Alexander Lutkus
(1888-1918)
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Ad for Osborn Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, OH
Private Alexander Lutkus, signature on WWI draft registration
Private Alexander Lutkus, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Diomed
Gravestone, Private Alexander Lutkus, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Gravestone, Private Alexander Lutkus, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Fleury-sur-Aire Medical Memorial, France
Alexander Lutkus
Alexander Lutkus
[No records were found for A. Lutkis, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier Alexander Lutkus who died in WWI, and whose profile is below.]
[No records were found for A. Lutkis, as the name appeared on the List of Liberty Row Names. Records were found for Cleveland soldier Alexander Lutkus who died in WWI, and whose profile is below.]
[There were at least two other people in Cleveland, OH with the name Alexander Lutkus. Any connection to them and to Cleveland soldier Alexander Lutkus is not known.]
[Ellis Island records show an Alexander Lutkus arriving at Baltimore, Maryland in 1910 at age 21 with last place of residence "Zebischki"[see alternate spellings below] and final destination Chicago, Illinois. It is not known if this was future Cleveland soldier Alexander Lutkus.]
*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: 5/10/1888, birthplace Kowno [sic-Kovno aka Kaunas today], Lithuania, Russia on military action record; birthplace Zibiski [sic-may be Zembiskis], Lithuania, Russia on draft registration
Birth: 5/10/1888, birthplace Kowno [sic-Kovno aka Kaunas today], Lithuania, Russia on military action record; birthplace Zibiski [sic-may be Zembiskis], Lithuania, Russia on draft registration
Address: 1251 E. 20th St., Cleveland, Ohio
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; declarlant for citizenship; occupation Brushmaker at Osborn Manufacturing Co., 53 & Hamilton, Cleveland, OH [founded 1887 as makers of wire brushes and brooms and later foundry equipment, closed its Cleveland facility in 2004]; signature on draft form is rudimentary and an X appears beneath it, suggesting that Alexander Lutkus may not have been literate in English
Appearance: Height short, Build medium, Eyes light blue, Hair light 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: 2657535
Deployment: 7/22/1918 from Brooklyn, New York aboard SS Diomed
Action: According to his WWI Burial Card on ancestry.com, Private Alexander Lutkus served in Company C, 109th Infantry, 28th Division. No additional military action details were found.
Death: September 30, 1918 at age 30 at Apremont-la-Foret, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Death: September 30, 1918 at age 30 at Apremont-la-Foret, Meuse, Lorraine, France; cause of death Died of Wounds Received in Action
Burial: 10/2/1918 buried after death at French military cemetery at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France [where there was a major field hospital that treated many thousands of WWI wounded soldiers]; 6/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Lorraine, France; 10/22/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block D Row 2 Grave 34
Burial: 10/2/1918 buried after death at French military cemetery at Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse, France [where there was a major field hospital that treated many thousands of WWI wounded soldiers]; 6/20/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Lorraine, France; 10/22/1921 remains disinterred and reburied for the final time at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Block D Row 2 Grave 34
Next of Kin: Mrs Louise L. Wise, sister, 1251 E. 20th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Parents: no information found; Siblings: It is not certain whether Clevelander Louise Wise (1882-1934), who was married to Anton Wise, was the sister of Private Alexander Lutkus.
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