Military related information:

Service Number -1397564

Company L

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

30 November 1918 Company Roster; Listed as Dropped on November 3rd.

Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. Trans from Headquarter Company 132nd INF per RSO#103 dtd 25 Apr 1918. - 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. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd.

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart

Return to US:
NAME: William Bloom
DEPARTURE DATE: 26 Mar 1919
DEPARTURE PLACE: Brest, France
ARRIVAL DATE: 2 Apr 1919
ARRIVAL PLACE: Hoboken, New Jersey
ADDRESS: 3133 Augusta Street
RESIDENCE PLACE: Chicago, Illinois
MOTHER: Matilda Bloom
SHIP: Leviathan
MILITARY UNIT: 1ST CAMP GRANT DETACHMENT 338 INFANTRY
RANK: Private
SERVICE NUMBER: 1397564
NOTES: 1ST CAMP GRANT DETACHMENT 338 INFANTRY
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
Name
William Bloom
Matilda Bloom - Mother (Next of Kin)

To France:
Father: Hans

Post War Occupations / Bio:

1920 Census
NAME: William Bloom
AGE: 23
BIRTH YEAR: 1897
BIRTHPLACE: Illinois
HOME IN 1920: Chicago Ward 15, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
STREET: Augusta Street
RESIDENCE DATE: 1920
RACE: White
GENDER: Male
RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Son
MARITAL STATUS: Single
FATHER'S NAME: Hans Bloom
MOTHER'S NAME: Matilda Bloom
ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH: Yes
OCCUPATION: Machinist
INDUSTRY: Rail Road
EMPLOYMENT FIELD: Wage or Salary
ABLE TO READ: Yes
ABLE TO WRITE: Yes
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS: Name Age
Hans Bloom 74 Born Norway
Fritz Harbst 66
Matilda Bloom 63 Born Norway
Bertha Huntsman 37
Arthur Dolan 35
Harry Bloom 25 Born Illinois
William Bloom 23 Born Illinois

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name: William Bloom
Birth Date: abt 1897
Death Date: 20 Apr 1935
Death Place: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois
Death Age: 38
Gender: Male
Father Name: Hans Bloom
Mother Name: Mathilda Anderson
Spouse Name: Emma Bloom
FHL Film Number: 1754244

Miscellaneous:

Cook County, Illinois Marriage Indexes
Name: William Bloom
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Emily F Sererin
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 9 Nov 1921

the Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index
Name: William Bollemone Bloom
Birth Date: 15 Nov 1896
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Father: Han Bloom
Mother: Malhilde Anderson Bloom
FHL Film Number: 1287998

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