Charles "Charlie" Joseph Karpp
(1897-1918)
Embedded Files
Private Charles Joseph Karpp, signature on WWI draft registration
Attending to an ill soldier at the base hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH
Partial Sibling List
3309 Roanoke Ave., Cleveland, OH, address given on WWI draft registration
Charles "Charlie" Joseph Karpp
*No plaque located*
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 6/1/1897, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 6/1/1897, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 3309 Roanoke Ave., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation not working at time of draft registration; per 1914 City Directory occupation Plumber
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair light brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/5/1918; Private
Service Number: 3862352
Deployment: died prior to deployment
Action:
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month after enlistment and one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21 at Base Hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Bronchopneumonia with contributory cause Influenza, after being attended by a doctor from 10/3/1918-10/9/1918
Death: October 9, 1918 [one month after enlistment and one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 21 at Base Hospital at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, OH; cause of death Bronchopneumonia with contributory cause Influenza, after being attended by a doctor from 10/3/1918-10/9/1918
Burial: 10/12/1918 at St. Mary Cemetery at Clark, 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Lot 164S Section B Grave 1, alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Burial: 10/12/1918 at St. Mary Cemetery at Clark, 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH, Lot 164S Section B Grave 1, alongside parents [no grave photo on cemetery website]
Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Karpp, mother, 3309 Roanoke Ave., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Peter Karpp (1857-August 28, 1917), emigrated ~1881, occupations included Laborer at Lumberyard and Foreman at Lumberyard, died one year before the death of his son Private Charles Joseph Karpp, buried St. Mary Cemetery at Clark, Cleveland, OH; Mother: Mary "Maria" Bernhardt Karpp (1856-1928), born Germany, emigrated ~1883, had at least 8 children, buried St. Mary Cemetery at Clark, Cleveland, OH; Siblings: See partial sibling list at left.
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