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Louis Werger, Jr.
Location of Plaque 2015
The USS Ticonderoga was sunk by a German submarine during the last months of World War I. Ironically the ship started as a German vessel and was seized by the U.S. government in 1917.
Louis S. Werger, Jr.
Birth: 3/6/1895; Cleveland, OH
Address: 16306 Arcade Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; listed race as "American;" native-born citizen; occupation Die Sinker (a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc.) at Cleveland Hardware Co., E. 45th St., Cleveland, OH
Appearance: Height medium; Build medium; Eyes blue; Hair brown
Draft Registration Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 7/22/1918; Private
Service Number: 4125496
Deployment: September 1918 from Newport News/Norfolk, VA aboard SS Ticonderoga
Action: Co M 2 Prov Regt 156 Dep Brig to --; Btry 4 FA Cp Jackson SC Sept Repl Draft to death. Pvt. AEF Sept 19/18 to death. KIA Sept 30/18 in sinking of Ticonderoga.
Death: September 30, 1918 at age 23; cause of death Lost at Sea aboard the USS Ticonderoga (Missing in Action/Killed in Action/Buried at Sea)
Burial: Name inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing Memorial, Suresnes American Cemetery, Suresnes, France
Next of Kin: Mrs. Augusta M. Werger, mother, 9002 Parmelee Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Louis Werger (1867-1940), born Germany, immigrated mid-1880's, occupation Blacksmith; Mother: Augusta Melzer Werger (1871-1940), born Germany, immigrated mid-1880's; Siblings: Richard A. Werger (1892-1957); Helen Werger (1897-1959); Ethel Werger Dickason (?1901-1949); Arthur Werger (1906-1997); Irma Werger Lotz (1908-1968); Harold Werger ((1910-1999); several family members buried at Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, 8592 Darrow Rd., Twinsburg, OH, Section 23
Son recalls father's gripping escape 100 years after U.S. Navy's worst World War I loss (this is an article from the perspective of a survivor, unrelated to Private Louis Werger, Jr., who lost his life in the sinking of the USS Ticonderoga.)
Louis Werger's brother's (Arthur) high school graduation picture, year not known
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