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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
27306 LANGFORD 1307038 John A. 282

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Mechanic Company B, 117th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
9/30/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
726 
1081 Grave 27, Plot A, Row 1, Old Hickory, #3, Mil. Cty., Pontru, Aisne

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 636 
11202 In:  Grave 151, Row 6, Plot C, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne

Emergency Address Mrs. Rosie Langford, (wife), 404 Broad Street, Knoxville, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address
12/28/1918, Dec 4, 1919 # Form 107: , Ret 3/4/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5228
Photograph No.
B-11350
 

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

Remarks: Beneficiary: Mrs. Rosa Savannah Langford, Widow, Concord, Tennessee.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 2/25/1922 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/1/1922
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 3/19/1922 aboard the Cambrai
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #60 on 3/29/1922
Shipped on 4/28/1922 to Supt. National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
Received at Destination  on 4/30/1922 by Charles F. Carner (Supt.) Above

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee
Grave: 
3730-B 19 Section:   
Reburied (date):  5/1/1922
E/A notified (date):  8/28/1922

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