Comments regarding Private Vincent KIERES

Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number -1390295

Company L, Fourth Platoon

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 19 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Machine Gun (MG) Company 343rd INF to 33rd DIV per Tel Inst War Dept 10 Oct 1917; Assigned to and joined Co L, 132nd INF on 3 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private.



WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

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U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists

Name: Vincent Kieres
Departure Date: 9 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 17 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 1543 North Wood Street
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Mother: Josephine Kieres
Ship: Mt Vernon
Military Unit: CO. C. 132ND INF.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 1, 390, 295
Notes: COMPANY "C", 132ND INFANTRY 33RD

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Vincent Kieres
Event Type: Military Service
Service Number: 1390295
Enlisted: 19 September 1917
Event Date: 31 May 1919 Discharged

Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Event Place (Original): City of Chicago, Illinois
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1895
Death Date: 8 Jan 1969


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Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Vincent Kieres
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Poland
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
House Number: 3091
Inferred Residence in 1935: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Chicago
Citizenship: Naturalized
Occupation: Florist
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 22
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1352
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members: Age Relationship
Vincent Kieres 44 Head
Jennie Kieres 42 Wife
Alice Kieres 17 Daughter

WWII Draft Registration:

Post War Known Addresses:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

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Wesley Vincent Kieres
BIRTH 16 Sep 1895
Poland
DEATH 8 Jan 1969 (aged 73)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery
Niles, Cook County, Illinois
PLOT Section 26, Block Y, Lot 4, Grave 5

Miscellaneous:

 

Illinois, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records
Name: Vincent Kieres
Declaration Age: 21
Record Type: Declaration
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1895
Birth Place: Warsaw Poland Russia
Arrival Date: 8 Jul 1913

Arrival Place: Detroit, Michigan
Occupation: Machinist
Declaration Date: 14 Aug 1917
Declaration Place (1917): Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Home: 1543 N. Wood Street.
Declaration Place (1922): Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Home: 2619 N. Albany Ave.
Declaration Number: 76455
Court: District Court, Northern District, Illinois
Noted: Company L, 132nd Infantry discharged 31 May 1919.

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