Arthur D. Lunsman

Birth: 12/6/1887, Cleveland, OH

Address: 2115 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Truck Driver at "William Becker," Cleveland, OH

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

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/2/1917; 5/25/1918; Private

Service Number: 2657598

Deployment: 6/22/1918 from New York aboard SS Neleus

Action: 13 Co 2 Inf Repl Regt Cp Gordon Ga May 25/18 to July 13/18; 16 Co July Aut Repl Draft Cp Gordon Ga to Aug 10/18; Co E 163 Inf to Aug 27/18; Co D 23 Inf to Dec 13/18. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF July 22/18 to death 

Death: December 13, 1918 at age 31 in Brest, France; cause of death Tuberculosis

Burial: Buried 12/13/1918 at the American Cemetery, Lambezellec, Brest (Finistere), France; 6/9/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for transport to the U.S. from Brest, France to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Princess Matoika; arrival Hoboken 7/21/1920 and remains shipped on 8/2/1920 to John H. Lunsman, father, 2115 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH. Funeral on 8/5/1920 in the afternoon at Trinity Lutheran Church with interment at Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Lot 124, Section G Part 5, Grave 6 N 1/2

Next of Kin:  Mrs. Mary K. Lunsman, mother, 2115 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Wife: On 6/10/1910, at age 22 and occupation Conductor, Arthur Lunsman married Louise Meyer (1888-?1977), age 21 and occupation Clerk. After her husband died, per the 1920 Census, she and her son were living in the home of her father, and she was working as a saleswoman in a grocery store. Son: Howard F. Lunsman (1910-1995), born 6/1/1910, 9 days before his parents married. He was about 8 years old when his father died in WWI. Father: John Lunsman (1848-1922), born Hanover, Germany, emigrated 1865, occupation Railroad Foreman; Mother: Mary Koklauner Lunsman (1856-1942), born Ohio of German ancestry, in 1910 had 5 children of whom 5 survived; Siblings: Alvina Lunsman (Mrs. Fred Dress) (1879-1958); William Lunsman (1881-1922); Emily Lunsman (Mrs. Henry Klefman) (1883-1941); Margarethe Grace Lunsman (Mrs. Fred Klefman) (1890-1972). Several family members buried at Lutheran Cemetery, 4566 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH