William Henry Abele

                    William Henry Abele

*No Plaque located

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 2/6/1897, Weser, Texas

Address: 1214 Cook Ave., Lakewood, Ohio

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; Caucasian; native-born citizen; employed at Cuyahoga Tractor Sales Co., 6519 Euclid, Cleveland, OH; noted elsewhere that he was a Mechanic

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes light blue, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/3/1918; 9/5/1918; Sergeant

Service Number: 2557475

Deployment: appears to have died in Philadelphia prior to deployment 

Action: M Trk Co 554 to death. Pvt; Sgt Oct 19/18. [The Motor Transport Corps recruited skilled tradesmen from the U.S. automotive industry to manage all aspects of motor vehicles in the war effort.]

Death: December 10, 1918 at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA at age 21; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia

Burial: Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 1006-0 Section 22

Next of Kin: Hattie P. Abele, mother, and Henry John Abele, father, 1214 Cook Ave., Lakewood, OH

Additional Information: Father: Henry John Abele (1858-1939), born Wurttemberg, Germany, emigrated 1885, occupation Physician, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside wife and son Sergeant William Henry Abele; Mother: Hedwig "Hattie" Pauline Albrecht Abele (1876-1963), born Weser, Texas of German ancestry, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside husband and son Sergeant William Henry Abele; Siblings: Ann Louise Abele Rolf (1899-2002), died at age 102