| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
77100
|
BIRCH
|
|
Albert E.
|
404
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Second Lieutenant
|
Company A, 342nd Machine Gun Battalion
|
Died of Wounds Received in Action
|
11/11/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
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|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
C-557
|
|
6429
|
Isolated Grave, Cmme. Villemontry, Ardennes, 24 SE
E306.28 N311.08
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
3/14/1919
| Cemetery |
1203
|
|
11129
|
In:
Grave 9, Section 1, Plot 1, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes
|
|
| Emergency Address |
Mr. C.E. Birch, (Father), Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas
|
Notified Emergency Address
23/5/1919, Form 107: 1/5/1920
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
D-2968
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|
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| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
Date of death changed from 11/1/18 to 11/11/18 by authority AGO letter 1-30-20, Date of death changed from 11/1/18 to 11/11/18 by authority AGO letter 1-30-20, Form #12, 2-24-19., Form #12, 2-24-19., F.115 - 9-25-20
|
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| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 2/1/1921 for preparation and shipment.
|
| Arrived
at Calais
on 2/10/1921
|
| Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 2/27/1921
aboard the Somme
|
| Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 3/14/1921
|
| Shipped
on 3/28/1921
to Clarence E. Birch, Lawrence, Kans.
|
| Received at Destination
on 4/1/1921
by Above
|
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