Name: : Walter Tillman  Blankertz Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547636 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610153 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 10062 BLANKERTZ 269473 Walter Tillman 226 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company C, 120th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 8/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Aug.2, 1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 565  9638 Grave #95, American B-A-Sergy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 608  11844 20459 In:  Grave 273, Section F, Plot 6, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Herman Blankertz, (Father), Dearborn, Mich. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/11/1919, Dec 5, 1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5867 Photograph No. F-24282   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt.- Walter   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/4/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to Mr. Herman Blankertz, Dearborn, Mich. Received at Destination  on 8/4/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/18/1922

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