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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
53187 NELSON 2093330 Joseph W. 312

Rank
Illinois Organization 89th Div.
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private First Class Company C, 354th Infantry Killed in Action 10/27/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/28/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-270 
7819 Grave #1; Isolated., Cmme. Gesnes, Meuse., 35 NE
E305.8 N281.9  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 1232 
12384 In:  Grave 60, Section 82, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Otto Nelson, (Brother), R #4; Barrington, Ill. Notified Emergency Address
Form 21A: 2/6/1919, Form 36A: 6/5/1919, Form 107: 3/1/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
D-33042
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  Yes  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks:  

Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Grave: 
38 Row:   32 Block:   G
Authority File No. D:  31358
Reburied (date):  10/7/1921
E/A notified (date):  9/25/1923
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