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Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
3962 FERRIS 122564 William Caswell 169

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Corporal 95th Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 6/6/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
578 
GRS Form #16 Grave #47, Plot 61, Myers, 300 meters from Lucy la Bocage, on Lucy Bouresches road
E174.95 N260.3  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1764 
20310 In:  Grave 192, Section F, Plot 4, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne

Emergency Address Abraham Ferris, (Father), Box 208, New Baltimore,Mich. Notified Emergency Address
6/23/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
F-22844
 

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

Remarks: #12.2/26/19., F115 - 2/11/21 715  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/15/1921 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 9/20/1921 to A. W. Petitsen, Und., New Haven, Mich.
Received at Destination  on 9/22/1921 by Above

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