WW1 Dog Tags, two different Dept's Medical, infantry

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I found this dog tag in an antigue store, it was free , not sure what to make of it, medical Dept, and Infantry are listed. Was this common

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[Jeffrey Magut]

The Medical Detachment of an Infantry Regiment would have had their dogtags marked this way prior to the order to scratch off identifying information on tags in the warzone. The deleted information on your tag is 132, as James Charles Kloboucnik of Chicago was a Pvt 1st Class in the medical detachment of the 132nd Infantry Regt, sailing on the Mt Vernon on 5/16/18.

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Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.

 

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I found this dog tag in an antigue store, it was free , not sure what to make of it, medical Dept, and Infantry are listed. Was this common{style_image_url}/attachicon.gif rps20170609_200050_091.jpg

It wasn't free, meant to say cheap.

 

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[RHS_JPott]

I find some possibly interesting info on this by searching for his Name. Not sure if it's the same guy, but the name and timeline matches up

 

https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.kloboucnik/1.1.1.1/mb.ashx

 

Looks like this guy shortened his name to Klob after graduating from Dental School. he is buried in

Calvary Cemetery

La Junta
Otero County
Colorado

 

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73518511&ref=acom

 

which also lines up because you found the tag in Colorado.

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Nice job Josh, hmmmmm...when when did you get ancestry. Now that i know you have it, I'm going to be a pain in the rump. What's family for, lol

 

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[RHS_JPott]

lol, I dont have it.....it just popped up in a google search (free view).

James Charles Kloboucnik's grandson posted on a board that he was looking for info about his family, I got lucky on the search results. The father of James Charles Kloboucnik immigrated from the CZR and settled in Chicago, (which makes sense since he shipped out of Chicago).