Name: : Roswell B.  Sayre Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44957858 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674861 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 31168 SAYRE 1458808 Roswell B. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Battalion Sergeant Major Headquarters Company 140th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  10/10/1918 Grave No. 3, Cty. Baulny, Meuse, SHT 35SE, CL 1284-214  E302, N277.6 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Form 16 Amer. B/A Cty., Grave 36, Baylny, Meuse, 35 SE E302.42 N277.79   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  11026 In:  Grave 10, Section 12, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Thomas D. Sayre (Father), Ferguson, Missouri Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/29/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8471   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-W sent for E/A, 1/27/20, F115 - 3-21-21 (S-155) Sec. 12   Plat No.:  A-148    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/9/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/21/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to Thos. D. Sayre, Clark, Mo. Received at Destination  on 8/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/7/1921

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