August Carl Johann Reinhardt

*No plaque located*

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

Birth: 10/29/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2073 W. 21st Place, Cleveland, OH; parents' long-term address 3105 Tampa Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Stove Mounter at Born Steel Range, Cleveland, OH [started in 1847 as a small retail store, became Born Range Company in 1890, Cleveland Range Co. in 1922 and was acquired by Ali Group in 2022]

Appearance: Height short, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 3/4/1918; Private

Service Number: 920207

Deployment: 5/2/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard USS Great Northern

Action: Dep Co 1 Sig Co to Mch 25/18; Co D 110 Engrs to death. Pvt. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF May 2/18 to death. 

Death: September 28, 1918 in the Argonne Forest at age 22; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 9/30/1918 buried locally Meuse, France; 6/11/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, FR; 8/8/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium 9/15/1921; 9/20/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 10/3/1921; 10/11/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 10/15/1921 to the care of Mr. Charles Reinhardt, father, 3105 Tampa Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 10/18/1921 at Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, 4700 Broadview Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 604 Section Linwood #2 Grave 2 N.L., inscription on gravestone: "Killed in Argonne Forest"

Next of Kin: Mrs. Friederike Reinhardt, mother, 3105 Tampa Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Private August Carl Johann Reinhardt was baptized on 11/10/1895 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 3256 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH

Father: Charles aka Carl Reinhardt (1865-1936), born Germany-West Prussia, occupation Mason, buried at Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside his son Private August Carl Johann Reinhardt and other family members; Mother: Friederike Fiss Reinhardt (1862-1943), born Germany-West Prussia, at least 2 children predeceased her, buried Brooklyn Heights Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside her son Private August Carl Johann Reinhardt and other family members; Siblings: Bertha Reinhardt (~1895-1908), who died at about age 13 of septicemia; Herman Reinhardt (1897-1972); Ida Reinhardt Bleil (1900-1962)