Charles Frederick Ludwig

Birth: April 8, 1893, Kansas City, Missouri

Address: 1537 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, OH (wife's address on marriage certificate) and 1815 E. 38th St., Cleveland, OH (address given at draft registration)

Demographics: age 24 at time of draft registration on 6/5/1917 but claimed to have already served 6 years as a Private in the Infantry; native-born citizen; Caucasian; single at time of draft registration but married a few months later prior to deployment 

Appearance: Height tall, Build stout, Eyes brown, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917 with prior military experience; 12/3/1917; Private

Service Number: 749627

Deployment: 4/24/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan

Action: Co C 323 MG Bn Dec 3/17 to Feb 22/18; Co A 15 MG Bn to Oct 18/18. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF Apr 24/18 to death. 

Death: October 18, 1918 (3 weeks before Armistice Day November 11, 1918); cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 3 separate burials at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, one soon after his death, a second burial on 3/13/1919; final burial on 3/16/1922 Plot B Row 2 Grave 27

Next of Kin: Mrs. Charlotte Ludwig, wife, 4022 Perkins Ave., Suite 3, Cleveland, OH (address recorded on husband's burial card)

Additional Information: Wife: on 11/30/1917 (5 months prior to deployment) Charles F. Ludwig, age 24 and occupation Patternmaker, married Charlotte Munson, age 25 and occupation Clerk, she for the second time, after having divorced in 1915; on 5/7/1930 Mrs. Charlotte Ludwig, wife, address 8708 Platten Ave, NW, Cleveland, OH, sailed aboard SS America as part of the WWI Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage program.

Father: Michael G. Ludwig (1859-?), born Germany, emigrated 1883, occupation Cabinetmaker and other forms of work; Mother: Rose Andler (1866-1936), born Pennsylvania of German ancestry, a widow with 3 children and living in Youngstown, OH in 1910 Census, died in Youngstown, OH; parents Michael and Rose Ludwig married in 1885 in Kansas; Siblings: sister Emma K. Ludwig (1886-1970), unmarried, occupation Clerk/Bookkeeper, 106 Ellenwood Ave., Youngstown, OH; brother William Ludwig (1896-?)