Joseph A. Kotliera/Kothera

[This soldier's name was spelled differently in different places.]

[cut and paste details below about flu pandemic at Camp Sherman]

Birth: 9/2/1889, Cleveland, OH

Address: 11810 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: Caucasian; single; natural born citizen; occupation Tile Setter at Clarence H. Collings Co. at time of draft registration; previously employed as a Machinist at Auto Works

Appearance: Build medium, height tall, hair brown, eyes blue

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/1/1918; Private

Service Number: 2426941

Deployment: N/A

Action: 22 Co 6 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to death

Death: April 10, 1918 (9 days after enlistment) at 3:10 pm at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH at age 28; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?) 

Burial: Buried on 4/13/1918 at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH; section 22 lot 883-0

Next of Kin: Mrs. May Kothera, mother, 11810 Woodland Ave., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information:

father John Kothera (1865-1939), born Austria-Bohemia, occupation Iron Moulder at Ryan Foundry; mother Mary Krofta Kothera (1866-1938), born Austria-Bohemia; 8 younger siblings: Clara, Edward (who also served in WWI and survived), Mary, Gertrude, Alice, Carl, Rose, John