Comments regarding Private Kasimer MAURICAS

Information compiled from various sources.

Military related information:

Service Number: 1400750

Enlisted: 18 September 1917
Discharged: 18 Mar 1919

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 18 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company I 349th INF to 33rd DIV per SO#62 Hdq 88th DIV dtd 25 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 6 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. Transferred to Quartermaster Corps National Army (NA) per SO#45 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 18 Feb 1918.

- Assigned Company 12 161 Depot Brigade (date unknown)

Discharged 18 March 1919, Camp Grant, IL



WWI Victory Medal

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Kazinas Mauricas
Event Type: Military Service
Enlisted: 18 September 1917
Event Date: 18 Mar 1919 Discharged

Private. Company 12 161 Depot Brigade*
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Westville, Ill
Birth Date: 10 Mar 1891
 *DEPOT BRIGADES:
Note: The role of depot brigades was to receive and organize recruits, provide them with uniforms, equipment and initial military training, and then send them to France to fight on the front lines. The depot brigades also received soldiers returning home at the end of the war and completed their out processing and discharges.

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Name: Kazinas Mauricas
Birth Year: abt 1893
Keyed Birth Location: Russia
Birth Country: Russia
Admitted Year: 1925
Age at Admission: 32
State: Illinois
County: Vermillion
City: Danville
Branch: Danville Branch
Notes: Admitted due Myalgia, Lumbar. 11 January 1925 - Discharged 6 October 1926.
Enlisted Army 18 September 1917, at Georgetown, Illinois. Private. QM company #325. Discharged 18 March 1919, Camp Grant, IL. Born Russia. Coal Miner. Next of Kin: Pete MAURICAS, brother, 403 N. State St., Westville, IL.

Post War Known Addresses:
Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Miscellaneous:Naturalization 1918 at Camp Logan, Houston,Texas. Arrived New York April 1909. Born Russia 10 August 1893.

 

 

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