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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
67453 ASPROOTH 4605928 Oscar M. 364

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company C, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/5/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
11/5/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-331 
5955 Grave #6, Isolated Grave, Cmme. Landres et St Georges, Ardennes, 35 NE
E301.45 N287.45  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1232 
10786 In:  Grave 128, Section 27, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Selma Asprooth, (Mother), 918 Third Ave. , Rockford. Ill. Notified Emergency Address
Form 21a: ) 1/24/1919, Form 36: 5/24/1919, Form 107: 1/27/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
D-36281
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  Yes  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks: F115 4-1-21 4  

Plat No.:  B-121   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/28/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921
Shipped on 9/27/1921 to Mrs. Selma Asprooth, Rockford, Ill.
Received at Destination  on 9/29/1921 by Above
Emergency address notified on 12/14/1921

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