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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
73343 LESSLEY 1452971 May G. AG201

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Company "H" 138th Infantry Gunshot Wound & Lobar Pneumonia 11/15/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
11/18/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
10 
2428 Grave 491, Plot J, Amer. Chaumont, Haute Marne

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Mrs. Nettie E. Lessley (Mother), 4353 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. Notified Emergency Address
1/18/1919

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
D-24003
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  Yes  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks: 4/10/20 F115, SDCR #763  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 2/28/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921
Shipped on 6/9/1921 to Bergsch Undertaking Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Received at Destination  on 6/12/1921 by Mrs Bernice Buckman-Nee Lessley.

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