Name: : Orville Albin  Nelsan Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930278 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47661682 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 81273 NELSAN 118609 Orville Albin 226 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 20th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 573  6/6/1918 Grave #2, Amer. B/A Cty., Lucy-le-Bocage, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GES-F-16 Grave #3, Plot #62, Myers, 500 Meters from Lucy le Bocage, on Lucy Torcy road. E174.76 N260.9   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1764  20274 In:  Grave 35, Section B, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. W.J. Nelson, (Mother), Litchfield, Minn., & Mr. John W. Nelson, Litchfield, Minn Notified Emergency Address 5/24/1919, Form 107: 12/11/1918 6/4/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115-2-17-21 (S-1676)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/8/1921 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 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/29/1921 to J.W. Nelsan, Box 445, Litchfiled, Minn., Received at Destination  on 9/2/1921 by Above

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