Charles Enos Surette (1896 - 1918)

Born 7 Feb 1896 in East Boston, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Died 17 Oct 1918 at age 22 in Yaphank, Suffolk, New York, United States

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Biography

Charles Enos was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, in 1896, the son of Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Meuse) Surette. ^[1]

In June of 1917, he was 21 years old and living at 30 Fiske Ave. in Somerville. He worked at the Corrugated Paper Mills in South Boston and was described as being short and slender, with brown eyes and black hair.^[2]

He entered in the military on August 30, 1918, serving with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Company of the 152 Depot Brigade.^[3] He died of disease while training at Camp Upton in New York less than 2 months later. He was 22 years old. He is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH23-K6T : 11 March 2018), Charles Enos Surette, 07 Feb 1896
2. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNW-Q6J : 13 March 2018), Charles Enos Surette, 1917-1918
3. ↑ Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War", by Eben Putnam, 1928, Vol. 2, p. 355
4. ↑ Somerville veterans who died during WWI, compiled by Arthur O'Loughlin and Leonard Poirier, Lt. James A. Logan Post VFW 6800, http://www.vfw6800.org/SomervilleWWINonCombatCompleted.pdf

• Official U.S. Bulletin, Committee on Public Information, 1918, p. 24: Names of soldiers who died in army camps last week...[Camp Upton, N.Y] Pvt. Charles Enos Surette, 30 Fiske Street, Somerville, Mass.