Son of Clementine Mathilda (Waleski) Trautman & her 2nd husband - don't know who he is.
Ernst used the last name of Clementine's 3rd husband, Martin Heinrich Trautman.
Inducted at Jefferson Barracks MO 12/15/17
Served in WWI, overseas in France
7/11/18-2/22/19
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch:
MAN LISTED AS DRAFT EVADER, NOW DEAD, SERVED IN FRANCE
the War Dept list...published in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, contained the names of "Edwin E Trautmann, Wellston and Edwin Ernst Trautman, Wellston," both names appearing in the records.
The family...states that he did not evade military service. Trautman volunteered for service in the Navy July 1917, but was rejected because of defective vision. He enlisted Dec 11, 1917 in the artillery and was accepted, serving overseas and receiving an honorable discharge with excellent record on his return to the US in Feb 1919. His parents have his discharge certificate. (now lost to time...LB)
A year after his discharge from the Army, Trautman died at his home here (Wellston, St Louis MO), from Typhoid fever. He was 24 years old and a son of Mr and Mrs Martin (Clementine) Trautman. A bother, Henry, and sister, Martha, also survive.
Ernst used the last name of Clementine's 3rd husband, Martin Heinrich Trautman.
Inducted at Jefferson Barracks MO 12/15/17
Served in WWI, overseas in France
7/11/18-2/22/19
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch:
MAN LISTED AS DRAFT EVADER, NOW DEAD, SERVED IN FRANCE
the War Dept list...published in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, contained the names of "Edwin E Trautmann, Wellston and Edwin Ernst Trautman, Wellston," both names appearing in the records.
The family...states that he did not evade military service. Trautman volunteered for service in the Navy July 1917, but was rejected because of defective vision. He enlisted Dec 11, 1917 in the artillery and was accepted, serving overseas and receiving an honorable discharge with excellent record on his return to the US in Feb 1919. His parents have his discharge certificate. (now lost to time...LB)
A year after his discharge from the Army, Trautman died at his home here (Wellston, St Louis MO), from Typhoid fever. He was 24 years old and a son of Mr and Mrs Martin (Clementine) Trautman. A bother, Henry, and sister, Martha, also survive.
Son of Clementine Mathilda (Waleski) Trautman & her 2nd husband - don't know who he is.
Ernst used the last name of Clementine's 3rd husband, Martin Heinrich Trautman.
Inducted at Jefferson Barracks MO 12/15/17
Served in WWI, overseas in France
7/11/18-2/22/19
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch:
MAN LISTED AS DRAFT EVADER, NOW DEAD, SERVED IN FRANCE
the War Dept list...published in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, contained the names of "Edwin E Trautmann, Wellston and Edwin Ernst Trautman, Wellston," both names appearing in the records.
The family...states that he did not evade military service. Trautman volunteered for service in the Navy July 1917, but was rejected because of defective vision. He enlisted Dec 11, 1917 in the artillery and was accepted, serving overseas and receiving an honorable discharge with excellent record on his return to the US in Feb 1919. His parents have his discharge certificate. (now lost to time...LB)
A year after his discharge from the Army, Trautman died at his home here (Wellston, St Louis MO), from Typhoid fever. He was 24 years old and a son of Mr and Mrs Martin (Clementine) Trautman. A bother, Henry, and sister, Martha, also survive.
Ernst used the last name of Clementine's 3rd husband, Martin Heinrich Trautman.
Inducted at Jefferson Barracks MO 12/15/17
Served in WWI, overseas in France
7/11/18-2/22/19
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch:
MAN LISTED AS DRAFT EVADER, NOW DEAD, SERVED IN FRANCE
the War Dept list...published in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, contained the names of "Edwin E Trautmann, Wellston and Edwin Ernst Trautman, Wellston," both names appearing in the records.
The family...states that he did not evade military service. Trautman volunteered for service in the Navy July 1917, but was rejected because of defective vision. He enlisted Dec 11, 1917 in the artillery and was accepted, serving overseas and receiving an honorable discharge with excellent record on his return to the US in Feb 1919. His parents have his discharge certificate. (now lost to time...LB)
A year after his discharge from the Army, Trautman died at his home here (Wellston, St Louis MO), from Typhoid fever. He was 24 years old and a son of Mr and Mrs Martin (Clementine) Trautman. A bother, Henry, and sister, Martha, also survive.
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