Name: : Elmer G.  Edson Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44831746 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47625695 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3472 EDSON 110807 Elmer G. 161 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 18th Infantry Killed in Action 5/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1241  2602 Grave # 40, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Cantigny, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 176  11941 In:  Grave 49, Section A, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Ida Edson,, Fruitland, Idaho. RFD., (Beneficiary) Notified Emergency Address 12/26/1918, Form 107: 1/8/1920, renotified 5/8/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5319 Photograph No. B-14158   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/18/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3152 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/1/1921

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