Name: : Chester Erastus  Platt Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941006 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668433 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3433 PLATT 118187 Chester Erastus 160 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 45th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 551  Grave #29, Amer. B/A Cty., Torcy, Marne Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S.,Form #16 Grave #29, Plot 63, Myers, left of road between Lucy la Bocage and Torcy, Aisne E174.8 N262.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764  20265 In:  Grave 52, Section A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Lettie Platt (Mother), 401 North 24th St., Lafayette, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918, Form 107: 6/1/192 0 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F #115 - 2-18-21 - 1820   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/18/1921 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 in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/13/1921 to Mrs. Lettie Platt, Stockwell, Ind. Received at Destination  on 9/16/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/31/1922

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