Name:  Lester R.  Ludinghouse Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44900970 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47642510 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 2173 LUDINGHOUSE 198741 Lester R. 122 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company C, 2nd Field Battalion, Signal Corps Killed in Action 5/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 160  5/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 160  2613 Grave #10, Plot A, Amer. Mil. Cty., Broyes, Oise. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 176  11944 In:  Grave 61, Section A, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mr. George F. Ludinghouse, (Father), 133 Moss Ave., Oakland, Cal Notified Emergency Address 5/23/1918, Form 107: 1/8/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-13941   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/17/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/26/1921 to James Taylor, Und., 588-15th St., Oakland, Cal. Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by above, per Mallady

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