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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
2398 EGINTON 540481 Walter. 131

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Machine Gun Company, 7th Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 5/5/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
5/6/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
10 
2412 Grave 121, Plot B, Amer, Chaumont, Hte-Marne

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Albert Eginton, (Father), 98 Main St., Lockport,N.Y. Notified Emergency Address
5/29/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
E-20139
 

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

Remarks: 4/10/20-F-115.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 2/9/1922 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 2/21/1922
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/8/1922 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #61 on 4/21/1922
Shipped on 5/3/1922 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C.
Received at Destination  on 5/5/1922 by D. R. Wolverton, Capt.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
4354 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  5/11/1922
E/A notified (date):  6/3/1922

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