Born in 1859 in Flushing, Netherlands to Elisabeth Odem and the sailor Isaac Fasseur.
[2] Fasseur's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Serving on board the U.S.S.
Lackawanna, 13 June 1884, at Callao, Peru, Fasseur rescued William Cruise, who had fallen overboard, from drowning.
[2]In April 1885, Fasseur was honorably discharged from the Navy as ships tailor.
[5] In the 1900 United States Census, Fasseur was again in the US Navy, aboard the cruiser USS Philadelphia that was moored in Bremerton, Washington, giving as his home address the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California.