Name: : Lester R.  Griffith Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44863466 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47640841 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 70135 GRIFFITH 567879 Lester R. 381 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 10th Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/20/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 27  76 Grave # 157, Amer. Cty., Merignac, Gironde. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. William Primrose, (Mother), 701 2nd Ave. , Vinton, Iowa Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. K-284   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 4-28-20 F-115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/4/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 9/4/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/5/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 11/3/1920 to Mrs. Wm. Primrose, Commercial St., Black Hawk County, La Porte, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 11/6/1920 by Above

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