Comments regarding Private Edward F. KLOSKA
Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number -1390252

Enroute to Europe as Company L - Cook with no rank listed.

Company L, 1st Platoon

31 August 1918 Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

30 November 1918 Company L Roster; Listed as rejoined Nov. 14th.

31 January 1919 Company L Monthly Roster (Gonderange, LUX): Special Duty (S/D) Burial Detail.

Listed in Adjutant General 1917 roster of Illinois National Guard WWI service: Second Infantry, Company L, Chicago. Federalized as 132nd INF, Company L. Private, Enlisted 10 May 1917, Mustered 3 August 1917, Reported for Duty 25 July 1917.

Company L Muster Roll Sep-Oct 1917 Camp Logan, Houston, Tx: Enlisted 10 May 1917. Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Reduced from COOK to Private per O#17 dtd 6 June 1918. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. rejoined Nov. 14th. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Special Duty (S/D) Burial Detail. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Absent Sick 19 March 1919. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Private.


WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
Purple Heart

 

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Kloska
Birth Year: abt 1897
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Street Address: Meade
House Number: 1618
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 55
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at first Marriage: 23
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Poland
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Salesman
Industry: Insurance
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: No
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Kloska 33
Elizabeth Kloska 29
Dorothy J Kloska 9

the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Kloska
Respondent: Yes
Age: 42
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Michigan
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia
Street: Palm Street
House Number: 805
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Chicago, Illinois
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Office Work
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 15
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 2nd year
Duration of Unemployment: 16
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 46
Income: 1000
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members Age Relationship
Edward Kloska 42 Head
Elizabeth Kloska 40 Wife
Dorothy Kloska 19 Daughter
Leonard E Kloska 17 Son
Shirley Mae Kloska 9 Daughter
Donald Kloska 6 Son

WWII Draft Registration:
Post War Known Addresses:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Edward F Kloska
Event Type: Military Service
1390252
Enlisted 25 July 1917
Event Date: 29 May 1919 Discharged
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): City of Chicago, Illinois
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1895
Death Date: 3 Jun 1966

Virginia, Death Records
Name: Edward F Kloska
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 69
Birth Date: 26 Oct 1896
Death Date: 3 Jun 1966
Death Place: Richmond, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA
Registration Date: 14 Jun 1966
Father: Frank Kloska
Mother: Julia Frelka
Spouse: Elizabeth Kloska
Certificate Number: 1966017607
Military Status: WWI
NOTE: VA Hospital, Richmond, VA; Birthplace: Chicago.
Miscellaneous: Research in process

 
Private Edward Kloska’s experience when he volunteered for a burial detail in France after Nov. 11, 1918, Armistice: “When we first arrived we had to go through the wood to look for bodies and for unregistered graves. When this work was completed we had to check every grave and mark it on the map. While doing this I found the graves of my bed partner and four of my best friends.”  <Edwards’s brother> Chester was only 7 at the time his brother was serving with Company L., 132nd Infantry. 33rd Division. Edward was wounded three times during World War I and “never cared to talk about the war very much” in later years, Chester recalls.
1918 Letter From Front Recalls ’18 war – Kloska