Louis James Tischler

Birth: 10/19/1895, Cleveland, OH

Address: 6923 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; natural born citizen; occupation Candidate ROTC U.S. Government, Fort Harrison, Indiana. (Fort Harrison was established in 1904 as a training center for Indiana National Guard. During WWI, it was one of the largest training and mobilization sites in the U.S. due to its proximity to major highways and railroads.) 

Appearance: Height tall; Build medium; Eyes blue; Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 11/8/1917; Rank Private/Sergeant

Service Number: 1946843

Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Port Denison

Action: Pvt Nov 8/17; Pvt 1cl Jan1/18; Sgt May 29/18. AEF June 6/18 to death. 

Death: January 6, 1919 at age 23; cause of death Pneumonia (may have been a victim of the 1918-1920 flu pandemic?); Died at Le Mans, France

Burial: presumably buried in France; funeral services held on January 29, 1919 at St. Agnes' church (since demolished) at Euclid Ave. and 81st St.; at a later date remains were disinterred and brought to the U.S.; remains were held at his late family residence at 6919 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH before a military funeral was held on October 1, 1920 at 9 am at St. Agnes' church; burial at St. Mary Cemetery (aka Burton Street Cemetery), 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Tischler, mother, 6923 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: father Alois Tischler (1863-?), born Hungary, immigrated 1881, occupation Saloonkeeper; mother Marie Schimkola Tischler Buhl (~1871-1961), born Hungary or Germany, immigrated 1890; widowed before 1918; remarried 1/28/1918 to Carl Buhl who died in 1927; mother was buried in same plot with WWI soldier son Louis; siblings: Emma Martens (1894-1979); Lydia Alderman (1899-1978); John Tischler (1902-1970)