Name: : Elmer A.  Nelson Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930408 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47661943 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 35565 NELSON 1214482 Elmer A. 290 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company E, 108th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 652  3481 Grave #6, Plot #1, Row B, Ronssoy Benjamin Post Military Cty. , Ronssoy, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/15/1919 Cemetery 636  11235 In:  Grave 129, Row 5, Plot G, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. John Nelson, (Mother), 31 Kinney St., Jamestown, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/6/1919, Form 107: 12/31/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5354 Photograph No. B-12179   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/20/1921 to Mr. John E. Nelson, 31 Kinney St., Jamestown, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 7/21/1921 by Henderson Lincoln Co., by CWA. for Mr. John E. Nelson

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