File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
70135
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GRIFFITH
|
567879
|
Lester R.
|
381
|
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Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
Private First Class
|
Company A, 10th Machine Gun Battalion
|
Died of Wounds Received in Action
|
11/17/1918
|
|
Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
11/20/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
27
|
76
|
Grave # 157, Amer. Cty., Merignac, Gironde.
|
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Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
| Cemetery |
|
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In:
|
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Emergency Address |
Mrs. William Primrose, (Mother), 701 2nd Ave. , Vinton, Iowa
|
Notified Emergency Address
12/30/1918
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R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
K-284
|
|
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Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
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Remarks: |
4-28-20 F-115
|
|
|
Removal Project Information |
Body disinterred 9/4/1920 for preparation and shipment.
|
Arrived
at Bordeaux
on 9/4/1920
|
Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/5/1920
aboard the Pocahontas
|
Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/18/1920
|
Shipped
on 11/3/1920
to Mrs. Wm. Primrose, Commercial St., Black Hawk County, La Porte, Iowa.
|
Received at Destination
on 11/6/1920
by Above
|
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