Name: : Barney L.  Blankenship Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547622 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610139 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36931 BLANKENSHIP 49224 Barney L. 253 SP Q Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 23rd Infantry Killed in Action 7/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 615  1308 Grave 75,Amer. B/A Cty., Vierzy. (Aisne) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/22/1919 Cemetery 593  11916 In:  Grave 94, Section J, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Ploisy, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. B. L. Blankenship, (Wife), Thornton, Texas Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919, Form 107: 1/7/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5309 Photograph No. F-11298   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8 sent for NR 2/28/19, F115 9-30-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/4/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/15/1921 to Mrs. Edith Blankenship, B #83, Thornton, Texas Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Above

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