Name: : Gerrit  Van Peursem Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971886 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47443069 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 94334 VAN PEURSEM 3803414 Gerrit 452 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 129th Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 1/28/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/29/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1020  21012 Grave #4, Amer. Plot 2, Row C, German Civ. Cty., Echternach, (Luxembourg) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Dora Van Peursem (Mother), Ocheyden, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 3/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-50017   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/28/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/20/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/25/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 10/27/1920 to Walter Van Peursen, Ocheyedan, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 10/30/1920 by Above

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