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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
74524 PRESSMAN 2137278 John C. 431 SP 118

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company F, 111th Infantry Killed in Action 8/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
Approx.

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
412 
9564 Grave 65, Amer. B/A Cty., Villers sur Fere (Aisne)

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 608 
11804 In:  Grave 76, Section K, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne

Emergency Address Peter Pressman, (Father), Orange City, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address
2/12/1919, Form 107: 12/18/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5830
Photograph No.
F-16923
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921
Shipped on 8/1/1921 to National Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa
Received at Destination  on 8/5/1921 by G.W. Robertson, Supt.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Keokuk National Cemetery, Iowa
Grave: 
922 Section:   
Reburied (date):  8/1/1921

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