Alexander Celmer
(1892-1918)
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Packard Factory, Detroit, Michigan
Gates of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
Gates of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
Alexander Celmer
*No plaque found
*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: 5/25/1892, Plock, Russia-Poland
Birth: 5/25/1892, Plock, Russia-Poland
Address: 6704 Fleet Ave, SE and 6502 Lansing Ave., SE, Cleveland, Ohio and 35 Platt, Detroit, Michigan [the latter address given at draft registration]
Demographics: age 25 at draft registration in Detroit, Michigan; single; Caucasian; declarant for citizenship; occupation Moulder at Packard Motor Co., Detroit, MI
Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes dark brown, Hair dark brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/7/1917; 9/22/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/7/1917; 9/22/1917; Private
Service Number: 280504
Deployment: deployment records not found
Action: Private Co D 128 Infantry 32nd Division; no additional military action information found
Death: August 30, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: August 30, 1918 at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; remains disinterred and reburied on 8/10/1922 at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France, Block C Row 29 Grave 7 [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]
Burial: buried locally after death in Aisne, France; remains disinterred and reburied on 8/10/1922 at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France, Block C Row 29 Grave 7 [no gravestone photograph on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Stany [Stanislaw] Celmer, brother, 3611 E. 53rd St. and 4106 E. 70th St., Cleveland, OH [The brothers had multiple addresses.]
Additional Information: Parents: WWI burial card listed parents as Ignacy Celmer and Ulica Plouska, Plock, Poland; Sibling: Stanislaw "Stany" Celmer (1884-?). The 1915 Cleveland City Directory listed both Alex Celmer and Stanislaw Celmer living at 6502 Lansing Ave., SE, Cleveland, OH. In his 1929 Petition for Naturalization, Stanislaw reported being married with 6 children and employed as a bricklayer. It was noted that his surname at emigration was Zelmer and that he had changed his surname to Brzozowski. He listed his address at that time as 4122 E. 71st St., Cleveland, OH.
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