Allen James Excell
(1896-1918)
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Central High School 1914 Yearbook photograph
Central High School
Image of a football game at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH, between Ohio State University and the Camp Sherman “Sammies”
Corporal Allen James Excell, signature on WWI draft registration
Gravestone, Corporal Allen James Excell, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
Allen James Excell
*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: 5/14/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 5/14/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2181 E. 87th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Student at Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; previously a student at Central High School, Cleveland, OH [established 1846 as the city's first public high school], where he participated in various activities, such as the basketball team, debating club, and the Psi Omega literary club [see Central High School images at left]
Appearance: Height 5' 10 3/4," Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/10/1917; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 9/10/1917; Corporal
Service Number: military record stated no service number
Deployment: no deployment record found; Co K 331st Infantry trained at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH and did not deploy until the spring of 1918, which would have been after Corporal Allen James Excell's death
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Death: Corporal Allen James Excell was honorably discharged on 12/21/1917, just a few months after enlisting, and was noted to be 50% disabled. It is not known if his death one month later was related to his military service, a pre-existing condition, or to the football injury noted on the death certificate. He died on January 27, 1918 in Cleveland, OH at age 21 at Dalrymple Hospital, 26 Streater Ave. [2028 E. 100th St.]. The cause of death as recorded on the death certificate was gangrene of the small intestine, abscess omentum, injury football, with a contributory cause of acute dilitation of the heart. [See facebook posting at left about Camp Sherman's football team.]
Death: Corporal Allen James Excell was honorably discharged on 12/21/1917, just a few months after enlisting, and was noted to be 50% disabled. It is not known if his death one month later was related to his military service, a pre-existing condition, or to the football injury noted on the death certificate. He died on January 27, 1918 in Cleveland, OH at age 21 at Dalrymple Hospital, 26 Streater Ave. [2028 E. 100th St.]. The cause of death as recorded on the death certificate was gangrene of the small intestine, abscess omentum, injury football, with a contributory cause of acute dilitation of the heart. [See facebook posting at left about Camp Sherman's football team.]
Burial: 1/29/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 189 Section 2, alongside his parents who died later
Burial: 1/29/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 189 Section 2, alongside his parents who died later
Next of Kin: Matthew B. Excell, father, 2181 E. 87th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Corporal Allen James Excell was an only child.
Father: Matthew Benjamin Excell (1869-1923), born Jackson, Michigan, married 1894, occupation Lawyer, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Maude A. Amerman Excell (1872-1938), born Alliance, Ohio of ancestors who were pioneer settlers of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio dating to the 1700s, married 1894, husband and only child pre-deceased her, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
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