Arthur Albert Aufmuth

(1893-1918)

Ad for White Motor Car Co., Cleveland, OH

Photo Credit

SS Bohemian

Gravestone, Private Arthur Albert Aufmuth, St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France

Arthur Albert Aufmuth

*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: 10/16/1893, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2821 Carroll Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 23 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist at White Auto Co. at E. 79th and St. Clair [White Motor Car Co. existed from about 1906-1985 as a leading maker of cars and trucks]; occupation in 1915 Laborer

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

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/7/1917; Private

Service Number: 2107967

Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Boston, Massachusetts aboard SS Bohemian

Action:

Death: September 13, 1918 at Jaulny, Lorraine, France at age 25; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally after death at Thiaucourt, France; 4/25/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France, Plot D Row 5 Grave 9

Next of Kin: Frank Aufmuth, brother, 3207 Clinton Ave. and 2821 Carroll Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: Arthur Aufmuth (1870-1946), born Alsace-Lorraine, emigrated ~1884, occupation Shipbuilder, buried St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Franciska Herman "Frances" Aufmuth (1870-1907), born Germany, emigrated ~1886, buried St. Mary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Frank J. Aufmuth (1895-1980), who served in WWI and was honorably discharged and who had a son named Arthur Aufmuth (1928-2013) presumably the namesake of Private Arthur Albert Aufmuth; Lillian Aufmuth Profant (1898-1994); Clarence Aufmuth (1902-1967). Sibling list may be incomplete.