Name: : Willard W.  Briggs Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44549493 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47612236 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22018 BRIGGS 116409 Willard W. 261 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 5th Marines Tuberculosis Meningitis 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 4  1672 Grave 20,Amer. Cty., Neufchateau, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address James Briggs (Father), RFD 6, Jackson, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 12/29/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-749   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 2/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/1/1921 to The Fifield & Wetherby Chapel, Jackson, Mich. Received at Destination  on 6/3/1921 by Mrs. Ellen Briggs, Jackson, Mich., Per. Above

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