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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
3962 DOWNING 67928 Charles J. 241

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company E, 103rd Infantry Killed in Action 7/17/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
550 
Exhumed from N. Sec. Boie Belleau, Grave No. 16, Amer. B/A Cmme. of Belleau, Aisne.

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
GRS,Form #16 Grave #16, Plot 65Myers, near Belleau, Aisne
E176.15 N266.5  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1919 Cemetery 1764 
20348 In:  Grave 132, Section S, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne

Emergency Address Horace H. Downing, Brother, Rochester, N.H. Notified Emergency Address
12/9/1918, 107/6/191420

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
F-25415
 

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

Remarks: F115 - 2/12/21 612  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921
Shipped on 9/3/1921 to Mrs. Annie Smith, 25 Leonard St., Rochester, N.H.
Received at Destination  on 9/4/1921 by Mrs. Annie Smith

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