Military related information:

Service Number -1390275

Company L Platoon Not Known

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 4 Oct 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company H 342nd INF to 33rd DIV per SO#67 Hdq 86th DIV dtd 29 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 11 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 23 Feb 1918. Listed as Private. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. Appointed PFC per O#15 dtd 10 May 1918. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Report: KIA

- Killed in action at Albert, France, August 2, 1918, by gun shot, buried August 3, 1918, at Contay, France, Row A, Plot 5.

- Personal journal entry (Corporal Lee Reuter): July 30-Aug 4, 1918: Here we held the lines to the right of Albert (a French town). We subjected to quite heavy shelling and our Batt. (The 3rd Battalion) lost 159 men gassed and our Co (Company L) lost 26. Here Isador Pobstman was killed by a shell - our second death.

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart

- WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Biographic:

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Isadore Pobstman
Age: 5
Birth Date: May 1895
Birthplace: Illinois, USA
Home in 1900: Pierce, Dekalb, Illinois
House Number: 5
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital status: Single
Father's Name: Frederick Pobstman
Father's Birthplace: New York, USA
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Pobstman
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin, USA
Occupation: At School
Attended School: 1
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Household Members: Name Age
Frederick Pobstman 41
Elizabeth Pobstman 35
George Pobstman 15
Mary Pobstman 13
Esther Pobstman 9
James Pobstman 7
Isadore Pobstman 5
Alice Pobstman 2
John Reach 35

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

https://www.abmc.gov/decedent-search/pobstman%3Disadore

U.S., World War I, World War II, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Isadore J. Pobstman
State Registered: Illinois
Death Date: 4 Aug 1918
Cemetery: Somme American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot D Row 19 Grave 1
Cemetery City: Bony
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Rank: Private First Class
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 132nd Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

Find A Grave
Private Isadore Pobstman
BIRTH 1895
DEATH 1918 (aged 22–23)
BURIAL Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery, Maple Park, DeKalb County, Illinois

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Family Members
Parents:
Fred J. Pobstman 1857–1941
Elizabeth R. Kauth Pobstman 1863–1933
Siblings:
George J Pobstman 1885–1957
James F. Pobstman 1892–1969
Isadore J. Pobstman 1895–1918
Alice Josephine Pobstman 1898–1939
Harold George Pobstman 1901–1984
Frederick J. Pobstman 1904–1943

Find A Grave for other Select Burial locations:
Name: PFC Isadore J. Pobstman
BIRTH 10 May 1895
Pierceburg, Crawford County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 4 Aug 1918 (aged 23)
Chipilly, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
BURIAL Somme American Cemetery and Memorial
Bony, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France
PLOT Plot D, Row 19, Grave 1.
Note: Included photo.

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