Milton Jay Lichty 

[M. J. Lighty, as the name was recorded on the List of Liberty Row Names, appears to be Cleveland soldier Milton Jay Lichty who died in WWI, and whose profile is below. The Milton Jay Lichty Chair in Biology was established in his memory at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio.]

*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: 8/5/1869, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Address: 1803 E. 82nd St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information; married 1896 [see information below about his widow]; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Physician in General Practice [see medical credentials at left]; attended University of Mount Union [formerly known as Mount Union College], Alliance, OH and the University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1895

Appearance: see photo at left

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft registration not found; enlistment date 8/3/1917; rank Captain/Physician Medical Corps

Service Number: no service number found

Deployment: died at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, prior to deployment

Action: served as a Captain/Physician in the Medical Corps at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky [one of the largest Army training camps in WWI]