Name: : Akins P.  Gifford Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44853714 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636932 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 11567 GIFFORD 2309702 Akins P. 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 23rd Infantry Acute Otitis media left Abscess 5/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 5/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 196  2509 Grave 2, Plot B, French Mil. Cty., Amblaincourt, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Akins Gifford, Wife, Medusa, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 11/16/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-34433   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/22/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/15/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Remains shipped Aug. 27, 1921, to Mr. George M. Gifford, (Father) Medusa, Albany County, New York, via Catskill. Received at Destination  on 8/16/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. QMC. Emergency address notified on 5/25/1922

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