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Pvt. William D. Thoelke
April 13, 1894 - December 7, 1971
Co. 33 9th BN 153rd Depot Brigade

 

 

 

 

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153 Depot Brigade

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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