Louis James Tischler

Birth: 10/19/1895, Cleveland, Ohio

Address: 6923 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; natural born citizen; occupation Candidate ROTC U.S. Government, Fort Harrison, Indiana. [Fort Harrison was established in 1904 as a training center for Indiana National Guard. During WWI, it was one of the largest training and mobilization sites in the U.S. due to its proximity to major highways and railroads.] 

Appearance: Height tall; Build medium; Eyes blue; Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date not known; enlistment date 11/8/1917; Rank Private/Sergeant

Service Number: 1946843

Deployment: 6/6/1918 from Hoboken, New Jersey aboard SS Port Denison

Action: Pvt Nov 8/17; Pvt 1cl Jan1/18; Sgt May 29/18. AEF June 6/18 to death. 

Death: January 6, 1919 at age 23; cause of death Pneumonia at Le Mans, France

Burial: presumably buried in France; funeral services held on January 29, 1919 at St. Agnes' church (since demolished) at Euclid Ave. and 81st St.; at a later date remains were disinterred and brought to the U.S.; remains were held at his late family residence at 6919 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH before a military funeral was held on October 1, 1920 at 9 am at St. Agnes' church; burial at St. Mary Cemetery (aka Burton Street Cemetery), 2677 W. 41st St., Cleveland, OH

Next of Kin: Mrs. Mary Tischler, mother, 6923 Linwood Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: father Alois Tischler (1863-?), born Hungary, immigrated 1881, occupation Saloonkeeper; mother Marie Schimkola Tischler Buhl (~1871-1961), born Hungary or Germany, immigrated 1890; widowed before 1918; remarried 1/28/1918 to Carl Buhl who died in 1927; mother was buried in same plot with WWI soldier son Louis; siblings: Emma Martens (1894-1979); Lydia Alderman (1899-1978); John Tischler (1902-1970)