William Meyers

Birth: 5/3/1888, "Winterbury" (may be Wurttemberg), Germany

Address: 1520 Castle Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; claimed mother as a dependent; naturalized citizen; occupation Laborer at Barrett Tar Co., Cleveland, OH [may have been Barrett Manufacturing Co., a nationwide roofing contractor, which had a location in Cleveland in 1915--see advertisement below] 

Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes grey, Hair dark

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/20/1917; Private

Service Number: 1944213

Deployment: 4/23/1918 from Hoboken aboard USS Mercury

Action: Co C 331 Inf to Mch 27/18; Co H 163 Inf to May 24/18; Co C 16 Inf to death. Pvt. Montdidier Noyon; Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector; AEF Apr 23/18 to death. Cited in GO1 1 Div dated Jan 1/20.  

Death: October 10, 1918 [one month prior to the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Died of Wounds [also recorded as Killed in Action]

Burial: 10/10/1918 buried locally in Meuse, France after death; 5/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 6/16/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium 6/25/1921; 7/21/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Cantigny arriving Hoboken 8/1/1921; 8/11/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to National Cemetery, Arlington, VA arriving Arlington 8/12/1921 to the care of Asa Irwin; final burial 8/21/1921 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA Grave #2687, EUR Section

Next of Kin: Theresa [also spelled Theresia elsewhere] Meyers [also spelled Meier elsewhere], mother, 2804 Marvin Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Mother: 1920 Census shows a Theresa Meier [not sure if this is a misspelling or a name change by either the mother or son] living as a widow in a rental unit with a female lodger, age 24, named Mary Meier, at 2804 Marvin Ave., Cleveland, OH. Born Wurttemberg, Germany, emigrated 1890. Our best guess is that this is the mother of Private William Meyers. 

No additional information found about this family, due in part to the prevalence of the surname.