Casimir Koszlowski/Casmir Kozlowski

[Based on our research, the name on the plaque was misspelled.]

[Casimir is a popular Polish name of Slavic origin associated with the meaning of peace. Kozlowski is a common name in Cleveland, making research difficult.] 

Birth: 12/8/1893

Address: 6817 Clement Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: Caucasian

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: Drafted 6/1/1917

Service Number: 1010838

Deployment: N/A

Action: N/A

Death: Died October 11, 1918 at Camp Logan, Texas (a WWI training camp in Houston); cause of death Pneumonia. In 1918, Camp Logan had a widespread outbreak of the 1918 flu pandemic. By September, there were over 600 cases of the flu at the camp, and by October 48 soldiers had died. When Army officials sent the afflicted to local hospitals to protect others at the camp, the disease spread rapidly throughout the Houston community.

Burial: not known

Next of Kin: John Kozlowsko (alternate spelling), father, 6914 Park Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information:

No draft card registration found

Father John, born Austria, immigrated 1884, occupation Laborer at Acid 

Works

Mother, name unknown, born Germany

1910 Census showed household comprised of widower father; maternal grandmother, Magdalena Maciejewki; 2 younger brothers, Joseph and John; younger sister, Stanishena