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File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
50498 SMITH Joseph W. 308

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Captain 108th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/16/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
636 
635 Grave 59, Plot F, Row 3, Bony Amer. Mil. Cty., Bony, Aisne.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Mrs. Delia M. Smith, (Wife), 1225 Dwight St. Holyoke, Mass, Per Address 633 1/2 Hamilton Ave, Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address
12/12/1918, REnot 3/6/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
5121
Photograph No.
B-12017
 

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

Remarks: Formerly Rept. in Bony Mil. Cty., Bony-Sur-Loire.  

Plat No.:  D-192   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 1/26/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Calais on 1/29/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921
Shipped on 3/29/1921 to J. W. Maney, Undertaker, 43 National Ave., Detroit, Mich.
Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by Above

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