Name: : Benjamin J.  Hoffmeister Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44882448 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650606 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 35316 HOFFMEISTER 1922647 Benjamin J. 291 Rank New York Organization 82nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company H, 325th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/15/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 557  2103 Grave 58, Plot A, Row 3, Amer. Mil. Cty., Brizeaux, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Fred Hoffmeister, Father, RFD #4, La Salle, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-9737   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: [See false starts] Father's later E/A R #14, Witmer St., La Salle, N.Y., F115-1-11-21 (S-102), SDCR #681   Plat No.:  D-199    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   45 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60555 Reburied (date):  11/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  3/12/1923

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