Name: : Samuel LaFayette  Sutphin Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44973848 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47681999 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 102344 SUTPHIN 1816416 Samuel LaFayette 502 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Machine Gun Company, 317th Infantry Meningitis Meningococcus 4/5/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/6/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 815  8274 Grave #7; Row #3; Amer. Cty., Laignes, Cote--D'Or. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address T.Z. Sutphin, (Father), Willis, Va. Notified Emergency Address 5/16/1916 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-41192   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form -12 5-2-19, F115 11-2-20 - 56   Plat No.:  B-302    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #41 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/9/1921 to Zachary T. Sutphin, Christiansburg, Va. Received at Destination  on 6/11/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/30/1922

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