Henry August Humboldt

*Plaque not located*

*The list of Liberty Row names shows that this soldier's plaque was placed at "Cedar Ave. to Cont'd (Right)." 

Birth: 12/1/1893, Cleveland, OH

Address: 6907 Lawnview Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; claimed draft exemption in order to support his mother; occupation Salesman at Ward Baking Co. (founded in 1849 in New York City and spread to several midwest locations, known for Ward's Tip-Top bread), 1500 Superior St., Cleveland, OH; per 1910 Census he was employed at age 16 as a Clerk at a Grocery Store

Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair dark

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/28/1918; Private

Service Number: 2431205

Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Port Dennison

Action: 158 Dep Brig to May 2/18; Co A 329 Inf to July 30/18; Co G 102 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 6/18 to death.

Death: October 23, 1918 in the Argonne Forest at age 24; cause of death Killed in Action 

Burial: buried locally in Meuse, France; 6/16/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 7/26/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 8/12/1921; 9/1/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 9/13/1921; 9/21/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland arriving 9/23/1921 to the care of Mrs. Wilhelmina Humboldt, mother, 6907 Lawnview Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 9/28/1921 at Woodland Cemetery, 6901 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 81 Lot 133 Grave 1 N. Line, after a military funeral at the family residence 

Next of Kin: Mrs. William Humboldt, mother, 6907 Lawnview Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Heinrich Henry Humboldt (1857-1908), born Germany, emigrated 1884, occupation Stonemason; Mother: Wilhelmina Tillie Nehls Humboldt (1853-1934), born Germany, emigrated 1884; Siblings: Paul Humboldt (1882-1949) who named a son Ralph Henry and a daughter Gertrude, presumably after his deceased siblings; Martha E. Humboldt Crile (1884-1958); Emma Humboldt Mitchell (1887-1975); Gertrude Humboldt (1891-1894) died at age 3; Arthur A. Humboldt (1897-1952). Parents and several siblings are buried at Woodland Cemetery alongside Private Henry A. Humboldt.