Name: : Dewitt E.  Russel Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44955834 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47673802 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 79903 RUSSEL 186423 Dewitt E. CC.413 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Master Engineer Headquarters 1st Army Corps Broncho Pneumonia 1/5/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1128  2458 Grave - unknown, American Plot, French Civil Cty., Tonnerre, Yonne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address M.R.L.M. Russel (Father), Route A, Portland, Oregon. Notified Emergency Address 1/24/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-41361   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 for present status sent 5.6.19, 5-25-20 F #115.   Plat No.:  B-335    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/3/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 1/16/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/3/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/14/1922 Shipped on 2/24/1922 to Mrs. Mary D. Russell, Portland, Oregon Received at Destination  on 3/3/1922 by Albert S. Pollard. Emergency address notified on 10/31/1922

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