Service Number -3166379

Enlisted: 25 May 1918
Discharged: 9 Apr 1919

- - Assigned 10th Training battallion, Company 39

Enroute to France Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Samuel P Rosenbloom
Departure Date: 6 Aug 1918
Departure Place: Norfolk, Virginia
Address: 834 Smith St
Residence Place: Norfolk VA
Next of Kin: Mrs Ida Keeser
Relationship: Aunt
Ship: Madawaska
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3166379
Notes: 31st Provisional Company, July Infantry Replacement Draft (White)

- Company L Morning Report 4 October 1918: Private; assigned to 132nd Infantry, per D.S.O No. 239, Para. 11, dated Oct 2, 1918. Assigned to Company L, 2 October per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO). - Company L Platoon Not Known 13 October 1918 Personnel Report - To Sick-in-Hospital. - 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.

- Assigned, date unknown, to 338th Infantry, Camp Lee Detachment.

Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Samuel P. Rosenbloom
Departure Date: 26 Mar 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 1919
Address: 834 Smith Street
Residence Place: Norfolk Virginia
Next of Kin: Mr. Joseph A. Kesser
Relationship: Uncle
Ship: Leviathan
Military Unit: CAMP LEE DETACHMENT 338TH INFANTRY
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3,166,379
Notes: CAMP LEE DETACHMENT 338TH INFANTRY

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Sam P. or Samuel Phillip Rosenblum or Rosenbloom
Event Type: Military Service
S/N 3166379
Private, Company L, 132nd Infantry; 3
9th Company, 10th Transportation Battalion;
155 Depot Brigade.*
Enlisted: 25 May 1918
Event Date: 9 Apr 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Norfolk, Va
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1895
*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.
 

WWI Draft Registration. Select image for larger view. Will open in a new browser window or tab.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

the 1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Sam Rosenbloom
Age: 24
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Russia
Home in 1920: Norfolk Washington Ward, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia
Street: Ferguson
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1906
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Russia
Mother's Birthplace: Russia
Native Tongue: Hebrew
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Sheet Metal Worker
Industry: Marines Railroad
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Naturalization Status: Naturalized
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Sam Rosen 48 Head
Rosen 40 Wife
Sam Rosenbloom 24 Boarder
Lillian Rosen 20 Daughter
Ethel Rosen 16 Daughter

WWII Draft Registration.

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File
Name: Samuel Rosenbloom
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1895
Death Date: 30 Oct 1985
SSN: -4130
Enlistment Date: 25 May 1918
Release Date: 9 Apr 1919

Find A Grave
Samuel Phillip Rosenbloom
BIRTH 2 Mar 1895
Vilnius, Lithuania
DEATH 30 Oct 1985 (aged 90)
Hampton City, Virginia, USA
BURIAL Rosewood Memorial Park
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia
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Family Members
Parents: Frances Rasel Heller Kesser 1877–1950
Spouse Ruth C. Brisendine Rosenbloom 1900–1985 (m. 1944)
Sibling Esther Miriam Kesser Berger 1900–1981

Miscellaneous:

Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records
Name: Sam Philip Rosenblum
Race: White
Declaration Age: 21
Record Type: Declaration
Birth Date: 2 Mar 1895
Birth Place: Wilna Russia
Arrival Date: 15 Sep
Arrival Place: New York, New York
Declaration Date: 12 Feb 1917
Declaration Place: Virginia, USA
Declaration Number: 2570
NOTES: Machinist Helper; not married; arrival year omitted.

Virginia, Marriage Records
Name: Samuel Phillip Rosenbloom
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 47
Birth Date: abt 1897; born Poland
Marriage Registration Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1944
Marriage Place: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Father: David Rosenbloom
Mother: Frances Heller
Spouse: Ruth Cleveland Brisentine Nickell
Occupation: Joiner
Certificate Number: 1944027947

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