Louis V. Castro
World War I
Unit 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From California
Date of Death May 23 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Louis was killed when the ship he was on was torpedo.
On May 15, 1917, The 58th Infantry Regiment was activated at Gettysburg, PA and assigned to the 4th Division. The regiment was assembled and trained in the U. S. and shipped over to England in May, 1918. A and B companies of the regiment suffered the regiments first casualties on the morning of 23 May 1918 when their troop ship Moldavia was sunk by German submarine at a point midway between Land's End and the Isle of Wright. 56 men were killed. Most of them were killed instantly when the torpedo exploded directly against their sleeping compartment.
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Mother Did Not Know Missing Son Was On Way at Sea; Prostrated
Mrs. Nettie Castro, mother of Louis V. Castro, the San Jose man listed among the missing in the Moldavia sinking, did not even know that her son had departed for overseas. She was prostrated by the news of his probable death. Castro was 29 years old and was drafted, departing from San Jose about two months ago. The family believed he was still in the United States. A brother, Frank, 23 years old, will be Called in the next draft. Castro was a cannery worker.
San Francisco Call, 25 May 1918
World War I
Unit 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From California
Date of Death May 23 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Louis was killed when the ship he was on was torpedo.
On May 15, 1917, The 58th Infantry Regiment was activated at Gettysburg, PA and assigned to the 4th Division. The regiment was assembled and trained in the U. S. and shipped over to England in May, 1918. A and B companies of the regiment suffered the regiments first casualties on the morning of 23 May 1918 when their troop ship Moldavia was sunk by German submarine at a point midway between Land's End and the Isle of Wright. 56 men were killed. Most of them were killed instantly when the torpedo exploded directly against their sleeping compartment.
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Mother Did Not Know Missing Son Was On Way at Sea; Prostrated
Mrs. Nettie Castro, mother of Louis V. Castro, the San Jose man listed among the missing in the Moldavia sinking, did not even know that her son had departed for overseas. She was prostrated by the news of his probable death. Castro was 29 years old and was drafted, departing from San Jose about two months ago. The family believed he was still in the United States. A brother, Frank, 23 years old, will be Called in the next draft. Castro was a cannery worker.
San Francisco Call, 25 May 1918
Louis V. Castro
World War I
Unit 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From California
Date of Death May 23 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Louis was killed when the ship he was on was torpedo.
On May 15, 1917, The 58th Infantry Regiment was activated at Gettysburg, PA and assigned to the 4th Division. The regiment was assembled and trained in the U. S. and shipped over to England in May, 1918. A and B companies of the regiment suffered the regiments first casualties on the morning of 23 May 1918 when their troop ship Moldavia was sunk by German submarine at a point midway between Land's End and the Isle of Wright. 56 men were killed. Most of them were killed instantly when the torpedo exploded directly against their sleeping compartment.
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Mother Did Not Know Missing Son Was On Way at Sea; Prostrated
Mrs. Nettie Castro, mother of Louis V. Castro, the San Jose man listed among the missing in the Moldavia sinking, did not even know that her son had departed for overseas. She was prostrated by the news of his probable death. Castro was 29 years old and was drafted, departing from San Jose about two months ago. The family believed he was still in the United States. A brother, Frank, 23 years old, will be Called in the next draft. Castro was a cannery worker.
San Francisco Call, 25 May 1918
World War I
Unit 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
Rank Private U.S. Army
Entered Service From California
Date of Death May 23 1918
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Louis was killed when the ship he was on was torpedo.
On May 15, 1917, The 58th Infantry Regiment was activated at Gettysburg, PA and assigned to the 4th Division. The regiment was assembled and trained in the U. S. and shipped over to England in May, 1918. A and B companies of the regiment suffered the regiments first casualties on the morning of 23 May 1918 when their troop ship Moldavia was sunk by German submarine at a point midway between Land's End and the Isle of Wright. 56 men were killed. Most of them were killed instantly when the torpedo exploded directly against their sleeping compartment.
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Mother Did Not Know Missing Son Was On Way at Sea; Prostrated
Mrs. Nettie Castro, mother of Louis V. Castro, the San Jose man listed among the missing in the Moldavia sinking, did not even know that her son had departed for overseas. She was prostrated by the news of his probable death. Castro was 29 years old and was drafted, departing from San Jose about two months ago. The family believed he was still in the United States. A brother, Frank, 23 years old, will be Called in the next draft. Castro was a cannery worker.
San Francisco Call, 25 May 1918
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Entered the service from California
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