Men of Company L

Company L – 132nd INF – 33rd DIV

This organization, and website company-l.com, honors the WWI service of an Army combat infantry company.  Their descendants, and relatives, may be searching for genealogy information about their ancestor.  Our website is an important and unique genealogy resource.  The Men of L website contains the WWI history of Company L, from its formation, training, and overseas combat operations, to post-war demobilization, and includes information about every assigned soldier.  The Men of L website contains 466 soldier’s biographical information and details of their training and combat operations.  Their descendants and relatives are estimated to number over ten thousand.

Discovering an ancestor’s WWI wartime service with Company L could add important details to a family history.  We encourage you to publicize the WWI wartime service and sacrifices of our Men of Company L WWI heroes.  A searchable biography database of soldier’s names allows for easy research https://company-l.com/biographies/.

Company L was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 132nd Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Division, “The Prairie Division”. The Men of L fought in France on the Western Front, participating in many of the famous battles including in the historic Verdun Sector, the Meuse Argonne and Somme operations.

Company L was created from members of Company L of the Illinois, National Guard who were based in Chicago.  They were mobilized for Federal service in April 1917 for war duty during World War I.  They were augmented by draftees primarily from the Chicago area.  Company L replaced many of the original 241 soldiers who sailed for France.  During training, and especially during combat operations in France, replacement soldiers were sourced from many other states.   Company L soldiers were born in 26 states, and 23 foreign countries.

The Men of L is an Illinois not-for-profit organization with these purposes:

1. Educate the public and descendants on the history of the soldiers of Company L'” of the 3rd Battalion of the 132nd Infantry Regiment of the 66th Brigade of the 33rd Division “The Prairie Division”.

2.  Honor the WWI sacrifices of Company L soldiers by maintaining a website of their history.

3.  Promote the legacy of Company L by locating descendants.

4.  Encourage descendants to visit the website to learn their ancestors’ history.

5.  Encourage descendants to provide their soldier’s family WWI history comments, photos, memories, and other information.