Mike Lucas
(1894 or 1895 -1918)
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SS Caserta
Ohio Bridge Monument at Oudenaarde, Belgium
Eyne Cemetery, Eyne, Belgium, where Sergeant Mike Lucas was originally buried
Eyne Cemetery, Eyne, Belgium, where Sergeant Mike Lucas was originally buried
Gravestone, Sergeant Mike Lucas, Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium, final burial place
Gravestone, Sergeant Mike Lucas, Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium, final burial place
View of Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium
View of Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium
Mike Lucas
Mike Lucas
*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: 1894 or 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Birth: 1894 or 1895, Cleveland, Ohio
Address: 2199 W. 6th St., Cleveland, OH
Demographics: no draft registration found which would have contained additional demographic information; single at time of enlistment; marriage information below; Caucasian; native-born Clevelander; occupation Helper at time of enlistment
Appearance: as recorded on enlistment form: Height 5' 9," Complexion fair, Eyes grey, Hair light
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/21/1916; rank Sergeant
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 6/21/1916; rank Sergeant
Service Number: 1519142
Deployment: 6/22/1918 from Newport News, Virginia aboard SS Caserta
Action: [He served in the Ohio National Guard Company I 145 Infantry, which was part of the famed "Buckeye Division." In 1929, the State of Ohio completed construction of the Ohio Bridge (Ohiobrug) Monument at Oudenaarde, Belgium, a war memorial to commemorate the Battle of Scheldt and the heroism of the "Buckeye" soldiers, who fought and died crossing the Scheldt River. The bridge was destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in 1954-1955. See photo on the left and article below on this page.]
Death: November 1, 1918 [10 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: November 1, 1918 [10 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: buried after death at Eyne Cemetery, Eyne, Belgium; 4/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the same cemetery; 6/10/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 6/15/1922 remains buried for the final time at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium, Plot C Row 4 Grave 12
Burial: buried after death at Eyne Cemetery, Eyne, Belgium; 4/17/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at the same cemetery; 6/10/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Military Cemetery, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium; 6/15/1922 remains buried for the final time at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, Waregem, West Flanders, Belgium, Plot C Row 4 Grave 12
Next of Kin: not found
Additional Information: Wife: on 7/17/1917 in Cuyahoga County, OH, Mike Lucas, age 22 and employed as a Soldier, married Julia Chopka or Chepka, age 20 with stated occupation Housework. Her address was given as 2143 W. 6th St., Cleveland, OH, which would have meant she was a nearby neighbor of Mike Lucas. Other records listed her addresses as 243 W. 6th St., Cleveland, OH and 703 Fairmount, St., Youngstown, OH; Parents Peter Lucas and Mary Kordylak Lucas may have predeceased Sergeant Mike Lucas, but no additional information was found about them or any siblings.
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