John Mismash

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 2/15/1887, Ambrus, Austria (now Slovenia)

Address: 5367 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 30 at draft registration; single; Caucasian, naturalized citizen 1916; occupation Moulder (skilled tradesperson who makes moulds for casting metal products) at National Bronze Co., Cleveland, OH (presumably National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Co. which was incorporated in 1915 as makers of cast aluminum products primarily for the automotive industry and employed many people of German ancestry)

Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair brown and balding

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private

Service Number: 2428757

Deployment: 6/8/1918 from New York aboard SS Aquitania

Action: 33 Co 9 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Apr 21/18; Co I 332 Inf to July 3/18; Co D 331 Inf to Aug 19/18; Hq Co H 117 Inf to death. Pvt. Somme Offensive; Ypres-Lys. AEF June 8/18 to death.

Death: October 2, 1918 (~5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918) at age 31 at Rouen, Departement de la Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; cause of death Died of Wounds

Burial: buried locally in Rouen, France 10/4/1918; disinterred and reburied twice with final burial 4/6/1928 at Somme American Cemetery, Bony, Aisne, France, Plot A Row 15 Grave 6

Next of Kin: Joe Mismash, brother, 3922 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: This soldier's burial card states, "Parents dead, no wife" and lists his brother, Joe Mismash, as the beneficiary. No additional information found about this family.