Name: : Silas L.  Gittings Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44855306 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637552 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 102319 GITTINGS 2969430 Silas L. 502 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 314th Infantry Accidentally Killed result of automobile Accident 3/27/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 2/18/1920 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 542  20128 Grave 64, French Mil. Cty., Bar-le-Duc, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Benjamin Gittings, (Father), RFD-#3, Cameron, W-Va. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 - 6/13/21 - 67   Plat No.:  D-226    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/26/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #55 on 12/7/1921 Shipped on 1/19/1922 to Mr Benjamin F. Gittings, Elmgrove, West Va. Received at Destination  on 1/12/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/14/1922

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