William Henry Abele

                               William Henry Abele 

[No records were found for W. A. Abele, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier William Henry Abele who died in WWI, and whose profile is below.]

*No Plaque located

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

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 2/6/1897, Weser, Texas

Address: 1214 Cook Ave., Lakewood, Ohio

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; Caucasian; native-born citizen; employed at Cuyahoga Tractor Sales Co., 6519 Euclid, Cleveland, OH; noted elsewhere that he was a Mechanic

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes light blue, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/3/1918; 9/5/1918; Sergeant

Service Number: 2557475

Deployment: appears to have died in Philadelphia prior to deployment 

Action: M Trk Co 554 to death. Pvt; Sgt Oct 19/18. [The Motor Transport Corps recruited skilled tradesmen from the U.S. automotive industry to manage all aspects of motor vehicles in the war effort.]

Death: December 10, 1918 at St. Agnes Hospital, Philadelphia, PA at age 21; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia

Burial: Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 1006-0 Section 22

Next of Kin: Hattie P. Abele, mother, and Henry John Abele, father, 1214 Cook Ave., Lakewood, OH

Additional Information: Father: Henry John Abele (1858-1939), born Wurttemberg, Germany, emigrated 1885, occupation Physician, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside wife and son Sergeant William Henry Abele; Mother: Hedwig "Hattie" Pauline Albrecht Abele (1876-1963), born Weser, Texas of German ancestry, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside husband and son Sergeant William Henry Abele; Siblings: Ann Louise Abele Rolf (1899-2002), died at age 102

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