Fred Henry Aschemeyer (aka Aschmeyer, Aschmeir and Aschemeier)

*No plaque located*

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

*The surname of this soldier is spelled differently on various documents; the most prevalent spelling (and thus considered to be accurate) is Aschemeyer. His first name was recorded in the 1900 Census as Frederich.  

Birth: 12/6/1893, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 4111 Marvin St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; occupation listed as Machinist at Cleveland Iron Stove Co., Cleveland, OH and also Laborer at a Shoe Factory; natural born citizen

Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/5/1917; enlistment date 7/8/1917; Private

Service Number: 107409

Deployment: 12/24/1917 from Portland, ME aboard SS Canada

Action: Co E 58 Inf July 25/17 to Aug 17/17; MG Co 58 Inf to Oct 2/17; Co B 5 MG Bn to Oct 4/18. Pvt July 25/17; Pvt 1cl Oct 3/17; Pvt Nov 10/17; Pvt 1cl. Champagne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF Dec 24/17 to death

Death: October 4, 1918 [just over one month before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918] at age 24 at Sommepy-Tahure, Champagne-Ardenne, France [see Sommepy Monument below]; cause of death Killed in Action after having been Wounded in Action [degree undetermined] about July 26, 1918

Burial: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Tablets of the Missing

Next of Kin: Henry Aschemeyer, father, 4111 Marvin St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Henry Aschemeyer (1860-1951), born Hanover, Germany, emigrated 1885, naturalized 1894, occupation Cigar Maker; Mother: Karoline Hoelscher Aschemeyer (1863-1950), born Hanover, Germany, emigrated 1885; Brother: Private Edward F. Aschemeyer (1888-1937) also served in France in WWI and was wounded in action slightly on 10/4/1918, the same day as his brother Fred's death, and was honorably discharged on 2/8/1919; Other siblings: Ida Aschemeyer Schnacke (1891-1985); Arthur (1899-1984); Edna Aschemeyer Keller (1902-1961), who named her son Fred, presumably after her deceased brother. 

[Aforementioned nephew and presumed namesake of Private Fred H. Aschemeyer was named Frederick J. Keller (1936-2012) and was a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in Akron, OH for 40 years, an accomplished athlete, outdoorsman, carpenter, handyman and beloved friend and mentor to many, according to the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association publication "The Observer" (date unknown). This information was attached to his burial information on findagrave.com.] 

Several Aschemeyer family members are buried at Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH