Name: : Walter G.  Gerke Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44852590 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636504 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13321 GERKE 1386316 Walter G. 254 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  8/16/1918 Grave # 20, Plot 1, Row A, Cty. British Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS,Form 16 Grave #20, Plot 1, Row A, British Cty., Mil., Somme, .12SE E128.6 N359.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 443  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Gerke, Mother, 1507 E 64th St. Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 107/7/192020 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14630   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/13/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/28/1920 to John W. Biddle, Undertaker, Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 12/30/1920 by John W. Biddle.

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