Okay, I'll bite. What records list one beyond 045-26-8722, and where does it say he died in CA?
[...] issued in CT in and around March 1977 to an elderly individual named John Paul Ludwig, who was born in 1890, who is presumed dead and whose death was either never reported to the SS administration or reported and deleted from the database by someone.
Where's the evidence that # was issued to a Jean/John Paul Ludwig?
I just pulled this from Ancestry:
Name: Jean Paul Ludwig
Social Security #: 045268722
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1890
Birthplace: Other Country
Death Date: 19 Jun 1981
Death Place: San Luis Obispo
Mother’s Maiden Name: Salome
Name: Jean Ludwig
SSN: 045-26-8722
Last Residence: 96816 Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America Born: 17 Feb 1890
Last Benefit: 96816 Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Died: Jun 1981 State (Year) SSN issued: Connecticut (1951