Walter Henry Rasmussen 

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 6/22/1890, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 1700 E. 30th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Stockkeeper at Coyne Furniture Co. at 2265 Ontario, Cleveland, OH; claimed exemption due to his "aged" parents being partially dependent on him 

Appearance: Height 5'9 1/2", Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/6/1917; 9/19/1917; Private

Service Number: 2307364

Deployment: 3/14/1918 from New York aboard SS La Touraine

Action: Co E 331 Inf to ---; Repl Draft Co B 102 MG Bn to death. Pvt. Aisne-Marne; Champagne-Marne; Defensive Sector. AEF Mch 14/18 to death. 

Death: July 20, 1918 at age 28; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: no information found about burial in Europe after death [no WWI burial card located]; his body was returned to the U.S. aboard SS Wheaton in August 1921; final burial on 9/6/1921 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 18 Lot 302-0

Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Murray Rasmussen, mother, 1700 E. 30th St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Private Walter Henry Rasmussen was the youngest child in his family.

Father: Rasmus Jensen Rasmussen (1848-1925), born Denmark, emigrated 1869, occupation Railroad Trucker, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside his wife, son Private Walter Henry Rasmussen, and some of his other children; Mother: Anna Marie Christensen Rasmussen (1848-1932), born Denmark, emigrated 1871, had 7 children, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside her husband, son Private Walter Henry Rasmussen, and some of her other children; Siblings: Niels Peter Rasmussen (1872-1916); John Rasmussen (1874-1950); Karoline Rasmussen Larsen (1875-1965); Karen Margaretha Rasmussen Hansen (1876-1934); Emma E. Rasmussen Jensen (1885-1939); Martin Johannes Rasmussen (1888-1927), who served in and survived WWI