Name: : Guiseppe  Besana Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546897 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609429 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30431 BESANA 2264137 Guiseppe 283 Rank California Organization 91st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 363rd Infantry Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-208  2213 Grave #8, Isolated Graves, Cmme. Epinonville, Meuse., 35 SE: E306.2 N278.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12350 In:  Grave 168, Section 47, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Frank Besana (Brother), La Honda, Calif. Notified Emergency Address Form 21a: ) 2/5/1919, Form 107: 2/27/1920, Form 36: 4/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-25933   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Auth: Cas. Div. 3 X 5 Cas. Files A.G.O.   Plat No.:  A-190    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  8 Row:   43 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31198 Reburied (date):  11/18/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/1/1923

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