Charles "Charlie" Sestokas

*Surname misspelled on plaque*

Birth: born on Christmas Day, 12/25/1895, Russia

Address: 1129 Ansel Rd., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 22 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; citizenship status Alien; occupation Tailor at 1194 E. 79th St., East Cleveland, OH

Appearance: Height medium, Build stout, Eyes grey, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 11/21/1917; Private First Class

Service Number: 1519261

Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan

Action: 5 Inf ONG (Co I 145 Inf) to death. Pvt Nov 21/17; Pvt 1cl June 1/18. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 15/18 to death. 

Death: September 30, 1918 at Cierges-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France at age 23; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally after death in Meuse, France; 7/26/1921 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 10/20/1921 final burial at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot D Row 7 Grave 33

Next of Kin: Joe Kolokowski, friend, 1129 Ansel Rd., Cleveland, OH and Mr. Anton Sestokas, brother, 1129 Ansel Rd., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information:  Private First Class Charles Sestokas' brother, Anthony Sestokas, also served in WWI and was honorably discharged on 6/17/1919. Father: may have been William Sestokas; Mother: may have been Agatha Silvako Sestokas; Siblings: ?Frank Sestokas; Anthony Sestokas (1893-1974); Joseph John Sestokas (1888-1939). Sibling list may be incomplete.