| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
15915
|
HARPER
|
120666
|
William Ralph
|
245
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Private
|
75th Company, 6th Marines
|
Killed in Action
|
6/13/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
575
|
|
|
Grave #20, Amer. B/A Cty., Cmme of Bouresches, Bouresches, Aisne.
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
|
|
G.R.S.,Form #16
|
Grave #20, Plot 68, Myers near Bouresches, Aisne.
E175.5 N261.9
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
6/5/1919
| Cemetery |
1764
|
|
20343
|
In:
Grave 28, Section S, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne
|
|
| Emergency Address |
Mrs. Nora Harper (Mother), 629 S. Granger St. Harrisburg, Ill., Exhumed fr. Eastern edge Bois Belleau. Ser. No. prev. rept. 210666 Prev. rept. William R. -Co. B. 6th Marines
|
Notified Emergency Address
12/6/1918, Form 107: 6/15/1920
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
F-25440
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
F115-2-14-21(S960)
|
|
|
| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment.
|
| Arrived
at Antwerp
on 7/23/1921
|
| Shipped
to Hoboken, NJ
on 8/6/1921
aboard the Wheaton
|
| Arrived
at Hoboken, NJ
in Consignment #50
on 8/20/1921
|
| Shipped
on 9/7/1921
to Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill.
|
| Received at Destination
on 9/10/1921
by R.L. Hubbell
|
|
| Permanent Burial in National Cemetery |
| Cemetery: |
Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois |
| Grave: |
|
| Reburied (date): |
9/1/1921 |
| E/A notified (date): |
2/6/1922 |
|
|
