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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
11567 GIFFORD 2309702 Akins P. 286

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company E, 23rd Infantry Acute Otitis media left Abscess 5/2/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
5/2/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
196 
2509 Grave 2, Plot B, French Mil. Cty., Amblaincourt, Meuse.

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

Emergency Address Mrs. Akins Gifford, Wife, Medusa, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address
11/16/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
D-34433
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 3/22/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921
Shipped on 8/15/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Remains shipped Aug. 27, 1921, to Mr. George M. Gifford, (Father) Medusa, Albany County, New York, via Catskill.
Received at Destination  on 8/16/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. QMC.
Emergency address notified on 5/25/1922

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