Frank R. Ludwig
(1891-1918)
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1908 Letterhead J. B. Savage Printing Co., Cleveland, OH
Private Frank R. Ludwig, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Frank R. Ludwig, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Neleus
Gravestone, Private Frank R. Ludwig, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Gravestone, Private Frank R. Ludwig, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage Medal
Frank R. Ludwig
Frank R. Ludwig
*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: 3/27/1891, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Birth: 3/27/1891, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Address: 5803 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 26 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Printer at J. B. Savage Co., Cleveland, OH [established 1869, an important commercial printing, publishing and catalog business owned by James Barnum Savage (1841-1922), who had a home on Cleveland's famed Millionaire's Row]; listed brothers and sisters as dependents; 1910 Census showed occupation at age 19 as Pressman Printing Office
Appearance: Height short, Build slender, Eyes brown, Hair brown
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 5/25/1918; Private
Service Number: 2658060
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Neleus
Action:
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Death: October 8, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 27; cause of death Killed in Action
Burial: 10/10/1918 buried at American Cemetery, Saint-Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes, France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; 10/7/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block E Row 40 Grave 40
Burial: 10/10/1918 buried at American Cemetery, Saint-Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes, France; 6/6/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial; 10/7/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block E Row 40 Grave 40
Next of Kin: Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ludwig, mother, 5803 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH and later 2054 Mars Ave., Lakewood, OH
Additional Information: On 5/7/1930, at ~age 72, Private Frank R. Ludwig's mother sailed to Europe as part of the U. S. WWI Gold Star Mothers' and Widows' Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave.
Father: Martin Ludwig (1851-1939), born Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, emigrated ~1853, occupation 1900 and 1910 Salesman, buried unknown cemetery Pittsburgh, PA; Mother: Elizabeth Kornman Ludwig (1858-1951), born Pennsylvania of German ancestry, had 10 children of whom 7 were living in 1910, buried Lakewood Park Cemetery, 22025 Detroit Rd., Rocky River, OH; Siblings: See Sibling List at left. Additional siblings included George Washington Ludwig (1879-?) and Walter Ludwig (1883-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
5803 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, address given on WWI draft registration
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