He looks to young to have served in the first WW.
‘Happy Veterans Day to all my family and friends who serve/served! Without you, America would not be here today,’ she said.
‘Interesting story, I do not talk much about but my Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII.
‘He escaped to Brazil with my Father after Germany lost in WWII and then made their way to Detroit where they spoke no English and worked their way up to provide a stable life for their family,’
Agreed.
If he was born about 1900, he would have probably been drafted into the army in 1917 or 1918. When this photo was taken in 1938, he was a senior NCO with roughly 20-21 years’ service.
Don’t see anything out of the ordinary.