File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
55850
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BENSON
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1979364
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Walter W.
|
322
|
|
Rank |
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Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
Private
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Company K, 362nd Infantry
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Killed in Action
|
10/31/1918
|
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Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
11/3/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
1250
|
1269
|
Grave 6, Amer. Cty of Anseghem, Kleine LEISTRAAT, Belgium
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
6/3/1919
| Cemetery |
1252
|
11545
|
In:
Grave 57, Plot C, American Cemetery, Waereghem, West Flanders
|
|
Emergency Address |
Mrs. Anna Cornwell (Mother), Horton, Kans.
|
Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: Form 21A: 3/13/1919, Form 36: 4/4/1919, Dec 2, 19, Form 107: 11/16/1920
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R.B. Sketch No.
6175
|
Photograph No.
B-10407
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|
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Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
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Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
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Remarks: |
E.A. also rept. Wetmore, Kan. also French Lick, Ind. Serial # pr. rept. 1979367., 3/20/20 F 115
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Removal Project Information |
Body disinterred 3/19/1921 for preparation and shipment.
|
Arrived
at Antwerp
on 3/23/1921
|
Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 4/22/1921
aboard the Somme
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Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 5/6/1921
|
Shipped
on 5/13/1921
to Herbert Benson, Horton, Kansas
|
Received at Destination
on 5/18/1921
by Above
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