Casimir [or Casmir] Koszlowski or Kozlowski or Kostowski or Kozlowsko

*Based on our research, the name on the plaque was possibly misspelled.*

*Casimir is a popular Polish name of Slavic origin meaning peace. Kozlowski is a common name in Cleveland, making research difficult. The following biographical sketch is incomplete.* 

*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: 12/8/1893; birthplace unknown

Address: 6817 Clement Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: Caucasian; draft registration not found which would have contained additional demographic information

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date 6/1/1917

Service Number: 1010838

Deployment: died prior to deployment

Action: died prior to deployment at training camp [see below]

Death: October 11, 1918 at Camp Logan, Texas, a WWI training camp in Houston; cause of death Pneumonia. [In 1918, Camp Logan had a widespread outbreak of the 1918 flu pandemic. By September, there were over 600 cases of the flu at the camp, and by October 48 soldiers had died. When Army officials sent the afflicted to local hospitals to protect others at the camp, the disease spread rapidly throughout the Houston community.]

Burial: not known

Next of Kin: John Kozlowsko, father, 6914 Park Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information:

Father: John Kozlowsko, born Austria, emigrated 1884, occupation Laborer at Acid Works;

Mother: name unknown, born Germany, presumably died prior to 1910; 1910 Census showed household comprised of widower father; maternal grandmother, Magdalena Maciejewki; Siblings: 2 younger brothers, Joseph and John; younger sister, Stanishena. Sibling list may be incomplete.

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