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Corporal Carl Eckelmann

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Parents: Daniel W. and Elizabeth Eckelmann
Birth: July 8, 1892, Jonesville, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Occupation: Farmer
Called in to service: July 26, 1918 Columbus, Indiana
Sent to: Camp Taylor, Kentucky
Transferred to: Camp McClellan, Alabama
Assigned to: Battery C, 36th Regiment
Promoted to: Corporal
Death: Influenza, January 31, 1919, Camp McClellan, Alabama
Burial: Jonesville Cemetery
Survived by widow, Esther Kiel Eckelmann, Jonesville, Bartholomew County, Indiana



Carl Eckelman

The Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana
Monday, February 3, 1919
Page 8

COLUMBUS, Ind., February 3.-Carl Eckelman, age twenty-seven, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Eckelman, of near Jonesville, died of pneumonia Friday night at Camp McClellan, Ala. He entered the army last May and was a wealthy farmer. Surviving are a widow, his parents and seven brothers.