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Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
28450 LYON 561290 Charles E. 281

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
First Sergeant Company I, 59th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/6/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
687 
2975 Grave #30, Plot B, ,Amer. Cty., Souhesme-la-Grande, (Meuse)

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

Emergency Address Oberie Lyon (Father), Sturgis, Michigan. Notified Emergency Address
1/21/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
D 2064
 

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

Remarks: Rank previously reported as Sgt. E/A previously reported as Mrs. Anna Lyon (Mother) Orland, Ind.  

Plat No.:  D-216   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 5/4/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #64 on 7/2/1921
Shipped on 7/28/1921 to Depot Quartermaster Washington D.C.
Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Above. Per-Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. QMC

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
2087 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  8/1/1921
E/A notified (date):  11/7/1922

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