Harris Weinberg, father, 2205 E. 78th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: The following information may not pertain to this soldier, due to the prevalence of the names Weinberg and Edward Weinberg. Father: Harris Weinberg (1864-1956), born Rypin, Powiat rypinski, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland-Russia, occupation Baker, emigrated 1880's [year varies]; Mother: Anna Minke Michael Weinberg (1866-1928), same birthplace as husband, emigrated 1880's [year varies]. Parents married 1885 in New York; parents buried at Bet Olam Cemetery, 25796 Chagrin Blvd., Beachwood, OH; Siblings: Louis Weinberg; Morris Weinberg; Esther Weinberg Kaye; Yetta Weinberg; Pauline Weinberg Davis; Molly Weinberg Lefkowitz. Sibling list may be incomplete.