Elmer C. Yahnke

Birth: 2/14/1898, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1080 E. 68th St., Cleveland, OH 

Demographics: Caucasian; natural-born citizen; no other personal information as his draft registration was not located 

Appearance: not available

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: Draft date not known; enlisted 6/8/1917; rank Corporal

Service Number: 1529836

Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Susquehanna

Action: Co F 3 Inf ONG (Co F 148 Inf) to Oct 31/18. Pvt June 8/17; Pvt 1cl Sept 1/17; Corp June 1/18. Ypres-Lys Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 22/18 to death

Death: October 31, 1918 [2 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 20; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 11/13/1918 American Military Cemetery, Olsene, Belgium; 6/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied American Military Cemetery, West Flanders; 3/23/1921 remains disinterred in preparation for shipment to U.S.; 3/26/1921 remains arrived Antwerp; 4/22/1921 remains shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey; 5/6/1921 remains arrived Hoboken, NJ; 5/12/1921 remains shipped to the care of Mr. Carl Yahnke, 878 E. 75th St., NE, Cleveland, OH with arrival 5/13/1921; 5/17/1921 burial at final resting place Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 109, Section 3, Grave 2

Next of Kin: Mr. Charles Yahnke, father, 1080 E. 68th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: (second marriage) Charles (aka Carl) Yahnke (1873-1933), born Germany, emigrated 1888 or 1890, occupation Day Laborer in 1900 and Foreman Railroad in 1910; Mother: (second marriage) Carrie (aka Ernestine Huth Tasky) Yahnke (1869-?), born Germany, emigrated 1871 or 1872, 4 children of whom 2 were living; Step-sister: Edna Yahnke 6 years older than her brother, occupation Window Trimmer at a department store in 1910