JINDRA, Joseph Theodore Jr.

1893 - 1918  (24 years)

• Name	JINDRA, Joseph Theodore
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	30 Jul 1893	Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Military	United States Army
  	Private, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Co. F.
  	Address: World War II
  	War: World War I Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army Rank: CORPORAL Service: U.S. Army Division: 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Data Source: World War I Honor Roll Entered the Service from: Wisconsin Died: July 21, 1918 Buried at: Plot D Row 26 Grave 16 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Fere-en-Tardenois, France Publication Number: M930 Publication Title: Cablegrams Exchanged Between General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, and the War Department, 1917-19 Publisher: NARA Browse Series: Main Series, War Dept to AEF HQ Series Date Range: Jun 14, 1917 - Aug 25, 1919 Series: Main Series of Cablegrams from the War Department to GHQ, AEF Folder Date Range Begin: 16 Aug 1918 Folder Date Range End: 31 Aug 1918 Cable Number: 1863 Cable Place: General Headquarters,A.E.F. Cable Date: 23 Aug 1918 General Headquarters A E F, August 13, 1918 No. 1863-R August 21, 1918 Pershing AMEX FORCE France Paragraph 4 Reference Casualty 222 Corporal Joseph T. Jindra Company F 28th Infantry 284, 247 killed in action July 21st, 1918; Casualty 167 reports same man killed in action May 20th; verify.
  Occupation	1916	Door, Wisconsin, United States
  	Teacher
  Death	19 Jul 1918	France
  	DIES FOR COUNTRY Three more Door County Boys Fall on Battlefield of France in Recent Fight. Belong to Fighting Co. F. Joseph Jindra, Nasewaupee, Gilbert Vetting, Egg Harbor, and Elmer Tweedale of Sevastopol Killed. The lives of three more of Door county's brave boys have been given to their country in defense of its honor and ideal of a world democracy. In the mail on Saturday a letter was received from a friend stating that Joseph Jindra had fallen in the second day of the big offensive and died later while being removed to the rear. No word of the death has been received from official sources so that the letter was a great shock and surprise to the afflicted relatives as there was an air of uncertainty about whether it was really true. The news of the death of Private Jindra was received in the following letter to his sister: Somewhere in France, Aug. 15, 1918 Miss Anna Jindra: Kind Friend:--No doubt you will be quite surprised to hear from me, as I am unknown to you. But I was a very intimate friend of your brother Joseph and one of his last words was to write to his parents and friends at home and them where and how it happened. You have probably heard by this time that your brother was killed in action about July 19th toward Soissons. He pulled through the first day OK but on the morning of the 19th was severely wounded and after he was taken to the first aid station and was being evacuated to the rear he died. He was buried with military honors in a small town in France, the name of which I am not allowed to mention. He left many friends in the company and regiment, who all regret his death. I have some letters from his friends and yourself which he left and if you care for them I will forward them to you. I remain, Your unknown friend. Forrest D. Higgins Co. F. 28th U.S. Inf., A.E.F. Private Joseph Jindra was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jindra of Nasewaupee. He was born in that town on July 31, 1893 being 25 years old at the time of his death. He was a member of Co.F., Fifth Wis. Vol. which company was organized in this city in May 1917, being among the first to place his name on the roster of the organization. He leaves to mourn his loss his parents, three brothers and a sister, the latter being Harry, Clarence, Vincent and Anna. Door County News September 9, 1918 Volume 5 Issue 10 Page 1 column 1
  Burial	Fère-En-Tardenois, Picardie, France
  	Address: Oise-Aisne American Cemetery
  	Plot D Row 26 Grave 16
  Person ID	I575	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	JINDRA, Joseph Sr.,   b. 4 Feb 1868, Miletice, Bohemia d. 8 Sep 1936, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States (Age 68 years)
  Mother	KOHOUT, Mary K.,   b. Sep 1871, Wisconsin, United States d. 13 Sep 1930, Algoma, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, United States (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1891	Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Family ID	F178	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Jindra - Prvt. Joseph Jr. Photo from newspaper notice of his death.

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Vital Records - Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930 -Family Search, viewed online; 22 July 2018; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-C643; image 12.