Charles Kudrlicka 

*No plaque located*

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

Birth: 2/8/1890, Cleveland, OH

Address: 3314 W. 33rd St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 27 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Stone Cutter at Cleveland Stone Co. (founded 1866 as purveyors of grinding stones and building stones) 

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private

Service Number: 2657777

Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York aboard SS Neleus

Action: 16 Co 2 Inf Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga to July 12/18; 16 Co July Aut Repl Draft Cp Gordon Ga to Aug 10/18; Co E 163 Inf to Aug 27/18; Co C 23 Inf to death. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 22/18 to death 

Death: November 1, 1918 at age 28 (10 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918); cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 11/3/1918 buried locally in Ardennes, France; 6/10/19 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 7/22/1921 remains disinterred in preparation for return to U.S. arriving Antwerp, Belgium on 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, arriving Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Fanta Undertakers, 5813 Clark Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH

Next of Kin: Mrs. Rose Meyer, sister, 3602 Sackett Ave., Cleveland, OH and 3314 W. 33rd St., Cleveland, OH 

Additional Information: Father: Franz "Frank" Kudrlicka (1855-1907), born Austria, emigrated 1882, occupation Stone Cutter; Mother: Anna Nasinec (1868-1939), born Slovakia/Bohemia/Czechoslovakia, emigrated 1882, reported 6 births and 4 surviving children in 1900 Census; Siblings: James Kudrlicka (1884-1928); Rose Kudrlicka Meyer (1887-1972) who named a son Charles, presumably after her deceased brother; Frank Kudrlicka (1897-1943). Parents and at least two siblings buried at Riverside Cemetery alongside Private Charles Kudrlicka.