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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
94334 VAN PEURSEM 3803414 Gerrit 452

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company A, 129th Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 1/28/1919

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
1/29/1919

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
1020 
21012 Grave #4, Amer. Plot 2, Row C, German Civ. Cty., Echternach, (Luxembourg)

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

Emergency Address Mrs. Dora Van Peursem (Mother), Ocheyden, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address
3/19/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
D-50017
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 8/28/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/20/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/25/1920 aboard the Pocahontas
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920
Shipped on 10/27/1920 to Walter Van Peursen, Ocheyedan, Iowa.
Received at Destination  on 10/30/1920 by Above

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