| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
30694
|
BRIGGS
|
|
Leon E.
|
274
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Captain
|
305th Infantry
|
Died of Wounds Received in Action
|
9/28/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
|
|
9/28/1918
|
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
794
|
|
2319
|
Grave #1, Plot #1, Amer. Cty., La Chalade, Meuse.
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
6/2/1919
| Cemetery |
1232
|
|
10971
|
In:
Grave 82, Section 45, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse
|
|
| Emergency Address |
Mrs. Mabel E. Briggs, (Wife), 218 W. 7th St., Joplin, Mo.
|
Notified Emergency Address
2/13/1919, Form 107: 2/28/1920
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
5759
|
Photograph No.
D-25764
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
EA. Prev. Rept. 307 West 7th St, Prev. rep. gr. 46, typographical error.
|
|
| Plat No.: |
D-97
|
|
| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 6/29/1921 for preparation and shipment.
|
| Arrived
at Antwerp
on 7/3/1921
|
| Shipped
to Hoboken, NJ
on 8/6/1921
aboard the Wheaton
|
| Arrived
at Hoboken, NJ
in Consignment #50
on 8/20/1921
|
| Shipped
on 8/31/1921
to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
| Received at Destination
on 9/2/1921
by D. R. Wolverton,
|
| Emergency address notified on 12/16/1921 |
|
| Permanent Burial in National Cemetery |
| Cemetery: |
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia |
| Grave: |
|
| Reburied (date): |
9/8/1921 |
| E/A notified (date): |
12/16/1921 |
|
|
