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PRIVATE
ANTHONY MICHAEL FORSTHOFFER was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on
September 25, 1895 to Anthony and Anna Forsthoffer. The Forsthoffers
were German-speaking immigrants from what was then the empire of
Austria-Hungary. The family lived on Randolph Street in Philadelphia
through at least the summer of 1910. The elder Forsthoffer owned his own
blacksmith shop.
Anthony
Forsthoffer lived in the Merchantville Grove neighborhood of Pennsauken
NJ during the 1910s, on what is now called Oakview Avenue at Maple
Avenue. On June 5, 1917, he registered for the draft in
Philadelphia PA. He was then living at 926 North Randolph Street in
Philadelphia, and working as a machinist at 618 Chestnut Street. He had
been a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Foresters of America
organizations.
Anthony
Michael Forsthoffer was drafted on May 27, 1918. He was sent to Camp
Meade MD, and assigned to the 315th Infantry Regiment. He went overseas
with his unit on July 7, 1918.
Private
Forsthoffer was killed in action on September 26, 1918. His death was
reported in the November 11, 1918 edition of the Camden Post-Telegram.
He was buried at the Meuse-Argonne American
Cemetery in Romagne, France.
In 1930
Mrs. Anna Forsthoffer signed up for the government-paid Mother's
Pilgrimage to her son's grave in France.
A street
was named for him in Pennsauken. At some point over time the name "Forsthoffer
Avenue" became "Frosthoffer Avenue".
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