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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
107023 SHERMAN 2779506 John W. 557

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Company B, 1st Battalion 22nd Engineers Committed suicide by shooting self through head. 5/31/1919

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
1204 
Grave No. 64, Section A, A.E.F Cty., #1204

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
1204 
Form 114 G.R.S. Grave #64, Section A., American Cemetery., Le Mans. Sarthe. France.

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

Emergency Address Mrs. Mollie Sherman (Mother), RFD #3, Toledo, Ill. Notified Emergency Address

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
A-9052
 

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

Remarks: 4/17/20 F- 115  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/16/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Brest on 7/26/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/21/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 9/5/1920
Shipped on 10/4/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 10/5/1920 by H.T. Stancliff

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
622 Section:   
Authority File No. D:  107023
Reburied (date):  10/8/1920

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