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Thanks for the information on the Tuscania website. I must admit that I was unfamiliar with the sinking of the Tuscania until I found a reference to it in an obituary of a relative.

Otto Schultz was a member of the 20th Engineers-Company F. He was born on 28 Oct. 1888 in Pierre, SD. He died on the 13 June 1977 in Centralia WA. He had enlisted from Washington State.

Don Sweaney

May 7, 2004

Otto F. Schultz - Ellensburg, Kittitas Co., Washington

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. F (18^th Co.)

Army Serial Number:

Enlisted:  1917 Washington State

Promoted:

Army Discharge: 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

  Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Wife’s Name: Christine M. Nett

    (b. June 19, 1897 Washington)

    (d. Oct. 31, 1994 Centralia, Lewis Co., WA)

Married: Dec. 4, 1922    

Fathers Name: Ferdinand Henry Schultz

(b. Oct. 8, 1863 Pomerania)

(d. May 3, 1907 Cass Co., Minnesota)

Mothers Name: Bertha Miller

(b. April 10, 1868 Pomerania)

Married: Sept. 4, 1887 Mower Co., Minnesota

Brothers: Frank, William, John, Walter, Herbert, and Oscar

Sisters: Clara, Alma, and Eva

Civilian Occupation:

Born: October 28^th 1888, Pierre, Hughes Co., South Dakota

Died: June 13^th, 1977, Centralia, Lewis Co., Washington

Cemetery: Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Washington

Plot: