Clyde Albert Heinrich Meisel
January 26, 1896 - December 26, 1969
IOWA PVT CO F 23 INF

Parents Benjamin & Ola (Williams) Meisel
Siblings Myrtle (Meisel) Porter East, John Meisel

Service Number 4006900
Enlistment July 26, 1918
Departure September 9, 1918
Rank Private
Unit Camp Gordon September Automatic Replacement Draft Company, 5th Infantry
Departure July7 23, 1919, at Brest, France
Arrival August 4, 1919, at Hoboken, New Jersey, on the U.S.S. Virginian (ID-3920)
Unit Company F, 23rd Infantry
Rank Private US Army
Discharge August 14, 1919

CLYDE E. MEISEL Clyde E. "Dutch" Meisel, 73, died Friday morning, December 26, 1969, at the Veterans hospital in Omaha, where he had been a patient since May 14. Military funeral rites will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from Ohde Funeral Home in Manning. Pastor Edward F. Heinicke of the Zion Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be at the Manning Cemetery.

Friends may begin calling after 6 p.m. Saturday.

Mr. Meisel was born January 26, 1896, at Roselle, to Benjamin J. and Ola Kate (Williams) Meisel.

He moved to Manning as a young boy, attended schools there and served in World War I with Company F, 23rd Infantry. After being discharged August 14, 1919, he returned to Manning and in 1920 began working for the Claus H. Reinholdt Hardware Store. He later worked in the store for Harry Reinholdt until the business closed. He then worked for Kuhl and Vogt Store until retiring at the age of 65.

For the past 39 years he had made his home with his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Ress in Manning.

He was a member of the Manning Posts of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, and a member of the fire department for 35 years.

Survivors include two brothers, LeRoy of Indianola, Iowa; and John, residing at the Carroll Manor, Carroll, Iowa; two sisters, Mrs. (Ola) Ress, Manning, Iowa; and Mrs. Myrtle East of Grafton, Illinois.

He was preceded by his parents and one sister, Lillian Watts.

Clyde Meisel is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section C Row #2 south - north.