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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
41766 POLK 1490737 Roland W. 299

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Corporal Company H, 142 Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/10/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
825 
872 Grave #10, Row #1, Amer. Battlefield Cty., St. Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232 
12127 In:  Grave 204, Section 65, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Mrs. C. L. Polk, (Mother), Kirkland, Texas. Notified Emergency Address
128/19, Form 107: 2/28/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5140-41-5759
Photograph No.
D-10122
 

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

Remarks: F115 - 4/27/21 151 - Sec 65  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/28/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/29/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921
Shipped on 10/15/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 10/18/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
3770 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  10/20/1921
E/A notified (date):  12/28/1921

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