File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
1462
|
RIPTON
|
131144
|
Leonard W.
|
95
|
|
Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
Private
|
Battery F, 15th Field Artillery
|
Killed in Action
|
4/7/1918
|
|
Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
4/9/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
122
|
2285
|
Grave 12, Amer. Plot, French Mil. Cty., Rupt-on-Woevre
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
5/13/1919
| Cemetery |
1233
|
10461
|
In:
Grave 102, Section 6, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle
|
|
Emergency Address |
Mr. John C. Ripton, Father, 123 East Clinton St., Johnstown, N. Y.
|
Notified Emergency Address
5/7/1919, 11/20/1919 107
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
D-16142
|
|
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Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
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Remarks: |
F155 - 1-3-21 (S3151)
|
|
|
Removal Project Information |
Body disinterred 5/4/1921 for preparation and shipment.
|
Arrived
at Antwerp
on 5/20/1921
|
Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 6/19/1921
aboard the Wheaton
|
Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 7/2/1921
|
Shipped
on 8/6/1921
to J. C. Ripton, 40 W. Main St., Johnstown, N. Y.
|
Received at Destination
on 8/6/1921
by Above
|
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