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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
63638 NILSEN 2277937 Karl 339

Rank
California Organization 91st Div.
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Company C, 348th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 10/31/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-909 
4836 Grave 1, Isolated Graves, Cmme of Waereghem, Hamlet-Poteghem, West Flanders, B.M. 1/40000 S. 29 J. 2. B. 9.9.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1252 
11538 In:  Grave 53, Plot B, American Cemetery, Waereghem, West Flanders

Emergency Address Kanut Tellofron (Friend), 423 2nd St., Eureka, St., Calif., Parents - deceased No record of wife Notified Emergency Address
5/26/1919, Form 107: 11/6/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5501
Photograph No.
B-10239
 

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

Remarks: R.B. Sketch #6175 3/20/20 E.A. (Nick) Theodore Nilsen (brother) Marseilles, Ill., #8 GRS CR. 1/30/19 for correct C.C. 4, 2/23/1919, 3/20/1920  

Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  Flanders Field American Cemetery
Grave: 
23 Row:   1 Block:   A
Authority File No. D:  31604
Reburied (date):  6/9/1922
E/A notified (date):  2/4/1924
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