| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
31658
|
DECKER
|
3510743
|
William A.
|
287
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Private
|
Company E, 35th Engineers
|
Lobar Pneumonia
|
10/13/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
|
10/14/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
119-B
|
|
219
|
Grave 27, Row 1, Amer. Plot, (French Cty., S. Eloi), La Rochelle, Charente Inferieure
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
| Cemetery |
|
|
|
In:
|
|
| Emergency Address |
John M. Ballman, (Brother-in-Law), Brookfield, Mo.
|
Notified Emergency Address
12/7/1918
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
K-2355
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
Yes
|
Cross
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
|
|
|
| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 8/9/1920 for preparation and shipment.
|
| Arrived
at Bordeaux
on 8/21/1920
|
| Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/5/1920
aboard the Pocahontas
|
| Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/18/1920
|
| Shipped
on 11/17/1920
to Mrs. Josephine Decker, Brookfield, Mo.
|
| Received at Destination
on 11/20/1920
by Above
|
|
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