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Name: : Lester Delno  Durbin Back New Search

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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
7764 DURBIN 119717 Lester Delno 211

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Gunnery Sergeant Headquarters Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 7/19/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-113 
Cmme. of Vierzy, Aisne., 33 SE:  E177, N287.2

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-113 
GRS Form #16-A Garden of Mme. Gacangne, Vierzy, Aisne, 33 SE, Grave 7 at right
E176.85 N286.45  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/29/21 & Reb. 7/6/21 Cemetery 1764 
21560 In:  Grave 137, Section A, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne

Emergency Address Elizabeth Durbin, (Mother), Gen. Del. Cameron, W. Va. Notified Emergency Address

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
 

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

Remarks: Previously reported as Gunnery Sgt., and date of disinterment and reburial as same. Prv.rpt. Lester D. - Sgt., - Hdq.Co. 6th Marines, F115 10/3/21 2775  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 1/20/1922 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 1/28/1922
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 2/3/1922 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #59 on 2/14/1922
Shipped on 2/23/1922 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C.
Received at Destination  on 2/24/1922 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. Q.M.C.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
4247 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  3/2/1922

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