Service Number -2155794

Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 22 Feb 1918. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#108 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 20 Apr 1918. Assigned to and joined Co L, 132nd INF per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (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 First Class. Sick-in-Hospital. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Special Duty (S/D) Burial Detail. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private.

Discharged: 26 May 1919

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

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Post War Occupations / Bio:

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Nichols Peter DeFontaine
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1920: Dubuque Ward 5, Dubuque, Iowa
Street: White St
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Brother
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Luxembourg
Mother's Birthplace: Belgium
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Meat Cutter
Industry: Butcher Shop
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Susanna Defountain 39 Sister
Ed Defountain 35 Head
Nichols P Defountain 29 Brother

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Veterans Administration Master Index
Name: Nicholas Peter Defontaine
Record Type: Military Service
Birth Date: 5 May 1889
Military Date: 26 May 1919 Discharged
Residence Place: Portland, Oregon
Death Date: 17 Jul 1941

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Nicholas Peter “Nick” DeFontaine
BIRTH 5 May 1888
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
DEATH 17 Jul 1941 (aged 53)
BURIAL Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa
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Family Members
Parents
Adolf DeFontaine 1839–1910
Margaret Smith DeFontaine 1850–1912
Siblings
Peter DeFontaine 1870–1911
John P DeFontaine 1874–1937
Edward A DeFontaine1884–1969
Joseph J DeFontaine 1886–1961
Elizabeth Ruth DeFontaine Peacock 1888–1968

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