Name: : Sheldon A.  Axelsen Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544124 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606796 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43536 AXELSEN 2264212 Sheldon A. 305 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 59th Infantry Killed in Action 10/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 702  3337 Grave 70, Plot 2, ,Amer. B/A. Cty., Septsarges, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/21/1919 Cemetery 1232  10761 In:  Grave 94, Section 69, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Adolph Axelsen, (Father), Elmo, Utah. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 2/28/1920, Renot 5/28/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-23981   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 sent 2-24-19., F115 - 5/14/21 7 - Sec 69   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/23/1921 to Mr. Adolph Axelson, Price, Utah. Received at Destination  on 9/28/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/5/1922

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