| Military related information:
Service Number -1389843
- Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 9 Aug 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Supply Company 132nd INF per RSO#104 dtd 24 Apr 1918. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as TRANSFER. Private. Transferred to Base Hospital, Camp Logan, 28 May 1918, dropped from Company L per Sec 7 General Order (GO) 46 Headquarters A.E.F.
- Company L Morning Report 28 May 1918:
From sick in camp hospital at Camp Logan to dropped per Sec 7, G.O. 46.
1390294 Pvt Wilkens, Frank W.
2153090 Pvt Zapf, Aleyauis
2158177 Pvt Whiteman, Roy M
2163543 Pvt Jorgenson Julius B
1390278 Pvt Riley John
1389843 Pvt Plamondon, Ambrose
2155857 Pvt Nau, Albert R
2155844 Pvt Lang, Arnold A
2155811 Pvt Gilbertson, Gustave R
- Enroute to France: U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Ambrose D Plamondon
Departure Date: 24 Sep 1918
Departure Place: New York, New York
Address: 4523 W Jackson Blvd
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Father: Edwin Plamondon
Ship: Saxon
Military Unit: Unassigned
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1389843
Notes: Overseas casual company #407-
- Assigned in France to Company M, 7th Infantry.
- Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Ambrose D. Plamondon
Departure Date: 14 Aug 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 25 Aug 1919
Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Address: 4523 West Jackson Boulevard
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Father: Edward Plamondon
Ship: El Sol
Military Unit: COMPANY M. 7TH INFANTRY
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1, 389, 843
Notes: COMPANY "M" SEVENTH INFANTRY
- Discharged 4 September 1919 per BIRLS file (see below)
Information provide by his grandson:
Ambrose Daniel Plamondon left school after completing the 9th grade. Two years later, and one year after his mother drowned in the Eastland Disaster, he joined the army at 17. To enlist, he lied about his age, claiming to have been born in 1898 (false) rather than 1900 (true), leading to a discrepancy in government records that followed him all his life.
During the Great War, he was a farrier’s assistant, shoeing horses. Family lore is that he qualified as an expert marksman on the M1911 pistol, Springfield rifle, and Chauchat machine gun. The associated pay bonuses increased his pay by nearly 1/3.
After the war, he was a police officer with the Chicago Park Police. He was a motorcycle officer and shattered his leg in a motorcycle accident while on the job; he received a medical disability. His leg ached badly during Chicago winters, so he built a small travel trailer, which he towed behind his car as he and his family traveled between Florida and California during the early 1930s. His uncle, Louis Plamondon, was a well-known clown with the Ringling Brothers circus (and others). My grandfather took his family to spend winters with him at the Ringling Brothers Winter Quarters in Sarasota, FL. They spent summers in Laguna Beach, California, where his wife Dolly’s aunt lived.
With his WW1 bonus in 1936, he bought a farm property in Pomona, California, where he raised and showed pigmy pouter pigeons. He later moved to Long Beach, California, and worked as a security guard at Hughes Aircraft Company for many years until he retired. He later joined his son’s family in Crescent City, California, where they developed and operated a campground near the Redwood National Park.
Ambrose Plamondon died in 1974 and is buried in Veterans Memorial Cemetery there.
WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps unknown
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Post War Occupations / Bio:
the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Ambrose Plamondon
Age: 19
Birth Year: abt 1901
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Cicero, Cook, Illinois
Street: 50th Avenue
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Factory
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Ambrose Plamondon 19
Edward Plamondon 40
(Other non-relatives listed)
the 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Ambrose Plamondon
Birth Year: abt 1901
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 29
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Street Address: School St
House Number: 5625
Home Owned or Rented: Owned
Home Value: 10, 000
Radio Set: Yes
Age at First Marriage: 25
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kansas
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Officer
Industry: Police
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Ambrose Plamondon 29 Head
Dolly Plamondon 29 Wife
Ambrose Plamondon1 Son
the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Ambrose Plamondon
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
Street: Gardenia
House Number: 6529
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Chicago, Illinois
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Traffic Officer
Industry: City Government
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 35
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 1st year
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Ambrose Plamondon 42 Head
Dolly Plamondon 40 Wife
Beatrice Plamondon 16 Daughter
Danny Plamondon 11 Son
WWII Draft Registration:
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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Ambrose Plamondon
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1898
Death Date: 12 Apr 1974
Enlistment Date: 9 Aug 1917
Release Date: 4 Sep 1919
the California, Death Index
Name: Ambrose D Plamondon
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1901
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 12 Apr 1974
Death Place: Del Norte
Find A Grave:
Name: Ambrose D. Plamondon
Birth Date: 24 Jun 1900
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Death Date: 12 Apr 1974
Death Place: Crescent City, Del Norte County, California
Cemetery: Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Crescent City, Del Norte County, California,
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Family Members
Parents: Edmond Kelly Plamondon 1870–1951
Susan Byrne Plamondon 1873–1915
Spouse: Dolly Moe Plamondon 1900–1975
Siblings:
Gean P. Carlson 1903–1981
Ethyl K. Plamondon Gallman 1909–1967
Children:
Beatrice Susan Plamondon Cooke 1923–1992
Dan Ambrose Plamondon 1929–1984 |