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, Ohio

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.