Name: : Benjamin E.  Altenbern Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44542797 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47605345 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43463 ALTENBERN 3338680 Benjamin E. 301 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 111th Infantry Accidental Gunshot Wound 10/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 108  1455 Grave #332, Plot F, Sebastopol Fme. Amer. Cty., Bruley-M-et-M., Toul Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/21/1919 Cemetery 1233  10947 In:  Grave 55, Section 13, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Anna Altenbern, (Mother), Route 4, Lena, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 12/13/1918, Form 107: 11/20/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-17495   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt.- Ben F., F-115-1-21-21 (S-43)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to R.B. Lemon, Und., Lena, Ill Received at Destination  on 8/5/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/6/1922

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