Henry William Steuber

Henry William Steuber

Birth: 11/16/1891, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 2600 Barber Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 25 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native born citizen; occupation Machinist at Lamson & Sessions Company, 2188 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, OH, [founded 1883 as manufacturers of nuts, bolts and other fasteners; Lamson & Sessions Company still in existence]

Appearance: Height tall; Build slender; Eyes gray; Hair black

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Private First Class

Service Number: 1942931

Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York aboard SS Carmania

Action: Co B 323 MG Bn to Aug 1/18; Co C 3 MG Bn to death. Pvt Dec 6/17; Pvt 1cl May 22/18. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 12/18 to death; Cited in GO 1 1 Div dated Jan 1/20 

Death: October 5, 1918 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 26; reported missing and ultimately declared dead on October 5 1918; also recorded as missing in action or lost at sea, and killed in action.

Burial: Memorialized at Tablets of the Missing Memorial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France

Next of Kin: Mrs. Emily Steuber, mother, 2600 Barber Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: William H., born Germany, immigrated 1884, occupation Tailor; Mother: Emilia (aka Emily Macliner Steuber) (1871-1964), born Germany, immigrated 1887, died at age 93 and buried at Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH; Henry was the oldest of 5 children;  4 younger Siblings were Minnie, Hilda, Mathilda Steuber Walsh (1906-1998); and George F. Steuber (1908-1976); sister Mathilda's daughter was Marilyn Walsh McGilvery (1928-2016)