Name: : Lester M.  Morgan Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44918859 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47655220 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36065 MORGAN 1485781 Lester M. 296 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 144th Infantry Killed in Action 10/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1703  9184 Grave 22, American B/A Cty., Vaux Champagne, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10857 In:  Grave 5, Section 13, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Robert M. Morgan (Father), Roganville, Texas. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/26/1920, 6/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8113   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 2-27-19 Bk 4-8-19, F115-3-22-21(S-116)Sec-13   Plat No.:  B-152    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/9/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/28/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 7/29/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. Emergency address notified on 12/8/1921 Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2375 Section:   European Reburied (date):  8/4/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/16/1922

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