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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
71461 BLACKMON 718999 Burroughs C. Report BS#3.

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Sergeant Ft. Screvens September Automatic Replacement Draft Coast Artillery Corps Unit #1 Sinking of Otranto 10/6/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
749 
8894 Grave #147, Row #4, Kilchoman Cty., Kilchoman, Islay Argyll, Scotland.

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

Emergency Address Mrs Joe Nerose (Mother), RFD #A Box 238 Sanford, Florida. Notified Emergency Address

R.B. Sketch No.
5729
Photograph No.
E-1974
 

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

Remarks: Form #8 for N/R 3-7-19  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/12/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Liverpool on 7/21/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/26/1920 aboard the Antigone
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 8/7/1920
Shipped on 8/30/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 8/31/1920 by Henry Kanich, Cem. Div, DQM

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
304 Section:   
Authority File No. D:  71461
Reburied (date):  9/7/1920

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