Name: : Thomas J.  Shields Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962610 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677184 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 28989 SHIELDS 2669495 Thomas J. 286 Rank New York Organization 27th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 105th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  20719 Grave #15, Plot 2, Row G, St. Emilie Brit. Amer. Mil. Cty., Villers Faucon, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 645  In:  Emergency Address Mr. James Shields, (Brother), 86 Madison St., New York, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918, Form 107: /7/191520 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-1330   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Mrs. Mary Hynes (Sister) Same E/a (Benf.) No record of parents or wife.   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  7 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:  8 Row:   3 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  61291 Reburied (date):  9/16/1922

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