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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
72359 ALSTON 3691239 Garret M. 305

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company K, 809th Pioneer Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 10/14/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/15/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
21 
452 Grave #416, Plot D, Square 2, Amer. Cty., St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure

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

Emergency Address Mrs. Hattie Alston, (Mother), 3108 Avenue L, Galveston, Texas. Notified Emergency Address
3/17/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
L-146
 

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

Remarks: Form 12 sent 2-22-19  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/27/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 7/28/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/24/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 9/5/1920
Shipped on 10/9/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 10/12/1920 by H. T. Stancliff.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
117 Section:   Colored
Authority File No. D:  72359
Reburied (date):  10/15/1920

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