Service Number -1389796

Listed in Adjutant General 1917 roster of Illinois National Guard WWI service: Second Infantry, Supply Company , Chicago. Federalized as 132nd INF, Company L. Wagoner, Enlisted 21 February 1917, Mustered 3 August 1917, Reported for Duty 25 July 1917.

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 21 Feb 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Supply Co 132nd INF per RSO#104 dtd 24 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private.

- No records found regarding transferring from Company L. His return to US in a Casual Company indicates probably wounded or sick in September 1918. Assumed transferred 1 september 1918.

Enroute to France: Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Roy J Pollack
Departure Date: 16 May 1918
Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 1919 S Avers Ave
Residence Place: Chicago IL
Father: Richard Pollack
Ship: Mt Vernon
Military Unit: 132 Inf
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1389796
Notes: Company "L" 132nd Infantry USNG

Return to US: Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Roy J. Pollack
Departure Date: 22 Jan 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 30 Jan 1918
Arrival Place: New York
Address: 175 Wells Street
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Father: Richard Pollack
Military Unit: INF.
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 1,389,796
Notes: CASUAL COMPANY NO. 1073, (ILLINOIS)

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Roy Pollak
Age in 1910: 10
Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois
Street: 1919 So Avers Ave NOTE: Same address as ship manifest.
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's Name: Richard Pollak
Father's Birthplace: Austria
Mother's Name: Pauline Pollak
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Native Tongue: English
Attended School: Yes
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Pollak 33
Pauline Pollak 30
Roy Pollak 10
Beatrice Pollak 8
Lea Pollak 4
William Pollak 1
Rose Dobes 20

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Roy Pollack
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1900
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 24, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
Street: Belmont Avenue
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Susan Pollack
Father's Birthplace: Bohemia
Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Adv Dept
Industry: Mail Order House
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Roy Pollack 20
Susan Pollack 19
Elizabeth Pollack 1

WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, (See above)
Name: Roy Jacob Pollack
Event Type: Military Service
Private, 8th Company Discharge Unit
S/N 1389796
Enlisted: 25 July 1917
Event Date: 15 Feb 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1896
Death Date: 4 Sep 1954 No other death or burial records found.

Miscellaneous:

Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index
Name: Susan Nealon
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1898
Marital status: Single
Marriage Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1917
Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Spouse Name: Roy Jacob Pollack
Spouse Age: 22
Spouse Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 1030655

Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Birth Certificates Index
Name: Roy Jacob Pollack
Birth Date: Abt 1897
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Spouse: Susan Jane Nealon
Child: Betty Agnes Pollack
FHL Film Number: 1308830

Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records
Name: Roy Jacob Pollack
Gender: Male
Spouse: Loretta Elizabeth Taken
Child: Thomas Allen Pollack
Certificate Number: 1962000396

1930 Census shows Susan head of house with her children and a partner other than Roy..
1940 Census shows Susan head of house with her children no husband or partner.

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