Comments regarding Private Joseph Jacob NEMNICK (NEMNICH)

Information compiled from various sources.
Military related information:

Service Number -1976011

Company L Platoon Not Known

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 19 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per VOCO 23 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. : Sick-in-Hospital Sept 25. 1918. - 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. - Company Roster May 1919 Camp Grant, Illinois.: Discharged 31 May 1919. Listed as Private.



WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps
 

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Nemnick
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Edwardsville Ward 3, Madison, Illinois
Street: East Vandalia St
House Number: 300
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital status: Married
Spouse's Name: Fannie Nemnick
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Molder
Industry: Radiator Factory

Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Nemnick 23
Fannie Nemnick 18

the 1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Nemnich
Birth Year: abt 1897
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 33
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Troy, Madison, Illinois, USA
Street Address: Ward No 2
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 12
Radio Set: Yes
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 23
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Repair man
Industry: auto Garage

Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members Age Relationship
Joseph Nemnich 33 Head
Fannie Nemnich 28 Wife
Charmion Nemnich10 Daughter
Joseph Nemnich 5 Son

Find A Grave:
Obituary from the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Saturday, March 3, 1973, page 2:
Joseph J. Nemnich Sr., 77, of Troy, died at 5:30 a.m. today at his home. Mr. Nemnich was an auto mechanic, retiring in 1962 from Gindler's Studebaker in Troy.
He was born Feb. 12, 1896 in Pin Oak Township, a son of John and Amelia Wentz Nemnich. He was married Sept. 24, 1919 in Springfield, to Fannie Hultz. She survives.
Other survivors are a son, Joseph J. Nemnich Jr. and a daughter, Mrs. Andrew (Charmion) Semanisin, both of Troy; brothers Oliver Nemnich and Otto Nemnich, Edwardsville, and Leo (Peg) Nemnich, St. Louis; sisters Mrs. E.H. (Ann) Cheney and Mrs. Foster (Bess) Harmon, both of Edwardsville; Mrs. Kate Oswald, Taylorville, and Mrs. Hilda Smith, California; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One brother and three sisters preceded him in death.
Mr. Nemnich was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ, Troy; the American Legion post of Troy; Veterans of World War I, Barracks 286, Troy, and the International Association of Machinists Lodge 313, East St. Louis.

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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Joseph Nemnich
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1896
Death Date: 3 Mar 1973
Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 19 Sep 1917
Release Date: 31 May 1919 Discharged

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