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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
4163 COTTRELL 117975 Oscar 173

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private 16th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/13/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
713 
Grave 16, Exhumed prev. Reptd in Plot 50, Amer. B/A Cty., Essomes sur Marne, Aisne

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
G.R.S.,Form 16 Grave 16, Plot 70, Myers, N. Slope of Hill 192

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1764 
11721 In:  Grave 123, Section N, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne

Emergency Address George Cottrell, Father, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: 1/13/1920, 12/9/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
F-14477
 

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

Remarks: F115 - 2-11-21 - 456  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 6/6/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 8/20/1921
Shipped on 8/29/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va.,
Received at Destination  on 8/30/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. Q.M.C.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
2566 Section:   
Reburied (date):  September, 1921

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