Name: : Trueman  Melvin Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914123 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651971 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 21170 MELVIN 556888 Trueman 260 -527 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 39th Infantry Killed in Action (Shrapnel) 8/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 566  9604 Grave No 207, Fere-en-Tardeneis, Aisne, American B/A. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 608  11768 20517 In:  Grave 63, Section L, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Pearl Melvin, (Wife), 409 Sanders St., Indianapolis, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 3/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5849 Photograph No. F-20196   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: DD prev. reported as 8/2/18. Prev. reptd. Co. G. Corrected by auth. of A.G.O. 7-2-20, F #115 12-13-20 - 2179   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to Mrs. Charity B. Melvin, Petersburg, Indiana Received at Destination  on 8/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 6/16/1922

Hover on a cemetery number to display the cemetery name. Click on a cemetery number to search for all cards with that cemetery number. Click on a plat number to search for all burials from the database linked to that plat number. If present above, click on the icon to view the object location on the AEF Resources Map, an online GIS map tool for locating WWI AEF burials and other AEF resources.