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File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
80627 COX 1980555 Edgar Lee 297

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Machine Gun Company, 120th Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918

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

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
787 
7082 Grave #1, Plot #1, Row A, Amer. Mil. Cty., Bacquigny, Aisne

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 642 
11244 In:  Grave 76, Row 3, Plot B, Military Cemetery, Saint-Souplet, Nord

Emergency Address Matt Cox, (Father), Bradfordsville, Ky. Notified Emergency Address
4/8/1919, Form 107: 12/5/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5690
Photograph No.
B-12595
 

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

Remarks: Form #12 2/27/19.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 2/11/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Calais on 2/24/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 4/4/1921
Shipped on 4/11/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 4/12/1921 by H.M. Savage

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
1379 Section:   
Authority File No. D:  80627
Reburied (date):  4/21/1921

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