Charles Frederick Stoermer was born in Indiana on June 15, 1892. He entered the service In Cleveland on March 27, 1918. He trained at Camp Sherman and Camp Merritt before reaching England on June 27, 1918, and a few days later he crossed the Channel to France. He served in Co. L, 329th Infantry, but in France he was transferred to Co. M, 102d Infantry, Twenty-sixth Division.

In a letter home he wrote that on August 26, 1918, he was getting ready to go to the front. He little realized the intensive fighting he was to experience in battle. In a letter written during the early part of November he said, "I have just returned after nine weeks spent at the front. We are now quartered in an old fort, and it is the first time we have had shelter over us for over nine weeks." However, he did not enjoy a long rest. He was soon called to the front, and on November 11, 1918, the day when the Armistice was signed, he was killed in action. He was buried November 13, 1918, at Suresnes (Seine) Paris, Cemetery No.34, Grave No.947. Source of information:
Sons of Men: Evansville's War Record,
Compiled by Heiman Blatt,
Published by Abe P. Madison, 1920
pp171-172.