George E. Schwartz 

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6th Battalion, 20th Engineers, Co. F  (18th Co.)

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George Edward Schwartz - Richmond, Michigan

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6th Bn., 20th Engineers, Co.  F

Army Serial Number: 250,864

Inducted: Nov. 18, 1917 Mt. Clemens, Michigan

Army Discharge: Feb. 7, 1919 Camp Custer Michigan

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Dec. 24, 1918

  Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

  Hospitalized Feb. 5, 1918 Larne, Ireland.

  Transferred to a Belfast Hospital, Ireland March 11, 1918

  Transferred to Mossly Hills Red Cross Hospital, England Oct. 1918

  Transferred to Knotty Ash Camp hospital Nov. 1918

  Skull Fracture, hypothermia, phenomena, 3 surgical operations

  Returned to U.S.  on White Star Liner SS Cedric; England – NY

  Stationed at Camp Meade, Maryland 5-6 Weeks

Wife’s Name: Hattie Schwartz

(b. Aug. 20, 1893 Montcalm, Macomb Co., MI)

Married: Nov. 7, 1922 Macomb Co., MI

Fathers Name: Wilhelm August Schwartz

(b. Jan. 27, 1858 Feuerbach, Stuttgart, Germany)

(d. Nov. 27, 1926 Richmond, Macomb Co., Michigan)

Mothers Name: Fredericka Schaefer

(b. June 20, 1862 Berglen, Steinach, Germany)

(d. Oct. 23, 1928 Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., Michigan)

Married: Michigan 1882

Brothers: David, Charles and Edwin Schwartz

Sisters: Anna, Amelia, Florence, and Hilda Schwartz

Civilian Occupation: Farmer

Born: Jan. 7, 1888 Berville, Macomb Co., Michigan

Died: Jan. 24, 1930 Mt. Clemens, Macomb Co., MI (age 42)

Cemetery: Richmond City Cemetery, Macomb Co., MI

Plot: Section 4  Row 106  Plot 36  Grave 3

   

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