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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
107244 GADDIS 116445 George Dewey 560

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private 49th Company, 5th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 6/20/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
GRS Form #16 Confirmed: From Woods SW of Torcy, Aisne, Map 49NE  E174.0 , N262.8

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
577 
3641 #Disinterred and reburied: Date 3/20/19, In: Grave 81, American B/A Cemetery, Bussiares, Aisne.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764 
20318 & Corr. 51043 In:  Grave 147, Section G, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne

Emergency Address Mrs. Esther Gaddis- mother, R.F.D. #5 Dahlonega, Ga. Notified Emergency Address

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
 

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

Remarks: Prev. rep't George D. Gaddis Do. B-D.D. 10/20/18 chand auth. Marines 11/22/20. Now presumed to be dead from all available information, Prev. rap't George D., F115 10/29/21 2649  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 1/21/1922 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 1/28/1922
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 2/3/1922 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #59 on 2/14/1922
Shipped on 3/9/1922 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C.
Received at Destination  on 3/10/1922 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
4278 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  3/16/1922
E/A notified (date):  5/3/1922

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