Name: : Irving Melvin  Opheim Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934433 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665435 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 67271 OPHEIM 291912 Irving Melvin 363 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-521  4638 Grave 1, Isolated, Cmme, Beaumont, Ardennes, 24 SE E305.45 N305.35   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/7/1919 Cemetery 1203  11377 In:  Grave 49, Section 3, Plot 2, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mrs. Johanna Hart (Mother), Williamsburg, Va. Notified Emergency Address 6/17/1919, Form 107: 1/5/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-3178   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Previously reported as Opheim, Irving M. Authority for correction received from Marine Corps 10/7/20, F#115 - 9-27-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/10/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 4/6/1921 to Nels. N. Opheim, Norge, Va. Received at Destination  on 4/1/1921 by Above

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