Albert Mayer (soldier)

Albert Otto Walter Mayer
Mayer c. 1912–1914
Born(1892-04-24)24 April 1892
Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, German Empire
Died2 August 1914(1914-08-02) (aged 22)
Joncherey, Territoire de Belfort, France
Buried
Illfurth German Military Cemetery, Alsace, France
AllegianceGerman Empire
BranchImperial German Army
Service years1912–1914
RankLeutnant
UnitJäger Regt-zu-Pferd Nr 5, 29th Cavalry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division
ConflictsWorld War I

Albert Otto Walter Mayer (24 April 1892 – 2 August 1914) was the first soldier of Imperial German Army to die in World War I. He died one day before the German Empire formally declared war on France, in the same skirmish in which Jules-André Peugeot became the first French soldier to die.

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