About
World War I (1914-1918)
Oswald "Buster" Hudson was born in Schenectady, New York, on January 5, 1895. He grew up in the city of Schenectady and was employed as a clerk before he enlisted in the military.
On February 23, 1918, Oswald enlisted in the United States Army. He completed his basic training at Camp Devens in New York, and was later transferred to Camp Upton in New York. He was a private serving with Company F, 305th Infantry Regiment. On the early morning of April 15, 1918, while the men were on their way to be transferred overseas on board the ship Cedric, the train carrying all of the troops derailed. Father Clarence Murphy was tending to Oswald when he died on the way to the hospital. He is buried in Park View Cemetery in Schenectady, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry