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Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
31228 VETTER 747934 Frank J. 288

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Corporal Company B, 3rd Ammunition Train Killed in Action 10/5/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/5/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-238 
5469 Isolated Grave 2, Cmme. Montfaucon, Meuse. 35 SE
E310.9 N278.56  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232 
10821 In:  Grave 47, Section 94, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Fronie Vetter, Aunt, 419 Lester Place, West Hoboken, N.J. Notified Emergency Address
1/2/1919, Form 107: 3/31/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
 

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

Remarks:  

Plat No.:  A-154   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 8/10/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921
Shipped on 10/14/1921 to Supt., Natl Cty., Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Received at Destination  on 10/14/1921 by A.H. Bushman, Supt.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York
Grave: 
8581 Section:   
Reburied (date):  October, 1921

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