Carl Fleischer

*No plaque located*

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

Birth:  6/26/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: R.F.D. 2, Brooklyn (Cleveland), OH at draft registration 

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Farmer in North Royalton, OH; claimed exemption on draft registration in order to support his parents and sisters

Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair dark brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private

Service Number: 3487457

Deployment: 7/27/1918 from Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard SS Nagoya

Action: 1 Co 1 Inf Repl Regt to July 13/18; Hq 83 Div to Aug 14/18; Co F 61 Inf to death. Pvt St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. AEF July 27/18 to death

Death: October 13, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: On 10/21/1918 and 1/13/1919, he was buried in two different gravesites at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France. On 6/6/1921, remains were disinterred and prepared for return to U.S.; 6/23/1921 remains were shipped from Antwerp, Belgium to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/29/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 7/30/1921 to the care of George Fleischer, father, 3342 W. 63rd St., Cleveland, OH; 8/3/1921 funeral at Ebenezer Evangelical Church, corner of Sargent Ave. and W. 65th St. followed by final burial at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 9 Lot 556 Grave 1

Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna D. Fleischer, mother, 3342 W. 63rd St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: (see attached bio below) George Fleischer (1844-1926), born Zeiskam, Germany, emigrated 1884, occupation Farmer, first wife died 1892 and he remarried Anna M. Dosch in 1893 with whom he had 10 children including Private Carl Fleischer; Mother: Anna M. Dosch Fleischer (1866-1952), born Germany, emigrated 1890, worked as a caregiver for the Fleischer family after the death of their first mother; 1920 Census listed her as divorced and living with 7 children; Siblings: (incomplete list) Jacob; Margaret (1894-?); Lydia (1898-1987); Barbara (1898-?); Frederick; Martha (1904-1993); Sophie; Emma; Esther; and possibly others. Both parents and several siblings buried at Riverside Cemetery.