Name: : Carl L.  Melching Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44913994 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651855 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 16987 MELCHING 2298649 Carl L. 252 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company 18th Infantry Pyodermia 8/31/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 6  1414 Grave 995, Amer. Cty., Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. C.P. Melching, (Father), 552 Ladd St., Portland, Oregon. Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-5341   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 sent for NR 3/1/19, F115 - 10 15-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/17/1921 to C. F. Melching, 552 Ladd Ave., Portland, Ore. Received at Destination  on 6/23/1921 by Downing & McNemar, per L. S. Downing.

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