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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
13756 FOMBY 1112624 Mccager B. 271 471 SP 35 523P17

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private 3rd Trench Mor. Battery Died of Wounds Received in Action 7/26/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
7/27/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
94 
2115 Grave 11, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Contrexeville, Vosges

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Mc Cager B. Fomby, Sr. (Father), Townly, Alabama Notified Emergency Address
5/16/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
 

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

Remarks: Prev. Rept. 112624 Date and cause of death added pre CC 523 Subpar. 17, Form 8 sent for NR 4/17/19, F.115/10/19/20  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 2/15/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921
Shipped on 5/28/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 5/27/1921 by D. R. Wolverton

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
1626 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  6/1/1921
E/A notified (date):  12/9/1921

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