Larry Tudor

158th Aero Squadron
	Mark Tudor Grandson
	WWI Discharge Record <click here>
	Larry Tudor- New York, New York Army Rank: Private (1918). Assigned Unit: 158^th Aero Squadron Army Serial Number: 250,066 Regular Army Enlisted: Sept. 23, 1917 New York City Army Discharge: Nov. 24, 1920 Remarks: Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Dec. 2, 1918 Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918 ü Address: 3400 Pryon Ave., Bronx 67, New York ü Medals: WWI Victory (1919); New York State (1919) Purple Heart (1943 for wounds received on the Tuscania). ü Name sometimes referred to as Louis Toder in misc. documents. Occupation: Sewing Machine Mech. (1916) Airplane Mechanic (1917) Born: Jan. 25, 1898 Poland Died: June 1968 Bronx, New York (SSDI) (age 70) Cemetery: Plot:
	I recently came across an award of the Purple Heart in my grandfathers name while looking for some stored summer items in my fathers closet. After doing some more looking around I found a letter stating that my grandfather was on the Tuscania and was injured, but does not say what kind of injury he sustained. It listed the ship name as HMS Tuscania. His name was Larry Tudor (Todar, Todor). These other spellings have appeared on various documents. He was a Polish immigrant born in 1899 and came to the USA when he was 13yrs old. He served in the 158th Aero Squadron, Air Service. He survived the sinking and after the war worked his trade as a sewing machine mechanic. He married and had two children, my father and aunt. He died in 1972 when I was a young boy of ten. I never really knew him well but when I came across this site I wanted to tell his story so that someone else might also know of him. I'm proud of him and all the men that served during the Great War, and very respectful of the ones that gave their lives in service of their country. I would be very interested in hearing anyone else's stories and encourage emails to my listed address. Mark Tudor - Grandson 4/6/2000