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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
33246 COCKRUM 1305989 Lawrence W. 276

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Sergeant Headquarters Company 117th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/1/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
726 
1081 Grave 41, Plot A, Row 1, Old Hickory #3, Mil Cty. , Pontru, Aisne

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 636 
11201 In:  Grave 204, Row 8, Plot C, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne

Emergency Address Miss Dora Cockrum (Sister), 304 E. 4th Ave., Knoxville, Tenn Notified Emergency Address
Dec 5, 1919 Form 107: , 1/4/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5228
Photograph No.
C-11305
 

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

Remarks: Beneficiary Mrs Mary Emly Cockrum (Mother), R.F.D. #2, Talbott, Tenn.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 5/24/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/2/1921
Shipped on 7/25/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. Q.M.C.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
2019 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  August, 1921

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