Albert Mayer (soldier)

Albert Otto Walter Mayer
Born	(1892-04-24)24 April 1892 Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, German Empire
Died	2 August 1914(1914-08-02) (aged 22) Joncherey, Territoire de Belfort, France
Buried	Illfurth German Military Cemetery, Alsace, France
Allegiance	German Empire
Service/branch	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1912–14
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	Jäger Regt-zu-Pferd Nr 5, 29th Cavalry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I † Skirmish at Joncherey

Albert Otto Walter Mayer (24 April 1892 – 2 August 1914) was the first soldier of Imperial German Army and first soldier of the world 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.