Name: : William C.  Ritzman Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44952287 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671725 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3506 RITZMAN 38679 William C. 161 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C., 9th Infantry Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 752  6/7/1918 Previously reported in Grave 6, Plot 22, Grave No. 7, Amer. B/A Cty., Charley sure Marne, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS,form 16 Grave 7, Plot 22, Myers, Les Alnois, Bontemps, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1764  11188 20315 In:  Grave 84, Section G, Plot 2, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Jane Ritzman, (Mother), 312 Berne St., Reading, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 12/16/1918, Form 107: 12/6/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-14989   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 - 2-18-21 (S1927)   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 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/29/1921 to Francis F. Seidel, (Und) Reading, Pa. Received at Destination  on 8/29/1921 by Calvin E. Seider.

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