Albert Hans Arthur Diettel Jr

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 11 Jul 1882 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 6 Aug 1918 - Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: Grenade Training accident at Camp Beauregard

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Parents

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         Father: Albert Frederick Diettel
         Mother: Wilhemina C. Walter

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Notes

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General:

Per Orleans birth index:
Diettel, Jr. Albert Hans Arthur M W 07/11/1882 Volume 78 Page 1031
Father: Albert
Mother: C. W. Walter

THE NEW YORK TIMES 8/29/1917 Page 13 "Army Orders and Assignments" (Proquest Online)
Washington Aug. 28 - The following Army Orders were issued by the War Department today:
...Engineer Reserve Corps
The Following assigned to Camp Leavenworth, Kan. as students at Engineer Training Camp to be conducted at that place:
Majors. (followed by list)
Captains. (followed vy list)
Lieutenants. (followed by list that includes -)
A. A. Diettel

THE NEW YORK TIMES 8/29/1917 Page 13 "Army Orders and Assignments" (Proquest Online)
Washington Sept 14 - The following Army Orders were issued by the War Department today:
...Engineer Reserve Corps.
To Camp Beauregard with 114th ENGS.
Major. (list)
Captains. (list)
First Lieutenants (list including -)
Diettel, A. A."

THE NEW YORK TIMES 8/7/1918 Page 9 "Killed by Bomb in Camp" (Proquest Online)
Captain Dead, three officers and six men hurt at Camp Beauregard
Alexandria, LA, Aug. 6 - During hand grenade practice at Camp Beauregard today Captain Arthur A. Diettel of the 114th Engineers was killed and three Lieutenants, a Sergeant, and five privates were slightly injured.
Details of how the accident occurred and the names of those injured were not available here today. Diettel was from New Orleans.

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION 8/7/1918 Page 12 "One Soldier Killed and Nine Wounded" (Proquest Online)
Alexandria, LA, Aug. 6 - A military inquiry was started tonight to ascertain the cause of the premature explosion at Camp Beauregard today of a hand grenade causing the death of Captain Arthur A. Diettel, of New Orleans, and injury of three lieutenants, a sergeant and five privates. Captain Diettel was instructing a number of men of the 114th Engineers in the use of grenades when a grenade which he held in his hands exploded. The injured, none of whom were hurt seriously, are: Lietenants Sidney H. Michaels, Chicago; John W. Anderson, Shreveport; John R. Carlson, Boston; Sergeant Caster Cruell, Alexandria; Privates L. S. Baldwin, New Orleans; James Gray, Gary, Ind.; Nora Stelley, Abbeville, La.; Lee W. Hunter, Joplin, Mo., and Daniel Burns, Springfield, Ill.

Research:

Below is a possible relative, as yet unidentified on the tree
Possible - Orleans death index:
Diettel, Hans A 1938 Volume 209 Page 2017