Name: : Afton E.  Wheeler Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977316 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445822 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 20231 WHEELER 207762 Afton E. 264 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Ordnance Sergeant Salvage Squadron #1 Accidentally Killed by shell explosion 9/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 711  9971 Grave #175, Amer. B/A Cty., Epieds, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 608  11851 In:  Grave 169, Section O, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Clarence A. Wheeler (Father), 3 Orchard St., Cambridge Mass. Notified Emergency Address 12/20/1918, Form 107: 1/5/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5971 Photograph No. F-1482   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: GRS #8 12/9/18, F115 - 12/18/20 - 3406.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/27/1921 to A.E. Long, 1979 Mass Ave., Cambridge, Mass. Received at Destination  on 7/29/1921 by Above

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