Wilson High School World War I Memorial: Henry Allen Moyer 10/27/1894 – 6/17/1918

HENRY ALLEN MOYER
301 Ravine Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

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From the Democrat and Chronicle June 9th 1914

Henry Allen Moyer was born in Rochester, N. Y, October 27, 1894, son of Frank C. and Carrie E. Moyer. He was a member of the Memorial Presbyterian Church. He attended West High School; was assistant Boys’ Secretary at the Central Y.M.C.A., and was formerly a playground director. Later he entered Springfield College, where he was graduated in 1918, as a Y.M.C.A. Secretary. Immediately upon graduation he entered the service at Buffalo, N. Y., June 17, 1918, at the age of 23 years, as a Seaman, 2nd Class, in
the United States Navy. He was sent to Camp Perry, Great Lakes, Ill., in July, 1918, for training, being assigned to 4th Regiment, Company B. He was Seaman, 2nd Class, 106 days.

He died of influenza, October 1, 1918, at the Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill., after an illness of ten days. Buried in Riverside Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., Section N, Lot 134, October 5, 1918.

 

 

From the Democrat and Chronicle 10/2/1918 and 10/3/1918

From “World War Service Records Rochester and Monroe County, NY” The Du Bois Press, Rochester, NY – published by the City of Rochester, 1924

© Daniel DeMarle 2018

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