Name: : Lester A.  Papke Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44936049 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47666173 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 64611 PAPKE 16241 Lester A. 346 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Ambulance Company, 1 Sanitary Train Killed in Action 11/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/11/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1045  3016 Grave #2, French Communal Cty. , Beaumont, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1203, 1203  In:  Emergency Address Julius Papke (Father), 961 Richards St., Milwaukee, Wis. Notified Emergency Address 2/3/1919, Form 107: 11/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-3121   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 9-27-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 11/9/1921 to Julius Papke, Milwaukee, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 11/10/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 11/27/1922

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