Name: : Orson C.  Ormsby Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934562 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665495 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 48724 ORMSBY 375760 Orson C. 306 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 306th Infantry Killed in Action 10/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1049  Grave 15, Plot C, French Mil., Cty., St. Juvin, Ardennes Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 672  336,210,883 Grave 14, American B/A Cty., St. Juvin, Ardennes E297.1 N285.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  10883 In:  Grave 202, Section 45, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Alma Doty (Sister), 19 Columbia St., Geneva, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: / 2/10/19 Form 21: , Form 107: A 3/22/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. 35799   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Reported by Group 4, Unit 305 GRS Reptd. Co. C. 147th Inf. Prev. Rept. ORNSBY. EA. RFD#31, Trumansbridge, N. Y., 8-W-A sent 3/15/21 for correct name. & EA., F115 3/26/21 (S 140)   Plat No.:  A-30    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/18/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 8/19/1921 by Otto M. Low. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2605 Section:   European Reburied (date):  August, 1921 E/A notified (date):  12/10/1921

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