Albert E. Baesel

Albert Edward Baesel was an American Army officer who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for actions near Ivoiry, France which led to his death during World War I.

Baesel was born in Berea, Ohio. He joined the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard in 1912 as a private and later promoted to Corporal in the Ohio National Guard. In 1918, he resigned from the 5th Infantry and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 148th Infantry Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. That same year, the 148th was federalized to serve in France.

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