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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
37291 HIGH 1493442 Benjamin E. 293

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Machine Gun Company, 9th Infantry Killed in Action 10/3/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-262 
5169 Isolated Grave 3, Commune Somme-Py Marne, 35 SW
E270 N279.5  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1232 
10872 In:  Grave 33, Section 96, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address W.H. High, Father, R.FD. #3, Huntsville, Texas. Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: 3/4/1920, 5/23/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
D-27604
 

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

Remarks: SN: Prev. Reptd:- 1493422 F. 12, 2-25-19., F115 4-18-21, S# 77  

Plat No.:  D-75   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/11/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921
Shipped on 9/9/1921 to National Cty., San Antonio, Texas.
Received at Destination  on 9/15/1921 by John Shelley Und.,

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  San Antonio National Cemetery, Texas
Grave: 
1363 Section:   G
Reburied (date):  September, 1921
E/A notified (date):  1/3/1922

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