Name: : Joe Whitefield  Ligon Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44898946 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47640231 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 5439 LIGON 304369 Joe Whitefield 199 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 67th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 577  6/12/1918 Grave No. 69, Amer. B/A Cty., Cmme. of Bussiares, Aisne Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 577  GRS,Form #16 Grave 69, Plot 29, Myers, Near Bussiares, Aisne. E173.55 N262.7   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764  20314 In:  Grave 48, Section G, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Minty Ligon (mother), Loving, Texas. Notified Emergency Address 1/31/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-14964   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2-16-21 (S-1335)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/18/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/29/1921 to G.W. Ligon, Loving, Texas., Received at Destination  on 10/7/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/9/1922

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