Name: : Lester W.  Smith Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44965922 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678868 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29072 SMITH 2450817 Lester W. 284 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 10th 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  20715 Grave 13, Plot 1, Row A, St. Emilie Brit. Amer. Mil. Cty., Of Villers-Faucon, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Caroline Smith, (Mother), 50 Division Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/23/1918, Form 107: 7/13/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-13268   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 1/31/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/19/1921 to Mrs. L. W. Smith, 50 Division & Ave., Brooklyn, N.J. Received at Destination  on 3/18/1921 by Above

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