Louis Albert Lisy

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 5/24/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2494 E. 89th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Machinist at Cleveland Worm & Gear Company at Payne and E. 40th Sts., Cleveland, OH [Cleveland Gear Company, originally Cleveland Worm & Gear, has produced open worm gearing and enclosed drives for over 100 years]; recorded on draft registration that 1/2 of a finger was missing  

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

Marriage: married in 1915 at age 21 to Julia Marie Zajicek, (1895-1976), age 20, who remarried in 1920 to Clarence Plum

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/10/1917; Private

Service Number: 301301

Deployment: 2/17/1918 from Hoboken, NJ (transport ship unknown)

Action: Co A 323 MG Bn Dec 10/17 to Jan 24/18; 1 Co Overseas Bn Cp Sherman O to Feb 15/18; 1 Co Cp Sherman O Repl Det to Mch 16/18; Co B 116 Engrs to Sept 1/18; Co A 6 Engrs to Oct 23/18; Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. AEF Feb 27/18 to Oct 23/18 

Death: October 23, 1918 at age 23 [less than one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Died of Wounds

Burial: buried in American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 10/26/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for shipment to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium 11/22/1921; 12/4/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS St. Mihiel arriving Hoboken 12/16/1921; 1/9/1922 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 1/11/1922 to the care of Mrs. Rosy Lisy, mother, Union Depot, Cleveland, OH; final burial 1/14/1922 at Harvard Grove Cemetery, 6100 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Sec 21 Tier 10 Grave 10

Next of Kin: Mrs. L. A. Lisy, wife, 8621 Capitol Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Joseph J. Lisy (1869-1940), born Czechia (historically Austria-Bohemia), occupation Odd Jobs at a Basket Company and also worked at Mechanical Rubber Company, remarried 1925, buried Harvard Grove Cemetery; Mother: Rose Vackar Lisy (1872-1923), born Czechia (historically Austria-Bohemia), buried Harvard Grove Cemetery; Siblings: Joseph J. Lisy (1891-1947); Barbara Lisy Scholl (1897-1962); Anna Lisy Campion (1900-1940); Julia A. Lisy Fenohr (1902-1974); Rose Lisy Krall (1907-1973); Infant Male Lisi (1909-1909)