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WILLIAM G.
ERDWEIN was
born in September 14, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Gottlieb and
Sophia Erdwein. His father was a baker. His mother died during the
1910s. By the time the 1910 Census was taken his father had remarried.
By 1914 William Erdwein had learned the paperhanger's trade, and had
married and moved to Camden, New Jersey.
William
Erdwein was living with his wife May at 934
Fern
Street in North Camden when the 1914 City Directory was compiled.
When he registered for the draft in June of 1917, William G. Erdwein was
living at 924 Linden
Street. He was called up in November and sent to Camp Dix, where he
underwent infantry training. Private Edrwein was sent overseas in March
of 1918 and assigned to Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry
Division in May.
Private
William Erdwein was killed in action on July 20, 1918. His father,
Gottlieb Erdwein, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was notified of his
death. In 1930 his step-mother, Mary Erdwein, was invited to take part
in the Mother's
Pilgrimage to visit the Oise-Aisne American
Cemetery in France. She chose not to take the trip.
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