Howard Walter Eaton (1892 - 1918)

Born 19 Jul 1892 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 28 Sep 1918 at age 26 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Howard Walter was born in 1892, in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Charles and Agnes (Jones) Eaton. ^[1] He grew up in Somerville^[2][3] and attended local schools, graduating from the Edgerly [Elementary] School in 1907^[4] and the English High School in Somerville in 1911.^[5][6] He was also a graduate of the Eastern Radio School.

At the time of the war draft in 1917, he was 24 years old and living on Wright Ave. in Medford, Massachusetts. He worked as a shipping clerk in Boston and was described as being of a medium stature, with dark brown hair and eyes.^[7]

He enlisted to serve in the Naval Reserve Force on July 18, 1918, and was assigned to the Naval Training Camp in Hingham, Massachusetts, on August 27, 1918, with the lank of Landsman.^[8] A month later he died there of influenza and pneumonia.^[9] He was 26 years old. A service was held at his parents' home at 53 Albian St. in Somerville^[10]. He is buried with his parents at the Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose, Massachusetts.^[11]

His name is included in a memorial at Trum Field in Somerville, dedicated to the men from the neighborhood who died serving in World War I.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXWW-2R2 : 6 February 2018), Walter Howard Eaton, 19 Jul 1892, Somerville, Massachusetts
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TF-6HL : accessed 24 December 2018), Howard W Eaton in household of Charles Eaton, Somerville city Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VP-K11 : accessed 24 December 2018), Howard W Caton in household of Charles Caton, Somerville Ward 4, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
4. ↑ Annual Report of the City of Somerville 1907
5. ↑ Boston Globe, June 23, 1911, p. 3
6. ↑ Report of the School Committee of Somerville, 1912, Vol. 40, p. 86
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN3-7MV : 13 March 2018), Howard Walter Eaton, 1917-1918
8. ↑ Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War", by Eben Putnam, 1928, Vol. 2, p. 343
9. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23T3-RX5 : 13 March 2018), Howard W Eaton, 28 Sep 1918
10. ↑ Boston Evening Globe, Death Notices, 30 Sep 1918, p. 7
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #166638591 Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Massachusetts