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File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
34329 SANFORD 1213588 Rollin W. 290

Rank
New York Organization 27th Div.
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Company A, 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 23, Plot 1, Row B, St. Emilie British Amer. Mil. Cmty., Villers Faucon, Somme

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 645 
In: 

Emergency Address Florence Welsh (Aunt), RFD. #3, Genesee, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address
12/12/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
 

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

Remarks: Benef. Alice Maude Sanford Rice - sister - RFD #1, Geneseo, NY No record of parents. No record of a wife.  

Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
14 Row:   3 Block:   C
Authority File No. D:  70215
E/A notified (date):  3/18/1927

Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
15 Row:   3 Block:   C
Authority File No. D:  61291
Reburied (date):  9/14/1922
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