Comments regarding Private Joseph V. KOZIELSKI
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Military related information: Service Number -1390254 Died of gun shot wounds, October 11, 1918, received in action at Verdun, October 10, 1918, buried October 12, 1918, at Bethalainville-Fromerville, Grave 72. next of kin, John Kopa*, step-brother, 1340 Throop St. Chicago. Reinterred at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. *See comments at bottom of page. Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 5 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from 108th Supply Train to 33rd DIV 8 Dec 1917 per SO#91 Hdq 33rd DIV; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF 8 Dec 1917 per SO#110 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 8 Dec 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: KOZIELSKI. Listed as Private. - 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. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Personnel Report 13 October 1918: KIA from wounds Oct 11, 1918; Died in hospital.
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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location
https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/kozielski%3Djoseph
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| Miscellaneous: Joseph immigrated from Poland in 1913. | ||
| Photo: I came across the photo of Joseph Kozielski in my family photos. I saw the uniform and recognized it as a WWI uniform and began researching it a bit. I know that he must have been very dear to my grandfather and our family as we don't have that many photos of other family members in our collection. Since Joseph Kozielski came to Chicago in 1913, I'm guessing he was at my grandparents' wedding in 1915 and then a few years later, he was off to fight in WWI. I looked at that photo many times. I can see the pride in his eyes and I've often thought about the bravery he must have had to go into this intense fighting in France. It was very sad to see that he was only in France a few months before he was shot and killed in battle. I'm sure my family in Chicago were heartbroken, but proud of his bravery and service to his new country. I know that many of my family members came to Chicago to start a new life and I'm sure Joseph was anticipating doing that as well. // Provided by Jeannette, a relative. . . . . the photo (which looks wonderful on your website, by the way) was from the personal collection of my grandfather, Joseph Drozdowicz (1894-1972), who was a cousin and friend of Joseph Kozielski. The back of the photo (in my grandfather's handwriting) is "Joe Kozielski." // Provided by Jeanette, a relative. | ||
*Next of kin: . . . the records states Joseph's next of kin was John "Kopa" listed as a stepbrother. The name of his next of kin should actually be John Kopta (1878-1928). John's parents were Frank Kopta and Antonina Kozielski. I believe John was actually Joseph Kozielski's cousin. I think John Kopta's mother, Antonina (Kozielski) Kopta, was the sister of Joseph's father, Jan "John" Kozielski (1864-1917). . . . . Joseph's father immigrated to Chicago in 1910 and then Joseph came to the U.S. on July 29, 1913 from Dobczyce, Poland. He was on the ship, "Kronprinzessin Cecilie" from Bremen to New York City. He came with seven other people from Dobczyce. // Provided by Jeanette, a relative. |
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USS Mount Vernon - The ship that transported Company L soldiers to France in1918: . . . the ship that took Co. L to France ("the USS Mount Vernon. It formerly was the German Kronprinzesin Cecilie built by Germany in 1906") was the exact same ship that Joseph Kozielski immigrated to the US on from Bremen (from his hometown of Dobczyce, Poland) in 1913! I wonder how that felt for him to be on the same ship that he immigrated to the U.S. on! // Provided by Jeanette, a relative. |
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