Name: : George R.  Purdy Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943391 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669543 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50313 PURDY 1215858 George R. 308 Rank New York Organization 27th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 108th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  20717 Grave 27, Plot 1, Row B,St. Emilie British Amer. Military Cty., Villers, Faucon, (Somme) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/15/1921 Cemetery 645  30115 In:  Grave 14, Row C, Plot 1, St. Emilie British American Cemetery, Villers Faucon, Somme Emergency Address Warren Purdy, Father, 18 William St., Dansville, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/17/1918, 107/7/191920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B 1089   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  9 Row:   1 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  70213 E/A notified (date):  3/18/1927 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  10 Row:   1 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  61290 Reburied (date):  9/14/1922

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