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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
3013 VANKER 22971 Emil H. 152

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private 26th Infantry Company D Killed in Action 5/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
5/29/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
176 
2630 Grave #60, Plot E,Amer. Cty.,Villers Tournelle ( Somme)

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 176 
In: 

Emergency Address Mrs. Minnie Vanker (Mother), 974 Pennsylvania Ave. , Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address
10/27/1918, Form 107: 1/8/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5331
Photograph No.
B-14360
 

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

Remarks: Prev. rept. as VANKEN, 284787, Unassigned CO. 26th Inf.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 11/18/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/25/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921
Shipped on 1/9/1922 to Mrs. Mildred Vanker, 4414 Pennsylvania Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Received at Destination  on 1/10/1922 by I.H. Norton
Emergency address notified on 3/6/1922

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