Name: : John W.  Melton Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914093 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651941 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30164 MELTON 1324267 John W. 282 Rank North Carolina Organization 30th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Battery E, 113th Field Artillery Killed in Action 10/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-208  8187 Grave No 2, Isolated Graves., Cmme of Epinonville, Ivoiry, Meuse, 35SE E309.05 N278.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12352 In:  Grave 58, Section 51, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address J. W. Melton, (Father), Lenoir, N. C. Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, 2/21/1920/ Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. S-32159   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8 NR 3/1/19, F115 4-18-21 S# 135   Plat No.:  A-191    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   8 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31229 Reburied (date):  10/29/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/31/1923

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