Walter Hay Akers

Walter Hay Akers

*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: 11/21/1891, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2240 Grandview, Cleveland Heights, OH

Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; 

Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Candidate for U.S. ?Govt.[word illegible] at Fort Benjamin Harrison [U.S. Army post located in Lawrence, Indiana as a training camp during WWI for officers and medical and engineering specialists]; attended Central High School, Cleveland, OH, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, and Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not recorded at draft registration; enlistment date not found; rank Captain

Service Number: not located

Deployment: appears to have remained stateside during WWI

Action: 2 Lt ORC Aug 15/17; ORC Ft Benj Harrison Ind. 1 Lt Apr 5/18; Capt Sept 4/18. 158 Dep Brig. Cp Sherman O. 

Death: October 17, 1918 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH at age 26; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia

Burial: 10/19/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 1 Lot 97-NE 1/2 [no grave photo on cemetery website]

Next of Kin: E. A. Akers, father, 2240 Grandview Ave., Cleveland Heights, OH

Additional Information: Father: Edwin Albert Akers (1853-1931), born Ohio of English ancestry, occupations included Railroad Ticket Agent and Insurance Agent, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside wife and son Captain Walter Hay Akers; Mother: Fanny E. Hay Akers (1859-1932), born New York of Scottish and Canadian ancestry, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside husband and son Captain Walter Hay Akers; Siblings: Kenneth William Akers (~1895-1977), an advertising executive