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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
111176 SAPPINGTON 2682776 Morris Potter 524 SP 66

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company D, 357th Infantry Gunshot Wound Disease Secondary to wound 3/29/1919

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
3/31/1919

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
533 
Corres. Grave #266, Plot A, Row 11, Le Relcq Kerhuon Amer. Cty., Finistere.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 533 
30029 In:  Grave 163, Row 7, Plot A, American Cemetery, Le Relecq-Kerhoun, Finistere

Emergency Address Mrs. M.P. Sappington, (Wife), 422 N. Cragmount St., Madison, Ind. Notified Emergency Address
Special Letter Col Pierce,, 11/16/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
L-5222
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  
On grave marker
  

Remarks: Prv. rpt.- SN: 2680776 Formerly E/A Mary J. Sappington, (Sister) Milton, Ky., F115 11-6-20 [unclear][/unclear]  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 10/5/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/17/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921
Shipped on 12/28/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C.
Received at Destination  on 12/30/1921 by D. R. Wolverton, Capt. Q.M.C.
Emergency address notified on 2/17/1922

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
3975 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  1/12/1922

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