Military related information:

Service Number: 1388508

-Transferred from Machine Gun (MG) Company 343rd INF to 33rd DIV per tel inst War Dept dtd 10 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF on 3 Nov 1917 per SO#60 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917.

- Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 19 Sep 1917. Listed as Private.

- Company L Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private. Transferred to Quartermster Corps National Army (NA) per SO#48 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 18 Feb 1918.

- NOTE: Transportation Manifests and VA Master Index data are POSSIBLE due to lack of Company L, 132nd Infantry records of service number or other validating information.

Enroute to France; Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists - Line 212
Name: Joe Weiczorek
Departure Date: 22 May 1918
Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 1174 Milwaukee Ave
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Next of Kin: Mr Walter Weiczorek
Relationship: Brother
Ship: Leviathan
Military Unit: 131
Rank: Pvt 1cl Ing NG
Service Number: 1388508
Notes: Company L 131st Regiment Infantry USNG

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

To US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists - Line 22
Name: Joe Wieczorek
Departure Date: 14 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 14 May 1919
Address: 1174 Milwaukee Avenue
Residence Place: Chicago, Illinois
Next of Kin: Mr. Walter Weiczorek
Relationship: Brother
Ship: Kasserin Auguste Victoria
Military Unit: CO. L 131ST INF.
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 1, 388, 508
Notes: COMPANY L. 131ST INFANTRY

Post War Occupations / Bio:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Joe Wieczorek
Event Type: Military Service
S/N 1388508
Private. Casual Detachment 2, Training Battalion, 161 Depot Brigade*
Enlisted: 21 September 1917
Event Date: 5 Jun 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: 2818 Christiana Ave, Chicago, Ill
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1887
Death Date: 18 Jun 1951
*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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