Arthur Samuel Houts
(1880-1918)
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Major Arthur Samuel Houts
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SS Leviathan
Gravestone, Major Arthur Samuel Houts, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romangne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH
WWI Roll of Honor at Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH
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Arthur Samuel Houts
*Silver Star awarded posthumously on 3/22/1923 for gallantry in action on 9/28/1918, the U.S. Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat*
*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: 5/31/1880, Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Birth: 5/31/1880, Mt. Vernon, Indiana
Address: Stop 130 Lakeshore Blvd., Euclid, Ohio
Demographics: enlisted in Spanish-American War 1898; Caucasian; married; native-born citizen; draft registration not found which would have contained additional information; 1900 Census occupation Shop Laborer at age 21; 1910 Census occupation Foreman Structural Iron
Appearance: see photo at left
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; WWI enlistment 1901; rank Major
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; WWI enlistment 1901; rank Major
Service Number: service number not found
Marriage: On 1/25/1903, at age 22 and employed as an ironworker, he married Georgina M. Crichton, who was age 19 and employed as a stenographer. They were living in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland at the time of their marriage.
Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Leviathan
Action: [He served in the Ohio National Guard 145 Infantry Regiment 37 Division, the famed "Buckeye" Division.]
Death: August 29, 1918 at age 38 at Cierges-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: August 29, 1918 at age 38 at Cierges-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 9/30/1918 American Cemetery Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 5/8/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romangne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 12/6/1921 remains disinterred and final burial at the same cemetery, Block A Row 36 Grave 31. On 2/16/1919, a memorial service was held at Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church at Euclid and E. 22nd streets, Cleveland, OH.
Burial: 9/30/1918 American Cemetery Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 5/8/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romangne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France; 12/6/1921 remains disinterred and final burial at the same cemetery, Block A Row 36 Grave 31. On 2/16/1919, a memorial service was held at Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church at Euclid and E. 22nd streets, Cleveland, OH.
Next of Kin: Mrs. A. S. Houts, wife, Stop 130 Lakeshore Blvd., Euclid, OH
Additional Information: https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/4762-arthur-samuel-houts.html for a biographical entry provided by Major Arthur Samuel Houts' great-nephew, Claude Humbert.
Wife: Georgina M. Crichton Houts (1883-?), born Cleveland, Ohio, had one son with Major Arthur Samuel Houts, remarried at age 42 in 1925 to Albert N. Oldreive, a widower age 57 who was employed as a buyer; Son: Kenneth Arthur Houts (1903-1985), married and had at least one child, may have served in the U.S. Marine Corps, occupations included Salesman and employment at a Shipbuilding company in California, buried Cypress Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Colma, California; Father: Samuel D. Houts, born Illinois of Irish ancestry, occupation in 1880 Carpenter, no additional information found; Mother: Margaret Dunbar Houts, born Ireland, no additional information found; Siblings: Anne; Alice; Maud; Oscar M.; William. Sibling list may be incomplete.
Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat
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