Alfred Edward Fuerst
(1896-1918)
Embedded Files
Private Alfred Edward Fuerst, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Orca
St. Catherine’s Church, 1903, Cleveland, OH
Gravestone, Private Alfred Edward Fuerst, Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH
1955 Cathedral Latin School yearbook photo of Alfred R. Fuerst, nephew and presumed namesake of Private Alfred Edward Fuerst
Photo Credit: ancestry.com
Alfred Edward Fuerst
*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: 10/12/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 10/12/1896, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2472 E. 84th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; ocupation Traffic Clerk at Peerless Motor Co., Quincy and E. 93rd, Cleveland, OH; requested draft exemption due to parents being dependents
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes brown, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/26/1918; Private
Service Number: 2660182
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Orca
Action:
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at Meuse-Argonne in France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 3, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at Meuse-Argonne in France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried locally after death at Septsarges, Meuse, France; 2/18/1922 remains disinterred and removed to the morgue at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 3/24/1922 remains reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 6/2/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. via Antwerp, Belgium; 6/20/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Cantigny arriving 6/30/1922; 7/12/1922 remains shipped from NY to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/14/1922 to the care of William Nunn, Undertaker, Woodland Ave and 81st St., Cleveland, OH; 7/17/1922 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 138 Section 20 Grave 2 alongside parents. Services held at St. Catherine's Church at 93rd and Heath Ave.
Burial: buried locally after death at Septsarges, Meuse, France; 2/18/1922 remains disinterred and removed to the morgue at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 3/24/1922 remains reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery; 6/2/1922 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. via Antwerp, Belgium; 6/20/1922 remains shipped from Antwerp to Brooklyn, NY aboard SS Cantigny arriving 6/30/1922; 7/12/1922 remains shipped from NY to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 7/14/1922 to the care of William Nunn, Undertaker, Woodland Ave and 81st St., Cleveland, OH; 7/17/1922 final burial at Calvary Cemetery, 10000 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH, Lot 138 Section 20 Grave 2 alongside parents. Services held at St. Catherine's Church at 93rd and Heath Ave.
Next of Kin: Mrs. Margaret Fuerst, mother, 9600 Hilgert Dr., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Ferdinand "Fred" George Fuerst (1871-1959), born Ohio of German ancestry, married 1894, occupation City Fireman, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Margaret Baumgartner Fuerst (1872-1953), born Ohio of German ancestry, married 1894, had at least 4 children, buried Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Catherine Ann Fuerst (1898-1984); Andrew William Fuerst (1900-1981); Elmer J. Fuerst (1906-1970), who had a son named Alfred R. Fuerst (1937-2009) who was presumably the namesake of Private Alfred Edward Fuerst. Sibling list may be incomplete.
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